LONDON: Ashes hero Andrew Flintoff is to coach his son on next month`s England Lions cricket tour of Australia.

Rocky Flintoff, 16, has been included in England`s second-string side during a tour that will include two four-day matches against a Cricket Australia XI in Brisbane followed by a `Test` against Australia A in Sydney.

Flintoff junior was a late inclusion in the Lions squad during their training camp in South Africa earlier this month.

An all-rounder, like his father, Rocky made his debut for Lancashire during the summer and has impressed for the England Young Lions.

The 16-strong squad announced Wednesday for the Lions` tour of Australia also includes five play-ers Shoaib Bashir, Pat Brown, Tom Hartley, Josh Tongue and John Turner who have represented England at senior level.

Flintoff is involved with the England white-ball set-up and went on to coach the Northern Superchargers in the English domestic game`s Hundred competition.

The 47-year-old former England captain told Britain`s PA news agency: `I always wanted to do something in cricket and I was never quite sure what it was.

`I have dabbled a little bit, I`ve done a bit of commentary, which I didn`t particularly like and it`s not really me. I have always had an ambition to coach but I`m not quite sure my route to doing that, or who I`d coach and let`s be honest, who`d have me?`-AFP