England will be more aggressive against Bangladesh, warns Livingstone
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England all-rounder Liam Livingstone is all braced up for the upcoming clash against Bangladesh and said the English side would have a greater advantage over the Tigers in the next World Cup match at Dharmasala.
The Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association stadium is located at an altitude of nearly 5,000ft above sea level, which makes it an ideal ground for batsmen to play big shots.
"One game doesn’t define a tournament. The one thing this group does well when we’ve lost a game is double down on our aggressive approach. We’ve got a chance to do that on Tuesday," said Livingstone.
“Because of the altitude, the ball just flies really well. You can feel it: it makes you more confident to take on the boundaries. They aren’t that big here anyway and the altitude just makes it better with the power we’ve got in our line-up,” he said.
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“It’s the kind of place you can really set up the back end of the innings and score highly. Me, Sammy [Curran] and Jos [Buttler] have all played here, which may help us. I've got good memories here and hopefully I can repeat it,” he said.
Livingstone believes the pitch and condition has historically provided pace and bounce, which favors England's playing style more than Bangladesh's.
“It’s a good pitch, with good pace and carry and it can nip around. It’s probably as English a pitch as there is out here. It will probably suit us more than many grounds around the country and hopefully that can play in our favour,” he said.
“We want to get over what happened the other day and almost go twice as hard. We want to put on a really good show and get things kick-started in this tournament,” he added.
Bangladesh faced England in the warm-up fixtures, the Tiger were defeated by four wickets.
