8 d. ago Blast from the past Zimbabwe are finally coming in out of the cold

More than 20 years since they suffered on Jimmy Anderson’s famous Test debut, the Africans are back aiming to be more than England’s warmup actA biting wind swept across Grace Road on Thursday and though the crowd was thin, there was just enough stardust to keep the autograph hunters happy. Andrew Flintoff was perched on the pavilion balcony, while Mark Wood, trying his hand at coaching during his latest injury layoff, patrolled the boundary’s edge with a smile.Out in the middle there were also runs for Josh de Caires, son of Mike Atherton, who compiled a fluent 79 from 93 balls on a green-tinged pitch. De Caires is a player in the modern mould charting his own course but some of the old man’s mannerisms were there to see. Mercifully, the lower back appears to be much less creaky. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Blast from the past: Zimbabwe are finally coming in from the cold

More than 20 years since they suffered on Jimmy Anderson’s famous Test debut, the tourists are backA biting wind swept across Grace Road on Thursday and though the crowd was thin, there was just enough stardust to keep the autograph hunters happy. Andrew Flintoff was perched on the pavilion balcony, while Mark Wood, trying his hand at coaching during his latest injury layoff, patrolled the boundary’s edge with a smile.Out in the middle there were also runs for Josh de Caires, son of Mike Atherton, who compiled a fluent 79 from 93 balls on a green-tinged pitch. De Caires is a player in the modern mould charting his own course but some of the old man’s mannerisms were there to see. Mercifully, the lower back appears to be much less creaky. Continue reading...

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1 week ago BAFTA Awards snub Freddie Flintoff despite his inspiring television comeback

Andrew 'Freddie' Flintoff missed out on a BAFTA Award in London on Sunday after making his return to the small-screen following a near-death crash while filming for Top Gear

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3 w. ago Freddie Flintoff 'so proud' as refugee star of hit BBC show makes cricket debut

Stars of the 'Freddie Flintoff's Field of Dreams' TV show are making strides in cricket and one of the ex-England all-rounder's proteges, Adnan Miakhel, reached a big milestone

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3 w. ago Andrew Flintoff proud as protege Adnan Miakhel plays for Lancashire second team

The Afghan refugee was a breakout star of Flintoff’s reality show about a scratch team of would-be cricketers based in Preston.

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4 w. ago What have we learned from the Andrew Flintoff documentary about his Top Gear crash?

The accident, plus his recovery, is detailed in the Disney + film, which vividly shows his horrific facial injuries

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4 w. ago 'He was so scared, he just stared at me': Andrew Flintoff's wife recalls harrowing moment she saw star's gruesome injuries

Andrew Flintoff's wife has revealed how she tried to comfort her husband after his near-fatal Top Gear car crash in December 2022.

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4 w. ago Freddie Flintoff’s huge drop in earnings revealed after near

TV personality and former sports star Andrew 'Freddie' Flintoff has opened up on the devastating crash that almost took his life during filming for BBC series Top Gear

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4 w. ago Freddie Flintoff's life after BBC crash, net worth and wife who 'got the worst of him'

Andrew 'Freddie' Flintoff has been a regular on our screens for more than a decade, but his life changed forever in 2022 when he was left with life-changing facial injuries after a car crash

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4 w. ago The hero surgeon who saved Andrew Flintoff's face: Doctor reveals how star was pieced back together 'like a jigsaw' after suffering facial injuries in 'top five' worst he'd ever seen

Mr Jahrad Haq, an oral and maxillofacial surgeon, was tasked with operating on the Ashes hero after he was airlifted to St George's Hospital in Tooting, south London, following his horror crash.

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4 w. ago What happened to Andrew Flintoff and when is his documentary out?

The crash, plus his recovery, will all be detailed in the documentary – but what happened?

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4 w. ago When Freddie Flintoff's documentary covering car crash is on TV and where to watch it

Andrew 'Freddie' Flintoff documents the recovery from his tragic crash in a new feature-length film, which hears from close friends including Jack Whitehall and James Corden

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4 w. ago Andrew Flintoff admits he wished he’d died after horror Top Gear crash in heartbreaking documentary

Cricketer revealed full extent of car accident in new Disney+ documentary, saying: ‘My biggest fear was I didn’t think I had a face’

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4 w. ago Jack Whitehall reveals he battled bulimia when starting out in television as he hails 'incredibly brave' Andrew Flintoff in new Disney documentary

Whitehall admitted the 'pressures' of the industry led to his battle and it was something he kept quiet about until his good friend Andrew 'Freddie' Flintoff publicly shared his own personal struggles.

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4 w. ago Andrew Flintoff blasts the BBC for treating him 'like a piece of meat' to get higher Top Gear TV ratings after near

Andrew Flintoff has criticised the BBC for treating him 'like a piece of meat' in order to gain more TV viewers prior to his life-changing Top Gear car crash in 2022.

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4 w. ago Andrew Flintoff reveals lowest moments following Top Gear car crash admitting ‘I wish I’d died’

Flintoff tells the story in a documentary on Disney+.

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last month Freddie Flintoff recalls his son being 'frightened' of him due to horror crash injuries

Andrew 'Freddie' Flintoff has opened up about his recovery following his horror crash while filming Top Gear, admitting that his youngest son was 'frightened' of him

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last month Freddie Flintoff's son was 'frightened' to come near him after nearly losing face in crash

Andrew 'Freddie' Flintoff has opened up about his recovery following his horror crash while filming Top Gear, admitting that his youngest son was 'frightened' of him

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