England's 15-man Test squad for the historic tour of Pakistan this winter is full of interesting inclusions, some which make a lot of logical sense and others which are clearly gambles.
Liam Livingstone is the headline selection, with the 29-year-old seeming perfectly suited to Bazball, the phrase used to describe the new positive and aggressive brand of Test cricket England have been playing under Ben Stokes and Brendon McCullum.
McCullum has asked his England side to "run towards the danger" and Livingstone will do just that, having made his name over the past few years as one of the most in demand destructive hitters on the T20 franchise circuit. Livingstone is the scorer of England's fastest T20I hundred and is in this squad to provide another spin option, with him and Will Jacks behind frontline spinner Jack Leach.
