Flintoff hits 65-ball ton as Lancashire make mammoth One-Day Cup total
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- Rocky Flintoff struck 123 off 76 balls (century in 65 balls), his maiden senior hundred, featuring 10 fours and seven sixes against Somerset at Taunton in the One-Day Cup.
- Lancashire posted 443-6 — the third highest total in English domestic 50-over cricket history and a club List A record — after Flintoff and captain Keaton Jennings (156) added 214 for the fourth wicket.
- Rocky Flintoff had previously scored a hundred for the England Lions, a side his father Andrew Flintoff coached until stepping down from the role last week.
- Somerset skipper James Theedom and Archie Vaughan — son of former England batter Michael Vaughan — shared the bowling honours; Vaughan dismissed Hurst and Bohannon before eventually catching Flintoff off Migael Pretorius.
- Lancashire began the final round of One-Day Cup Group A matches in third place and are well placed to reach this weekend's knockout stage.
Why it matters: The Flintoff name continues to deliver headline moments in English cricket: with Andrew having just stepped down as England Lions coach, his son Rocky announced himself as a senior-team force with a 65-ball ton. The match also featured the Vaughan lineage on the opposing side, underscoring how the next generation of England-qualified talent is already shaping List A cricket — Lancashire's record total strengthens their knockout-stage case.
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