Perth Scorchers' batsman Liam Livingstone scored a quick half-century against the Sydney Sixers in the Big Bash League on Saturday. Livingstone scored 67 runs in his 38-ball fiery innings. During his explosive knock, he hammerd six sixes off six balls to get 36 runs and added another 12 runs with the help of three blistering fours.
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The England batsman, Livingstone, scored 48 runs off just 9 balls with the help of sixes and fours. With the help of Livingstone's half-century, Perth Scorchers scored 163 runs for 7 wickets in their allotted 20 overs in the BBL match against Sydney Sixers.
However, apart from Livingstone, only Colin Monroe was able to come up with a valuable contribution for the team. Munro scored 34 runs off 32 balls. In his innings, he also hit four fours. Captain Ashton Turner went on to score one run, while opener Jason Roy hit four fours before he was dismissed for 21 runs off 16 balls.
Here's the video of Livingstone's fiery knock at Manuka Oval...
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For Sydney Sixers, Carlos Brathwaite was the pick of the bowlers as he picked two wickets for 12 runs in 3 overs. Apart from him, Jake Bullock and Daniel Christian also made two batsmen their victims.
England's Liam Livingstone has played 2 T20 matches in his international career, in which he has scored 16 runs at an average of 8. As far as T20 cricket is concerned, he has played 120 matches, in which he has scored 2830 runs at an average of 26.69 and a strike rate of 1399.54.
In T20 format, he has scored 1 century and 16 half-centuries. Livingston has also played in the Indian Premier League. He is a part of Rajasthan Royals in the cash-rich T20 League.