Andrew Flintoff’s son, Rocky named in England 19s for Youth Tests after a string of good scores in Youth ODIs

18-year-old Rocky Flintoff is not an allrounder like his father. He is more of a batsman, although he can bowl medium pace.

Updated on: Jul 7, 2026, 17:59:55 IST

Reported by Prateek Srivastava

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Seems like there is another Flintoff getting ready to serve English cricket and be a nightmare to the rest of the cricketing world. Andrew Flintoff requires no introduction. Considered one of the finest fast-bowling all-rounders of all time, he has served the game with distinction. Now his son, Rocky, a batter by trade, is making the headlines, having been selected for the England Under-19s for a couple of home Youth Test matches against the South Africans starting next week. Although it’s not the first time that he has been selected for the longest-format, it is testimony to the 18-year-old’s cricketing talent.

Rocky Flintoff is after emulating his father. (The Barmy Army on X)

Rocky has played five first-class and eight List A games to date and has represented England Lions and the Lancashire 2nd XI. In the preceding three ODIs against the South Africans, Rocky contributed 29, 79 not out and 55. He is also the youngest to score a century for England Lions.

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“The batter is currently away on international duty with the Young Lions and has had a successful ODI series against the Proteas. He came second in the run charts, hitting 163 runs at an average of 81.5, with two half-centuries.

“If Flintoff plays against South Africa, it will be the third Youth Test series he has played after featuring in the previous two English summers. He hit 93 against India in 2025 and a top score of 106 against Sri Lanka the season before.

“Ralphie Albert of Surrey will captain the 15-player squad, with uncapped duo Jacob Blades and Bradley Sylvester are also included. The rest of the group is made up of players who were involved in the recently completed Youth ODI series. Surrey all-rounder Albert captained the Young Lions in that series, which they won 2-1 following a 76-run victory in Beckenham on Monday,” Lancashire Cricket said on Tuesday.

England Men U19s Youth Test squad:

Ralphie Albert (Surrey - captain), Will Bennison (Yorkshire), Jacob Blades (Glamorgan), Robbie Bowman (Durham), Ben Dawkins (Kent), Caleb Falconer (Middlesex), Ali Farooq (Leicestershire), Rocky Flintoff (Lancashire), Alex French (Surrey), Charlie Harmison (Durham), Manny Lumsden (Hampshire), James Minto (Durham), Jack Nelson (Middlesex), Bradley Sylvester (Yorkshire), Charlie Taylor (Warwickshire)

England Men U19s v South Africa Men U19s schedule:

Friday 10 - Monday 13 July – 1st Youth Test; The County Ground, Beckenham

Friday 17 - Monday 20 July – 2nd Youth Test; The County Ground, Hove

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Prateek Srivastava
Prateek Srivastava is a senior sports journalist having been in the profession for two decades now. He started his print career with the India Today Group and later also worked for the Asian Age. In 2009, sensing the wind of change, he switched to the digital media and joined Mobile ESPN. There, he covered the 2011 Cricket World Cup and 2010 Hockey World Cup as a venue reporter. He did plenty of voice-over work too, over there. After leaving Mobile ESPN, Prateek went on to work for Cricketnext, Gocricket and Cricbuzz. At Gocricket (Times Internet Limited), he covered the 2014 T20 World from Bangladesh. There he also received a team leadership award, given at the end of the month. Prateek has also covered the 2016 T20 World Cup in India, this time working for Sportz Interactive. He also worked for Chinese giants Alibaba over two years and led their ""Short News"" content team at UC Browser. While cricket is Prateek’s expertise, he has also done a lot of golf. In fact, he has covered India’s first two European Tour events back in the late noughties. He has also done extensive writing on football having been associated with the Indian Super League for three seasons. Finally, Prateek is a literature aficionado and swears by Philip Roth and Gabriel Garcia Marquez, and when he doesn’t joke, he is usually quiet and at work.Read More

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