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Southee doesn’t get as much swing as Milne, which is a bit of surprise, and Bairstow thumps him back over his head for four. A top-edged pull lands safely for a couple, and then Bairstow has to protect his stumps after knocking the ball into the ground.
I’d argue Livingstone is a red herring. They need six bowlers in the team and have decided, reasonably I think, that a reserve opener is more likely to be needed than a reserve middle-order batter, so that means there is only room for two of Brook, Stokes and Buttler. The alternative argument is that Brook could open but that is, well a different argument, and one we probably don’t have time for during a T20. A nice boring pre-Bazball Test, perhaps.
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