Rocky Flintoff named in England Below-19 squad for Sri Lanka collection
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Rocky Flintoff, the son of former England allrounder Andrew Flintoff, has been known as as much as England males’s Below-19 squad for his or her three-match early life ODI collection in opposition to Sri Lanka later this month.
Regardless of being simply 16, Flintoff has inspired for Lancashire second XI this season. He made his debut two days after his sixteenth birthday and scored a maiden century in April in opposition to Warwickshire second XI at Edgbaston. His father, Andrew, is these days out within the Caribbean as a part of the England training workforce for the T20 Global Cup.
The U19 squad has various different circle of relatives connections right through. They’ll be captained by means of Essex allrounder Luc Benkenstein, son of former South Africa batter and present Lancashire head trainer Dale Benkenstein.
The 16-man squad comprises 9 gamers who performed within the U19 Global Cup previous this 12 months in South Africa. England didn’t make the knockout levels, sooner or later striking 6th general.
Ben McKinney, who captained the crew on the Global Cup, and Hamza Shaikh weren’t regarded as for variety as they’re more likely to seem for a County Make a choice XI in a three-day event in opposition to West Indies. That fixture, which shall be performed at Beckenham from July 3, shall be West Indies’ sole warm-up event forward in their three-match Check collection in opposition to England, which starts at Lord’s on July 10.
The squad for the two-match Formative years Check collection with Sri Lanka is because of be introduced later this month.
England Males Below-19s trainer, Mike Yardy, mentioned: “We’ve got decided on an exhilarating squad for the collection, with a mix of a few gamers who’re these days taking part in within the Power Blast and a few more youthful gamers for whom it is going to be their first time in an Below-19s squad.
“As at all times, it is a nice alternative for the gamers to accomplish in an England Below-19 blouse and to enjoy world cricket.”