'Worst experience': Former England all-rounder Liam Livingstone slams England cricket after axing

Dumped England all-rounder Liam Livingstone criticised team officials over his axing from the team, saying "no one cares about you" when you are dropped.

Livingstone has not featured in all three formats for England for over a year, describing last year's Champions Trophy as "the worst experience I've had playing cricket" and that he did not miss being involved in the recent T20 World Cup.

Speaking to ESPN Cricinfo, the 32-year-old was also highly critical of his treatment by England director of cricket Rob Key and spoke of the lack of communication after his axing in a call by England coach Brendon McCullum.

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"I don't think it would have reached a minute," he said.

"I asked why; they said they wanted to try someone else. That was off Baz (McCullum). Brooky (captain Harry Brook) sent me a text.

"Keysy said nothing, (he) said 'I'll speak to you in the summer'.

"I actually rang him one day, and he said he was busy at a Test camp at Loughborough and then I didn't hear off him until the end of September.

"That probably sums that group up as a collective. That was a bit of an eye-opening experience about the group and the regime: if you're in, you're in, and if you're not in, no one cares about you."

Form was a problem for most England players last year but no faith was shown in Livingstone.

He struggled to make an impact in their T20 series defeat to India and managed just 88 runs in six ODI innings, including the Champions Trophy.

Yet when he looked to the coaching staff for answers, he said he was told he "cared too much".

"I was asking for help and pretty much all I got was that I care too much and I need to chill out a little bit, and everything will take care of itself," he said.

"Where I come from, it's not an easy route to get to play for your country.

"For someone to keep telling you that you care too much is… it's probably a bit way off the mark, to be honest, with what you go through and parents sacrificing so much for years on end to get you to realise your dream.

"When things don't go right, of course you're going to care; if I didn't care, then I probably wouldn't want to play the sport.

"I thought I had a really good summer, leading into the winter when we went to the West Indies.

"Obviously things didn't go well in India and Pakistan, but they weren't going well for anyone.

"I was just trying to ask for help to get better: what do they see that isn't going right?

"You'd hit a couple out of the middle of the bat and they'd go, 'Great, you found it. Let's go back to the hotel.'

"It wasn't the most enjoyable experience for me. If you're asking me about my hopes going forward, all I would say is I want to enjoy playing cricket, and I'm not going to do something that isn't enjoyable".

As for missing the T20 World Cup in Sri Lanka and India, Livingstone said : "I didn't miss it one bit.

"There wasn't any part of me that was wishing I was playing in that team, to be honest."

While Livingstone might be out of favour on the international scene, he's still in demand on the T20 stage.

He scored a $1.88 million IPL deal from Sunrisers Hyderabad and a bid over $650,000 from London Spirit at The Hundred auction.

"I still believe I'm one of the best players in white-ball cricket in England," he said.

"Just because I'm not playing for England, because of a couple of people's opinions, it doesn't mean that I'm not good enough to do it."