England name Livingstone for T20 series against South Africa
LONDON, England, (Reuters) - Lancashire all-rounder Liam Livingstone is one of five uncapped players named in England’s T20 squad for the series against South Africa starting this month.
Dawid Malan, Tom Curran, Mason Crane and Craig Overton are also included in the 16-man squad, which was released by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) on Monday.
Moeen Ali, Jake Ball, Adil Rashid, Joe Root and Ben Stokes are all rested by England while Tymal Mills is ruled out through a back injury.
Livingstone, 23, is viewed as one of English cricket’s most exciting young talents and scored an 83-ball 129 against the tourists for England Lions.
Crane, a 20-year-old leg-break bowler, played for New South Wales as an overseas player earlier this year.
The three-match T20 series, which follows the Champions Trophy, starts in Southampton on June 21.
Squad: Jonny Bairstow, Sam Billings, Jos Buttler, Mason Crane, Tom Curran, Liam Dawson, Alex Hales, Chris Jordan, Liam Livingstone, Dawid Malan, Eoin Morgan, Craig Overton, Liam Plunkett, Jason Roy, David Willey, Mark Wood. (Reuters) - French Open runner-up Stan Wawrinka has added American Paul Annacone to his coaching team for the upcoming grasscourt season, the world number three announced after his defeat to Rafa Nadal in the Roland Garros final on Sunday.
Annacone coached former world number one Pete Sampras from 1995-2001 and for a short period in 2002.
The 52-year-old, who will work with Wawrinka’s regular coach Magnus Norman, also coached 18time grand slam winner Roger Federer in 2010 and 2011.
“I would like to take this opportunity to announce that I have added Paul Annacone to our existing coaching staff to help during the grasscourt season over the next four weeks,” Wawrinka announced on Sunday.
“Paul’s experience speaks for itself having worked with some of the greatest players of all time. His knowledge can only better our understanding of the grass. It’s a real privilege and honour to add such a coach to our corner.”
Wawrinka will be in action at the Aegon Championships in Birmingham next week before the Wimbledon begins on July 3. He is a two-time quarter-finalist at the grand slam.