Rocky Flintoff, the 16-year-old son of former England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff, scored a century for England Below-19s within the second Take a look at towards Sri Lanka.
Rocky started the third day of the four-day match on 82 and went on to succeed in three figures from 176 balls earlier than being dismissed for 106 from 181 deliveries.
{The teenager} hit 9 fours and two sixes in England’s complete of 477 all out, wherein captain Hamza Shaikh top-scored with 107 and Jaydn Denly, the nephew of former England batter Joe Denly, made 91.
Ex-England captain Michael Vaughan’s son Archie was out for six.
Rocky has risen to prominence this summer season with a maiden second XI century for Lancashire towards Warwickshire’s second string adopted by 100 for England Below-19s in a one-day warm-up sport towards a Younger Lions Invitational XI.
He has additionally signed his first skilled contract with Lancashire.
Andrew Flintoff, nicknamed Freddie, performed 79 Take a look at matches 141 one-day internationals and 7 T20 internationals for England between 1998 and 2009, serving to his facet to dwelling Ashes victories over Australia in 2005 and 2009.
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We head again to 2004 when Andrew Flintoff delivered one of many funniest sledges to West Indies’ Tino Finest
He moved into TV presenting after retiring as a participant however, after a severe automobile crash whereas filming an episode of Prime Gear, he returned to cricket.
Flintoff has labored as a part of England’s backroom workers within the white-ball codecs, together with on the latest T20 World Cup within the Caribbean, and he would be the head coach of Northern Superchargers males in The Hundred this summer season.
Superchargers’ squad consists of England Take a look at skipper Ben Stokes, who shall be accessible for 4 matches in the course of the match, with Harry Brook to captain the Headingley-based workforce.
Superchargers start their marketing campaign at dwelling to Trent Rockets on Friday July 26 (6.35pm begin) in a match you may watch in full on Sky Sports activities with all 68 matches – 34 males’s and 34 ladies’s – proven reside.
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