(Reuters) – Rocky Flintoff, the 16-year-old son of former England all-rounder Andrew, was named in the England Lions squad on Wednesday for their tour of Australia in January.
Rocky, who signed his first professional contract with Lancashire in June, got a late call-up to the Lions squad earlier this month in South Africa – the first tour of Andrew after being named the team’s head coach in September.
The Lions squad also includes five players from the senior team – Shoaib Bashir, Pat Brown, Tom Hartley, Josh Tongue, and John Turner.
England will travel to Australia on Jan. 3 for two four-day matches against a Cricket Australia XI in Brisbane, followed by a first-class test against Australia A in Sydney.
England men’s Lions squad for the tour of Australia:
Sonny Baker, Shoaib Bashir, Pat Brown, James Coles, Sam Cook, Alex Davies, Rocky Flintoff, Tom Hartley, Tom Lawes, Freddie McCann, Ben McKinney, James Rew, Hamza Shaikh, Mitch Stanley, Josh Tongue, John Turner.
(Reporting by Suramya Kaushik in Bengaluru; Editing by Christian Radnedge)
