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Rocky came to the middle at No.9 with his team in a bit of bother and with his century, helped the Lions post a healthy lead over their opponents. (Credit: screengrabs/England Cricket X)Former England player Andrew Flintoff’s son, Rocky grabbed headlines on Friday when he struck his maiden century for the England lions against Cricket Australia XI.
At 16 years 291 days old, Rocky also became the youngest player to score a maiden ton for the Lions, surpassing his father who scored his maiden 100 at the age of 20 yrs 28 days.
Rocky hit six sixes as he scored 108 runs off 127 balls, guiding a struggling England Lions to a total of 319, ensuring a first-innings lead of 105 runs on day two.
At 16 years 291 days old, Rocky Flintoff is the youngest player to score a maiden 💯 for England Lions 🦁
Passing his father, Andrew Flintoff (20 yrs 28 days) 👏 pic.twitter.com/vMMFGTXElj
— England Cricket (@englandcricket) January 23, 2025
Rocky came to the middle at No.9 with his team in a bit of bother and with his century, helped the Lions post a healthy lead over their opponents.
Opener Alex Davies (76) and Freddie McCann (51), also chipped in for the Lions who were at one point 161-7. In the bowling department, Josh Tongue took 5 wickets while Mitchell Stanley snapped up 4 scalps.
Cricket Australia are currently trailing by 72 runs with 33/1 in their second innings after their first innings was snuffed out for 214, courtesy of Lions pacer Pat Brown who ended with figures of 5/21 including a hat-trick.
Flintoff picked his son for England Lions last month, with Rocky getting a late call-up to a tour of South Africa after becoming the youngest player to score a century for England Under-19s in July.
The right-handed batter had scored four runs on his England Lions debut against a Cricket South Africa Invitation XI, followed by 23 runs in two innings in the first four-day match of the Australia tour earlier this month.
England Lions are also scheduled to play a first-class Test against Australia A from next Wednesday in Sydney.
(With agency inputs)
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