Rocky Flintoff Breaks His Father's Long-Standing Record With Century For England Lions vs Cricket Australia XI

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Rocky Flintoff broke his father - legendary England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff's record with a historic century for England Lions against Cricket Australia XI on Thursday (January 23) at the Allan Border Field in Brisbane.

Rocky surpassed his father to become the youngest player with a maiden century for England Lions. Flintoff achieved the feat aged 16 years and 291 days, while his father's maiden ton for the England Lions came when he was at the age of 20 years and 28 days.

Flintoff walked in to bat with his side in a spot of bother, reeling at 161/7 in response to CAXI's first innings total of 214. The 16-year-old scored a 127-ball 108 with nine fours and six sixes, finding able support in Freddie McCann (51).

The teenager's knock took the side to a score of 316 along 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). All-rounder Rocky has not bowled in the match so far.

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 after they opted to bat first. England Lions had secured a 102-run lead, but CAXI reclaimed a 5-run lead after getting to 110/2 in their second innings.

Rocky made his first-class debut in August last year and has featured in four first-class matches for Lancashire's Second XI, scoring 87 runs in seven innings with best score of 32 and 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 best score of 88, his solitary fifty. His List A debut came in July last year. His elder brother Corey also has played for Lancashire and holds a record already.