- The 16-year-old has impressed when taking part in for Lancashire XI facet this season
- Flintoff has been included within the squad for 3 one-day worldwide matches
- His father Andrew is presently with the England squad on the T20 World Cup
Rocky Flintoff, the 16-year-old son of 2005 Ashes star Andrew Flintoff, has acquired his maiden England call-up.
Flintoff junior, presently sitting his GCSEs, was on Tuesday named within the 16-strong England Beneath-19 squad to face Sri Lanka in three one-day internationals.
In April, he struck his first males’s hundred for Lancashire, taking part in for the second XI in opposition to Warwickshire only a fortnight after his sixteenth birthday.
His elder brother Corey, two years his senior, has lined up alongside him for Lancashire’s second string whereas recovering from a stress fracture of the again, however has been overtaken by his gifted sibling.
Former England captain and TV persona Flintoff is presently a part of the backroom employees on the Twenty20 World Cup.
Rocky Flintoff has earned his first England call-up forward of their U-19 squad matches with Sri Lanka
Flintoff smashed his first century for Lancashire second XI in opposition to Warwickshire in April
Rocky, (pictured in 2013 together with his dad Andrew), has acquired his first England call-up
Consistent with the household theme, Essex’s Luc Benkenstein, son of Lancashire coach Dale Benkenstein, will captain the Beneath-19s for the matches between June 28-July 3, starting with a day-nighter at his county headquarters of Chelmsford.
England Beneath-19 coach Mike Yardy, mentioned: ‘As at all times, it’s an ideal alternative for the gamers to carry out in an England Beneath-19 shirt and to expertise worldwide cricket.’
Haydon Mustard, whose father Phil performed worldwide cricket alongside Flintoff within the opening decade of this century, additionally options alongside Farhan Ahmed, one other Yr 11 schoolboy and youthful brother of Take a look at participant Rehan Ahmed.
England Males U19s fixtures:
50-over warm-up: England U19s v Younger Lions Invitational XI, Loughborough – 24 June
1st Youth ODI: England U19s v Sri Lanka U19s, Cloud County Floor, Chelmsford (D/N) – 28 June
2nd Youth ODI: England U19s v Sri Lanka U19s, 1st Central County Floor, Hove – 1 July
third Youth ODI: England U19s v Sri Lanka U19s, 1st Central County Floor, Hove – 3 July
