Andrew Flintoff’s 16-year-old son Rocky scored a century for Lancashire’s second XI in opposition to Warwickshire as his spectacular batting type continued.
Rocky had smoked three sixes en path to an innings of fifty not out from 78 deliveries in opposition to Durham’s second string at Emirates Outdated Trafford final week.
He then struck 116 from 165 balls at Edgbaston on Tuesday, hitting 11 fours and three sixes alongside the way in which, and even batted with 18-year-old brother Corey for a part of his innings – Corey making 20 from 45 balls in a partnership of 39.
Rocky’s ton got here on the identical floor the place his father, Andrew, cracked his finest Take a look at rating of 167 in opposition to West Indies in 2004, with the 2 Flintoffs sharing a love for hammering bowlers over the leg-side.
All-rounder Andrew ‘Freddie’ Flintoff featured in 79 Exams, 141 one-day internationals and 7 T20 internationals for England between 1998 and 2009, serving to his facet to house Ashes victories over Australia in 2005 and 2009.
Freddie moved into TV presenting after retiring as a participant however, after a critical automobile crash whereas filming an episode of Prime Gear, he has returned to cricket and labored as a part of England’s backroom workers within the white-ball codecs.
He’ll hyperlink up with the nationwide facet at this June’s T20 World Cup within the West Indies and USA after which function head coach for Northern Superchargers males within the 2024 version of The Hundred, which runs from July 23 to August 18.
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