- Rocky Flintoff not too long ago signed his skilled contract with Lancashire
- {The teenager} made headlines after his innings of 106 for England’s U-19s
- He’ll make his full debut towards Kent in Sunday’s One-Day Cup recreation
Andrew Flintoff’s son Rocky has develop into Lancashire’s youngest first-team cricketer after being chosen for in the present day’s One-Day Cup recreation towards Kent.
Flintoff, aged simply 16 and 113 days, is youthful than every other participant within the 160-year historical past of the county and has additionally impressed internationally for England’s U-19s.
{The teenager} signed his skilled contract with Lancashire final month after catching the attention for his or her second XI, having scored a ton towards Warwickshire in April, and has been rewarded with a record-breaking look at Blackpool.
He’s a product of Lancashire’s County Age Group system and joined their academy in 2023, one other step on a exceptional journey that started at U-10 degree.
Flintoff’s excellent innings of 106 within the second Check towards Sri Lanka noticed him burst into the highlight and made him England U-19s youngest-ever centurion.
Andrew Flintoff’s son Rocky has develop into Lancashire’s youngest ever first-team cricketer
Flintoff, aged 16, has been rewarded for spectacular kind with a record-breaking look
Footage of him celebrating his first Check century was broadly shared on social media.
After driving the ball by the covers on 99, he sprinted to the non-striker’s finish to select up the essential single earlier than leaping into the air and fist-pumping.
The appropriate-handed batsman is now set to comply with within the esteemed footsteps of his father with Flintoff Snr spending the whole thing of his enjoying profession with Lancashire.
All-time nice Flintoff received 79 Check caps, performed in 141 one-day internationals and 7 T20s and captained his nation between 2006 and 2007.
After retiring, he went on to develop into a TV presenter and has now taken cost of The Hundred workforce the Northern Superchargers, his first head coach function.
{The teenager} is following in his dad’s footsteps (pictured: Andrew watching England’s U-19s)
Rocky’s (proper) innings of 106 within the second Check towards Sri Lanka noticed him make the headlines
England Ashes hero Flintoff is pictured with Rocky, then 5 years outdated, in 2013
As reported by Mail Sport, Flintoff is into account for the anticipated white-ball emptiness with the under-pressure Matthew Mott on the chopping block.
Till final week, Flintoff, 46, had not taken cost of an expert facet however a evaluate carried out by ECB managing director Rob Key might resolve handy him the reins.
He made his return to the sport in direction of the tip of the 2023 Ashes summer season, a number of months after a horror crash whereas filming an episode of BBC present Prime Gear.
Flintoff required a number of surgical procedures after sustaining grizzly accidents.
However cricket is alleged to have helped him by his restoration and Flintoff has taken explicit pleasure in watching his sons Rocky and Corey prove for Lancashire.
