New Delhi: Rocky Flintoff, son of former England cricket star Andrew Flintoff, has taken steps towards progressing ahead of his father in cricket. Recently, Rocky created history by scoring a century in domestic cricket while playing for England Lions. He has become the youngest batsman to score a century for this team. Rocky scored a century at the age of 16 years and 291 days while playing for England Lions against Cricket Australia XI. Earlier this record was in the name of his father, who had scored a century for England Lions at the age of 20 years and 28 days.
Scored 214 runs while batting first
In this match, Cricket Australia XI batted first and scored 214 runs, in response to which the England Lions team lost seven wickets for 161 runs. Then Rocky Flintoff came to bat and after coming, he started scoring runs continuously. Rocky along with Freddy McCann made an important partnership of 66 runs. Freddy scored 51 runs, while Rocky scored 108 runs in 127 balls in his innings. In this innings he also hit 9 fours and 6 sixes. Thanks to this explosive inning of Rocky, England Lions scored 316 runs in the first innings and took a lead of 102 runs.
This success of Rocky is a new hope in England cricket.
With the performance of Rocky Flintoff, England Lions made a strong position and by the end of the second day's play, Cricket Australia XI had scored 33 runs at the loss of 1 wicket and they are still 69 runs behind England Lions. This success of Rocky has become a new ray of hope in England cricket. He also got the opportunity to play for the England Under-19 team against South Africa last month. Additionally, in July, Rocky became the youngest batsman to score a century in England Under-19 cricket history. Rocky is capable not only of batting but also of right-arm fast bowling, which shows his versatility. With Rocky's consistent performance, it is expected that he can make his mark on the big stage of cricket as well. Read Also: Don't miss the opportunity! Buy tickets for India-England Pune T20 match instantly, know the price and process
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