Rocky Flintoff, son of England legend Freddie, loved a day to recollect as he struck his maiden hundred for Lancashire.
Taking part in in opposition to Somerset within the Metro Financial institution One Day Cup, Flintoff, 18, smashed a surprising 123 off simply 76 balls as Lancashire racked up a mammoth 443-6 off their 50 overs.
The 18-year-old struck 10 fours and 7 sixes as he shone within the blazing sunshine in Taunton.
Flintoff seemed in imperious type and introduced up his 100 in simply 65 balls as he placed on a 214-run fourth wicket partnership with former England opener Keaton Jennings, who hit 156.
The center-order batter was finally dismissed off the bowling of South African Migael Pretorius, with Archie Vaughan, son of Ashes 2005-winning captain Michael, a former team-mate of Flintoff Snr, taking the catch.
Flintoff made his First-Class and Listing A debuts as a 16-year-old in the course of the 2024 season, however after lacking a lot of the 2025 marketing campaign by way of damage, he has been given a chance to shine over current weeks.
With a number of of Lancashire’s extra senior batters away at The Hundred, Flintoff has featured in seven of their eight group matches within the One Day Cup and impressed.
Freddie Flintoff’s son Rocky, 18, struck his maiden hundred for Lancashire on Tuesday
Flintoff introduced his century up off simply 65 balls and hit seven sixes in his unimaginable innings
After his knock on Tuesday, Flintoff had scored 293 runs at a mean of 73.25 throughout seven innings.
That makes him Lancashire’s third high run scorer within the competitors behind Jennings and their Australian abroad batter Marcus Harris.
Given his age, Flintoff continues to characteristic recurrently for England’s Below 19 aspect, whereas he additionally struck a century for England Lions in opposition to a Cricket Australia XI in early 2025, highlighting his prestigious expertise.
He’s one in every of quite a lot of well-known sons making their method within the cricket world from England’s 2005 era.
Vaughan, a top-order batter and off-spin bowler, is barely older than Flintoff at 20, but he’s an everyday in Somerset’s One Day and First-Class staff.
Charlie Harmison, son of former England fast-bowler Steve, is on th ebooks at Durham and he featured alongside Flintoff for England’s Below 19 aspect earlier this summer season.
Rocky’s older brother Corey additionally loved a brief stint with Kent final summer season.
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