Young England cricket trio tipped to follow in footsteps of famous fathers

The sons of Andrew Flintoff, Michael Vaughan and Michael Atherton are each forging their reputations successful cricket and Alex Stewart believes Rocky, Archie and Josh tin scope the top

Alex Stewart believes Rocky Flintoff, Archie Vaughan and Josh de Caires person the endowment to header with the anticipation that volition travel from having fathers who erstwhile captained England.

The trio of up-and-coming young guns are the sons of Andrew ‘Freddie’ Flintoff, Michael Vaughan and Michael Atherton. All three person been tipped for large things arsenic they marque their mode successful the region crippled with Lancashire, Somerset and Middlesex respectively.

Stewart knows the benignant of travel they are presently on. His dad, Micky, played 8 Tests for England earlier giving his lad his Surrey debut astatine the property of 17 and past moving arsenic manager of the nationalist squad erstwhile Alec was establishing himself arsenic 1 of the astir destructive opening batsmen successful the game.

He said: “Forget the surname and conscionable look astatine the endowment - and these lads person that successful abundance. There volition evidently beryllium immoderate other involvement successful Rocky, Archie and Josh due to the fact that they person high-profile fathers and determination is much scrutiny than ever during this epoch of societal media.

“But I’ve ever been a believer that endowment volition travel through. These 3 lads each person a precise precocious ceiling.

“Freddie precocious showed maine a representation of maine with Rocky erstwhile helium was astir three. I was his skipper erstwhile helium made his Test debut - and past play his lad walked retired to bat astatine No.4 for Lancashire against Surrey astatine The Oval.

“There has ever been that father-and-son happening successful cricket, though my concern was somewhat antithetic due to the fact that my dada was my manager for some my region and my country.”

Micky, present aged 92, ne'er gave his lad immoderate preferential treatment. Not that Stewart Jnr ever needed it. Alec added: “We spoke astir our narration erstwhile I signed my archetypal nonrecreational contract. At home, helium was my father. At work, helium was my coach.

“At nary signifier did I consciousness I got peculiar treatment. In fact, I deliberation helium treated maine a small spot harder, which I had perfectly nary occupation with.

“It’s not colony cricket, wherever your dada picks you due to the fact that of who you are. If you’re not bully enough, you don’t get successful the team. Professional athletics is ruthless. My dada picked maine and helium dropped me.

“When you get near retired of the team, you tin either curl up successful a country and consciousness atrocious for yourself - oregon you tin beryllium them wrong."