Freddie Flintoff’s son Rocky hit a shocking 106 on his England U19s debut earlier this week.
The prodigious expertise, 16, is eager to observe in his father’s footsteps as a cricket famous person for his nation.
And he kicked issues off in phenomenal vogue towards a Young Lions Invitational XI.
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Rocky got here to the crease with England languishing on 52-4 having misplaced their two openers in the primary 5 overs.
Chasing 288, he then placed on an 81-run partnership with Charlie Allison.
And when Rocky, who performs for Lancashire, was ultimately dismissed for an excellent 106 he had reeled off eight fours and three sixes from simply 111 balls.
England wanted simply 14 runs to safe victory when Flintoff Jr left the center.
Harry Moore and Tazeem Ali then stepped as much as seal the win by two wickets.
Rocky’s mum Rachael was on the match, however dad Freddie was unable to attend as he’s teaching the England workforce on the T20 World Cup in the Caribbean.
Archie Vaughan, the son of Flintoff Sr’s outdated England teammate Michael, hit 85 off 83 balls for the Lions.
Vaughan additionally claimed two wickets however couldn’t save his facet from slipping to a defeat.
It was a warm-up for England’s three-match collection towards Sri Lanka which begins in Chelmsford on Friday.
And the workforce options quite a lot of different sons whose dads had worldwide careers.
Captain Luc Benkenstein is the son of ex-South Africa batsman Dale, whereas wicketkeeper Haydon Mustard has former England man Phil for a dad.
Rehan Ahmed’s youthful brother Farhan can be on the workforce.
Rocky was chosen for England after hitting a century towards Warwickshire for Lancashire’s 2nd XI in April.
In the match, he performed alongside older brother Corey, 18.
Earlier this month, after signing an expert cope with Lancashire – his dad’s outdated membership – he mentioned: “I’m very happy. It’s something that I’ve been working towards since I started playing cricket, so to sign for my home county is a dream come true.
“I’ve been with the club since I was 8 years old, so to have the opportunity to keep representing the Red Rose is a big honour.
“I have loved playing for the Second XI so far this season and I’m looking forward to continuing to work hard on all aspects of my game.”
One of England’s nice all-rounders, Flintoff Sr scored 3,845 runs and picked up 226 wickets in 79 Tests for his nation.
The vibrant character, who retired from worldwide cricket in 2009, is best-known for inspiring England to victory in the 2005 Ashes as they reclaimed the urn for the primary time in 16 years.
Since placing down the bat, Flintoff has grow to be an everyday on A League Of Their Own and was a bunch on Top Gear.
But he has endured months of agony recovering from his crash on the present – which left him with “life-altering” accidents, together with scars on his face.
He has defied the chances to tackle a number of teaching roles in cricket, together with with England’s senior workforce and The Hundred.
The Sun completely revealed Flintoff would return to the display for a 3rd season of his hit present Field Of Dreams.
Freddie lately wrapped filming collection two in India, which might air later this yr or early in 2025.
Then he’ll discover one other group of wannabe cricketers to star in the third outing, anticipated to shoot later this yr and air in 2026.
This story first appeared in The Sun and was republished with permission.