Rocky Flintoff in motion.© X/@englandcricket
Rocky Flintoff, son of legendary England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff, scored a historic century for England Lions towards Cricket Australia XI on Thursday, surpassing his father to turn into the youngest participant with a maiden century for England Lions. Flintoff, aged 16 years and 291 days of age, handed his father’s maiden ton for the England Lions, who scored it on the age of 20 years and 28 days. Flintoff got here to bat together with his aspect reeling at 161/7 and made 127-ball 108 with 9 fours and 6 sixes, discovering in a position help in Freddie McCann (51).
At 16 years 291 days outdated, Rocky Flintoff is the youngest participant to attain a maiden for England Lions
Passing his father, Andrew Flintoff (20 yrs 28 days) pic.twitter.com/vMMFGTXElj
— England Cricket (@englandcricket) January 23, 2025
He took the aspect to a rating of 316, reached with notable contributions on the prime from captain Alex Davies (76 in 109 balls, with 9 fours and a six) and Ben McKinney (32 in 39 balls, with seven fours). This was made in reply to CAXI’s first innings complete of 214 after they selected to bat first.
For CAXI, Ryan Hicks (64 in 84 balls, with eight fours and a six) and Sam Eliott (32 in 57 balls, with 4 boundaries) stood out within the first innings. England Lions secured a 102-run lead and CAXI ended the second day at 33/1, trailing by 69 runs. He made his first-class debut in August final yr.
Rocky has featured in 4 first-class matches for Lancashire’s Second XI, scoring 87 runs in seven innings with finest rating of 32 and common of 12.42. He’s significantly better in Checklist-A format, with 167 runs in seven innings at a mean of 23.85, with finest rating of 88, his solitary fifty. His Checklist A debut got here in July final yr.
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