A series of injuries kept the bowler out of competitive cricket since last March. But this week, he made his return for England Lions against England in a practice match ahead of the Test series against Pakistan starting on December 1.
It was expected he would be available for the first eight matches of the tournament. Livingstone's international commitments have increased since the Draft. He was added to England's Test squad for a series in December, with West Indian all-rounder Andre Russell signed in his place for the f
Maketa, who is currently the South Africa A coach and National Academy Lead, will take charge of the Test squad from December until early January as they prepare to face Australia in their penultimate series of the ICC World Test Championship (WTC).
The selection panel named one debutant in Tagenarine Chanderpaul, the left-handed opening batter, and recalled two experienced players in allrounder Roston Chase and middle-order batter Shamarh Brooks
The all-rounder last played a Test match against Bangladesh in 2017 at Chattogram, the same year where he got his only Test century against India in Ranchi.
Ravichandran Ashwin will join the Test squad after meeting all protocol requirements. The rest of the members of the Indian Test squad are already in Leicester and started training have begun training in Leicestershire County Ground where they will play a 4-day practice match from June 24
The Test match forms the first part of the multi-format series, with four points available for the game and two points available for each white-ball game.