Rocky Flintoff in action.© X/@englandcricket
Rocky Flintoff, son of legendary England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff, scored a historic century for England Lions against Cricket Australia XI on Thursday, surpassing his father to become the youngest player to score a maiden century for England Lions. Flintoff, aged 16 years and 291 days, passed his father's first for the England Lions, who scored at the age of 20 years and 28 days. Flintoff came into bat with his side at 161/7 and made a 127-ball 108 with nine fours and six sixes, finding good support from Freddie McCann (51).
At 16 years and 291 days old, Rocky Flintoff is the youngest player to score a first goal for the England Lions
Passing his father, Andrew Flintoff (20 years and 28 days) pic.twitter.com/vMMFGTXElj
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He took the side to a score of 316, achieved with notable contributions at the top from captain Alex Davies (76 in 109 balls, with nine fours and a six) and Ben McKinney (32 in 39 balls, with seven fours). This was done in response to CAXI's first innings total of 214 after they elected 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 four boundaries) stood out in the first innings. England Lions secured a 102-point lead and CAXI ended the second day at 33/1 trailing by 69 points. He made his debut in the first division in August last year.
Rocky played in four first-class matches for Lancashire's Second XI, scoring 87 runs in seven innings with a best score of 32 and an average of 12.42. He is much better in List-A format, with 167 runs in seven innings at an average of 23.85, with the best score of 88, his only fifty. His List A debut came in July last year.
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