New Delhi. A test match is being played between England’s Under-19 and Sri Lanka’s Under-19 team. Rocky Flintoff gave a record-breaking performance in the second test and England maintained its dominance on the third day of the second Youth Men’s Test against Sri Lanka in Cheltenham. Rocky Flintoff is the son of former England cricketer Andrew Flintoff. Who made a new record in this match. He has become the first player to do so in Under-19 for England.
In the presence of his father and former England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff, 16-year-old Rocky Flintoff became the youngest player to score a century for England Under-19. He played a brilliant innings of 106 runs and helped India take a lead of 324 runs in the first innings. Flintoff faced 181 balls in his innings. During this, he hit nine fours and two sixes and added 78 runs for the sixth wicket with Jack Carney. With this, England crossed Sri Lanka’s first innings score of 153 runs.
Who is Rocky’s father Andrew?
You must remember the 2007 T20 World Cup, in the match between England and India, Andrew Flintoff said something to Yuvraj Singh after which he created history by hitting 6 sixes in an over of Stuart Broad. Flintoff provoked Yuvraj Singh during the match. Andrew Flintoff has taken 400 wickets in 227 matches for England. He has scored more than 7 thousand runs in all three formats. During this time he played 79 Tests, 141 ODIs and 7 T20 Internationals for England.
FIRST PUBLISHED : July 19, 2024, 09:05 IST
