LONDON: Rocky Flintoff, son of legendary all-rounder Andrew, has been named in the 16-member England Lions squad for their tour of Australia in January.
Rocky has been linked with Lancashire since June this year after scoring a century for the club’s second XI in April.
The 16-year-old made his first-team debut the following month and has played four first-class games and seven List A games since then.
The right-handed batsman could only amass 87 runs in four first-class matches at a dismal average of 12.42 and the highest score of just 32.
In his List A career, Rocky scored 167 in seven matches at 23.85 and a strike rate of just over 60.
Remarkably, the legendary all-rounder became head coach of the England Lions in September this year and on his first tour in charge, which was to South Africa earlier this month, his son Rocky was promoted from England U19 to the Lions .
The Lions squad also features England Test players Shoaib Bashir, Tom Hartley and Josh Tongue.
The team will play two matches against the Cricket Australia XI and an unofficial four-day Test against Australia A as part of preparations for the Ashes, scheduled to be played next winter.
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)
