BRISBANE: Emerging batter Rocky Flintoff broke his father Andrew’s long-standing record by smashing a defiant century for England Lions against Cricket Australia XI here at the Allan Border Field on Thursday.
Rocky, who scored 108 off 127 deliveries in the tour match became the youngest to score a century for the England Lions, achieving the milestone at the age of 16 years and 291 days.
Previously, the record belonged to his father Andrew, who scored a century at the age of 20 years and 28 days against Kenya in 1998.
The achievement came amid concerns regarding his selection in the England Lions squad for the Australia tour as he had a bleak first-class record to his name.
Before the Australia tour, Rocky had played four first-class and seven List-A matches.
The right-handed batter only managed to accumulate 87 runs in four first-class matches at a dismal average of 12.42 and the highest score of just 32.
In his budding List A career, Rocky has scored 167 in seven matches at 23.85 and a strike rate of just over 60.
Notably, the legendary all-rounder became the head coach of England Lions in September this year and on his first tour in charge, which was of South Africa earlier this month, his son Rocky was promoted from England Under-19s to the Lions.
The Lions’ squad also features England’s Test players Shoaib Bashir, Tom Hartley and Josh Tongue.
England Lions squad for tour of Australia: Sonny Baker (Hampshire), Shoaib Bashir (Somerset), Pat Brown (Derbyshire), James Coles (Sussex), Sam Cook (Essex), Alex Davies (Warwickshire), Rocky Flintoff (Lancashire), Tom Hartley (Lancashire), Tom Lawes (Surrey), Freddie McCann (Nottinghamshire). Ben McKinney (Durham), James Rew (Somerset), Hamza Shaikh (Warwickshire), Mitch Stanley (Lancashire), Josh Tongue (Nottinghamshire), John Turner (Hampshire)
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