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One-Day Cup: Rocky Flintoff's 65-ball century helps Lancashire make third highest total in English 50-over domestic cricket

Rocky Flintoff's Explosive Century Powers Lancashire to Record-Breaking Total

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Rocky Flintoff delivered a stunning performance, scoring 123 runs off 76 balls, which propelled Lancashire to an extraordinary total of 443-6 against Somerset. This score marks the third highest total in English domestic 50-over cricket history.

Flintoff, son of former England captain Andrew Flintoff, achieved his maiden senior century in just 65 balls. He formed a formidable fourth-wicket partnership of 214 runs with skipper Keaton Jennings, who also made a significant contribution with 156 runs.

In the match:

  • Somerset, after winning the toss and choosing to bowl first, managed to dismiss Matty Hurst for 47 in the 14th over, courtesy of Archie Vaughan, son of former England player Michael Vaughan.
  • Vaughan also claimed the wickets of Josh Bohannon (8) and Marcus Harris (26) before Lancashire took command.
  • Jennings was ultimately dismissed by James Langridge after his impressive innings of 156, while Flintoff fell to Migael Pretorius five overs later.

Flintoff's scoring included:

  • First 50 runs off 37 balls (4 fours, 2 sixes)
  • Next 50 runs off just 28 balls (10 fours, 7 sixes)

With this remarkable performance, Lancashire, starting the final round of One-Day Cup group matches in third place in Group A, looks poised to advance to the knockout stages this weekend after achieving a club record List A total.

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