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Corey Flintoff, the eldest son of former England captain and Ashes 2005 talisman Andrew, has signed a two-year rookie contract with Kent.
Flintoff is a quick bowling all-rounder identical to his famous father and the 19-year-old putting pen to paper with Kent means he is ready to affix younger brother Rocky on the county cricket circuit this 12 months.
The deal Flintoff has signed makes him eligible to feature for Kent under the tutelage of head coach Adam Hollioake in addition to juggle his studies at university for a minimum of the following couple of seasons.
Corey Flintoff
“I’m delighted to be joining Kent to proceed my development as a player under Adam Hollioake and the wonderful coaching staff here,” said Flintoff, who has been training with Kent in the previous couple of days.
“The lads within the dressing room have been so welcoming to me this week and there’s an important atmosphere here.
“I’m excited for what’s next for me and I do know that Kent is the fitting place for me to make the step as much as first-team cricket.”
Flintoff progressed through the age groups at Lancashire, where 16-year-old Rocky is making a reputation for himself, and featured for the Red Rose’s Second XI on multiple occasions last summer.
Having linked up with Kent within the last week, he sent down 4 tidy overs of their two-day warm-up against Essex on Friday at Canterbury ahead of the start of the Rothesay County Championship.
“Corey is a particularly exciting young player and has great all-round ability to attain runs and take wickets,” said Simon Cook, Kent’s director of cricket.
“He’s a really hard employee and I do know that he is amazingly determined to make a reputation for himself in skilled cricket. We’re delighted that he feels that he can do that as a Kent cricketer.”
Andrew Flintoff made greater than 200 appearances for England between 1998 and 2009 and is widely thought to be considered one of their best ever all-rounders, while he has up to now couple of years turned his hand to coaching.
He has most recently overseen England Lions, where Rocky, having signed his first skilled take care of Lancashire last 12 months after a breakout summer, broke his dad’s record by becoming the team’s youngest-ever centurion against a Cricket Australia XI in Brisbane in January.
