Rocky's ready to roll with punches

JENNINGS IMPRESSED WITH FEARLESS FLINTOFF

- By DAVID CHARLESWORTH

LANCASHIRE captain Keaton Jennings is in awe of the "blissful naivety" of Rocky Flintoff.

Flintoff, the son of former England captain and 2005 Ashes hero Andrew, turns 17 next week but has already made waves with some standout displays at domestic and England age-group and Lions levels.

He could get the nod in the Rothesay County Championship in the coming weeks, with Lancashire starting their Division Two campaign at Middlesex on Friday, and plenty will be keen to see how he fares.

While Jennings was reluctant to heap pressure on Flintoff, the opener with 17 England Test caps has been very impressed by what he has seen so far from Lancashire's youngest ever first-team cricketer.