Innings break – Lancashire 443 for 6 (Jennings 156, Flintoff 123) vs Somerset

Flintoff hit his first 50 runs off 37 balls, with four fours and two sixes, and took only 28 balls to score his next 50. He reached three figures with a single to long-on off Josh Shaw, and celebrated by jumping into the air and punching his fist before removing his helmet, raising his bat, and soaking up the crowd’s applause.

He was eventually dismissed for 123 off 76 balls when he sliced Migael Pretorius to long-off, where Archie Vaughan – son of Michael, who captained an England side including Andrew Flintoff to the 2005 Ashes – took a simple catch.

Flintoff signed his first professional contract with Lancashire in June 2024 as a 16-year-old, and became England Under-19s’ youngest centurion later that summer. He was part of a youthful England Lions squad that toured Australia that winter, and scored a century against a Cricket Australia XI at Allan Border Field in Brisbane.

He did not play a first-team game for Lancashire last summer due to Under-19s commitments and injury but has featured in seven Metro Bank One-Day Cup fixtures this year, batting at No. 5 throughout.

Lancashire started the final day of group matches in third and are well-placed to reach the knockout stages after posting 443 for 6, their highest-ever List A score.