{"id":12776,"date":"2025-04-05T05:56:19","date_gmt":"2025-04-05T05:56:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/rocky-flintoff-lancashire-batter-to-miss-early-part-of-season-with-back-injury\/"},"modified":"2025-04-05T05:56:20","modified_gmt":"2025-04-05T05:56:20","slug":"rocky-flintoff-lancashire-batter-to-miss-early-part-of-season-with-back-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/rocky-flintoff-lancashire-batter-to-miss-early-part-of-season-with-back-injury\/","title":{"rendered":"Rocky Flintoff: Lancashire batter to miss early part of season with back injury"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Lancashire batter Rocky Flintoff will miss the first part of the County Championship season because of a back injury.<\/b><\/p>\n

The county say the 16-year-old has suffered a “lumbar stress reaction”, which is why he was left out of the squad for their Division Two opener against Middlesex at Lord’s.<\/p>\n

He felt discomfort in his back during pre-season and is being rested so the injury does not worsen while also having rehabilitation.<\/p>\n

Flintoff, son of former England captain and all-rounder Andrew, became Lancashire’s youngest first-class cricketer last season.<\/p>\n

He has played five first-class matches and seven List A games for Lancashire.<\/p>\n

Flintoff, who turns 17 on Monday, made a century for England Lions against a Cricket Australia XI in Brisbane in January, having become the youngest player to hit a century for England Under-19s last summer.<\/p>\n

His older brother Corey, 19, signed a two-year rookie contract with Kent last month.<\/p>\n

Lancashire have seven County Championship Division Two fixtures before the mid-season break on 27 May.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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