England Test Preview, Sooryavanshi’s Potential & Livingstone Joins | Stick to Cricket EP 47
6/3/20261 hr 12 min
Stick to Cricket returns as Michael Vaughan, Phil Tufnell, Sir Alastair Cook and David “Bumble” Lloyd are joined by Liam Livingstone — brought to you by Betfair.
The episode begins with a look ahead to England’s upcoming Test match against New Zealand, as the panel debate team selection and who should get the nod.
Liam then reflects on his experiences in the IPL, discussing what it’s like playing in the competition and revealing one rule change he believes could improve both the playing and viewing experience.
The conversation turns to 15-year-old sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, who has taken the IPL by storm. The panel discussed his remarkable rise, incredible talent, and just how high his ceiling could be.
Livingstone also opens up about his long absence from the England setup, revealing where the problems began, the conversations he’s had with Rob Key and Brendon McCullum, and whether he still has ambitions of pulling on an England shirt again.
0:00 Intro
09:06 England vs New Zealand
12:45 IPL system
17:10 Vaibhav Sooryavanshi sweeps awards
26:33 RCB and Andy Flower
32:24 Liam's England situation
59:36 Village Cricket reactions
01:04:05 Community Questions
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First 90 secondsSpeaker 10:00
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Phil Tufnell· Panelist0:07
There you go, sir.
Liam Livingstone· Guest0:08
Thank you very much.
Phil Tufnell· Panelist0:10
Top of the table.
Speaker 40:11
Top of the table.
Phil Tufnell· Panelist0:11
Oh, we got a gift.
Liam Livingstone· Guest0:12
Have you?
Phil Tufnell· Panelist0:13
What have we got here?
Speaker 40:14
Glass.
Phil Tufnell· Panelist0:15
Oh.
Speaker 40:15
[laughs] Is it booze?
Phil Tufnell· Panelist0:16
Look at this.
Speaker 40:17
London Spirit.
Phil Tufnell· Panelist0:19
26.
Liam Livingstone· Guest0:19
What number? 26. Hey, that's my number.
Speaker 40:21
Oh, what's my number?
Liam Livingstone· Guest0:22
Come on, Heavy.
Phil Tufnell· Panelist0:23
This is the best kit- This is your number, is it? ... in the thing, by Country Mile as well, yeah.
Liam Livingstone· Guest0:27
Yeah?
Speaker 40:27
Do you play for these?
Liam Livingstone· Guest0:28
Yeah, mate.
Speaker 40:29
Oh, you're the Spirit. Yes.
Liam Livingstone· Guest0:31
Yeah.
Phil Tufnell· Panelist0:31
Well, so, so it was a kit launch this week, wasn't it?
Liam Livingstone· Guest0:34
Yeah.
Phil Tufnell· Panelist0:35
I saw your elephant team at Crystal Palace.
Liam Livingstone· Guest0:38
[laughs] Eh?
Phil Tufnell· Panelist0:39
Crystal Palace, the elephants.
Speaker 40:39
Go to the elephants.
Liam Livingstone· Guest0:40
Bank it that, innit?
Phil Tufnell· Panelist0:41
The Supergiants.
Speaker 40:43
Is this for me? Is this for me?
Phil Tufnell· Panelist0:43
Yeah, the Crystal Palace.
Liam Livingstone· Guest0:44
What number did you get? 26. We're all the same number.
Speaker 40:46
Are you actually?
Liam Livingstone· Guest0:47
Yeah.
Phil Tufnell· Panelist0:47
I know. Where's that? Where's that? I... Go on.
Liam Livingstone· Guest0:50
It was your number. Varney was 99, weren't you?
Phil Tufnell· Panelist0:51
99, yeah. 99.
Speaker 40:53
We got a message from, uh- Fred will...
Phil Tufnell· Panelist0:54
Heather Knight. Have you?
Liam Livingstone· Guest0:55
99.
Speaker 40:56
Oh, have we? We got a message from Heather?
Phil Tufnell· Panelist0:58
We got a message from Heather Knight.
Speaker 40:58
Uh, to Varney.
Liam Livingstone· Guest0:59
From Heather.
Speaker 41:00
Oh.
Phil Tufnell· Panelist1:00
Inside the box- There you go ... is London Spirit playing shirt.
Speaker 41:03
Oh, to Toughers. Oh, thanks, Heather.
Phil Tufnell· Panelist1:06
Oh, oh, this is the one.
Speaker 41:08
Who's the current- Have you seen this, Dave? ... player-manager at London Spirits?
Phil Tufnell· Panelist1:11
Flower.
Speaker 41:11
Oh.
Liam Livingstone· Guest1:12
Oh, yeah, Flower.
Phil Tufnell· Panelist1:12
Andy Flower.
Speaker 41:13
He didn't lose.
Phil Tufnell· Panelist1:14
He's the governor, innit?
Speaker 41:15
He's the, he's the gov.
Liam Livingstone· Guest1:16
He's the best, isn't he?
Phil Tufnell· Panelist1:17
Yeah, he's the gov.
Speaker 41:18
He's Pep Guardiola of the cricket world, is Andy.
Liam Livingstone· Guest1:20
Better than good, I think.
Phil Tufnell· Panelist1:20
Yeah?
Speaker 41:21
Yeah. Or Luis Enrique. Hey, what happened to your team?
Phil Tufnell· Panelist1:24
Oh, right.
Speaker 41:25
Who's, who's Andy?
Phil Tufnell· Panelist1:26
One-nil.
Liam Livingstone· Guest1:26
Referee was a shocker.
Phil Tufnell· Panelist1:27
It was. That was a penalty.
Liam Livingstone· Guest1:27
Absolute shocker.
Phil Tufnell· Panelist1:28
That was a penalty. That was a penalty. [laughs] That was a penalty.
Speaker 41:29
I would've