Andrew Flintoff’s son Rocky named in England U19 squad for India U19 series

On Friday, June 13, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) announced the England Men’s U19 squad for the five-match Youth One Day International series against India Men’s U19, scheduled to take place from June 27.

In its statement, the ECB mentioned that Thomas Rew will captain the Youth ODI side while Worcestershire's Issac Mohamed is the only uncapped player included in the 15-player squad released by the board. 

Notably, Andrew Flintoff’s son, Rocky Flintoff, has also been named in the squad. He has a List A record of 167 runs from seven games, with the best score being 88. 

"Thomas Rew will captain England Men U19s for the five-match Youth One-Day International series against India Men U19s.” a statement from the ECB read.

"We have selected an exciting squad for the ODI series. We have players who have a variety of white-ball skills and are predominantly available for the ICC Under-19 World Cup in the winter,” England Men U19s Head Coach, Mike Yardy, said.

"India Under-19s will provide a great challenge this summer, and it is a great opportunity for the boys to perform as a team and individually,” he added.

The Youth ODI series starts off at the 1st Central County Ground in Hove before moving to The County Ground in Northampton and Worcestershire New Road in Worcester.

Youth ODI series schedule

June 27: England Men U19s v India Men U19s, 1st Central County Ground, Hove

June 30: England Men U19s v India Men U19s, The County Ground, Northampton

July 2: England Men U19s v India Men U19s, The County Ground, Northampton

July 5: England Men U19s v India Men U19s, Worcestershire New Road, Worcester

July 7: England Men U19s v India Men U19s, Worcestershire New Road, Worcester

Youth Test series schedule

July 12 to 15: England Men U19s v India Men U19s, The County Ground, Beckenham

July 19 to 22: England Men U19s v India Men U19s, The Ambassador Cruise Line Ground, Chelmsford

England U19 squad for Youth ODIs

Thomas Rew (Somerset - captain), Ralphie Albert (Surrey), Ben Dawkins (Kent), Jaydn Denly (Kent), Rocky Flintoff (Lancashire), Alex French (Surrey), Alex Green (Leicestershire), Jack Home (Worcestershire), James Isbell (Middlesex), Ben Mayes (Hampshire), James Minto (Durham), Isaac Mohammed (Worcestershire), Joseph Moores (Lancashire), Seb Morgan (Middlesex), Alex Wade (Yorkshire).

India U19 squad for tour of England

Ayush Mhatre (captain), Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Vihaan Malhotra, Maulyarajsinh Chavda, Rahul Kumar, Abhigyan Kundu (vice-captain and wicket-keeper), Harvansh Singh (wicket-keeper), R S Ambrish, Kanishk Chouhan, Khilan Patel, Henil Patel, Yudhajit Guha, Pranav Raghavendra, Mohammed Enaan, Aditya Rana, Anmoljeet Singh.

Standby players: Naman Pushpak, D Deepesh, Vedant Trivedi, Vikalp Tiwari, Alankrith Rapole (wicket-keeper).

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