. Hopefully, come Friday, things will be different.' While the MCG attracted a sparse crowd on Wednesday, it is expected England's clash with Australia will be better attended. As for whether he feeds off the crowd, Livingstone added: 'I don't think so. It's another 45,000 people shouting abuse at you, so it doesn't make too much difference.' Zimbabwe triumphed in thrilling style to send Pakistan to back-to-backlast-ball defeats at the T20 World Cup with a one-run victory in Perth. Chasing a modest target of 131 and needing three off the last three balls, Pakistan fell agonisingly short again after their nail-biting four-wicket defeat by India on Sunday. Shaheen Afridi was run out off the final){kind=link}
Liam Livingstone believes today’s crucial showdown against Australia is just what England need to revive their T20 World Cup campaign.
After beating Afghanistan, England suffered a shock rain-affected defeat to Ireland and now must win their three remaining Super 12s fixtures to guarantee a semi-final place.
Defeat against the hosts and defending champions would almost certainly spell a group-stage elimination, but England have already beaten their Ashes rivals in a T20 series this month.
‘We know where we need to get better and we’ve got a massive challenge on Friday night,’ said 29-year-old Livingstone.
‘We’ll take confidence from the results we had against them in that series in their own conditions. If ever there was a game to bounce back in it’s against Australia at the MCG.’