‘Rare air’ as 16-year-old English son of a gun belts stunning century against CA XI

Andrew Flintoff was a thorn in Australia’s side for many years but now the English legend’s 16-year-old son is following in his footsteps.

Rising English star Rocky Flintoff has stamped his mark on the cricketing world, belting 108 off 127 balls against a Cricket Australia XI on Thursday.

The 16-year-old son of cricketing legend Freddie Flintoff came in a No. 9 for the England Lions, entering the crease when his side sat at 7/161.

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In the end, the Lions totalled 319, with Flintoff topscoring in a staggering effort at Allan Border Field to respond to Australia’s 214.

Tom Whitney starred with the ball for the hosts, taking 4/72 off his 16 overs, while wicketkeeper batsmen Ryan Hicks top scored with 64 in the first innings.

Watch the moment Flintoff brought up the three figures in the video player above.

Flintoff has enjoyed an impressive rise in recent years, being rewarded with a call-up to tour under his father as Lions coach as part of England’s wider Ashes preparations.

The young gun was a surprise inclusion in this squad, having only signed his first professional contract with Lancashire in June.

That deal came after he scored a century for Lancashire’s 2nd XI in April, going on to make four first class appearances and feature in seven List A clashes.

Flintoff also belted a century for England under 19s in July, becoming the youngest cricketer ever to reach triple figures for the youth team.

Rocky Flintoff scores a century for England Lions against the CA XI featuring many Sheffield Shield players.

With his father watching from the stands, the 16-year-old scored a classy 106 (181), surpassing Ian Bell’s previous record when he tallied a century at 16 years and 313 days against New Zealand in February 1999.

Veteran journalist Robert Craddock wrote on X that Flintoff “bats, walks and talks like Dad”.

“Dad Freddie watched from the sidelines with Graeme Swann who says we will be seeing Rocky for 20 years,” he wrote.

“He bats, walks and talks like dad. I know Sachin played Tests at 16 but this rare air.”

Freddie Flintoff scored 3845 Test runs and took 226 wickets in his 79 games, while also playing 141 ODIs and seven T20s for England.

Originally published as ‘Rare air’ as 16-year-old English son of a gun belts stunning century against CA XI