Andrew Flintoff makes first look since Top Gear crash after becoming a member of England back-room employees
Andrew Flintoff has made his first public look in 9 months after becoming a member of England’s backroom employees in an unofficial, unpaid position for his or her four-match ODI sequence towards New Zealand.
Flintoff is recovering from serious injuries sustained while filming for the BBC present Top Gear in December. He was airlifted to hospital after crashing a automotive at Dunsfold Park Aerodrome, when he broke ribs and suffered facial and jaw accidents.
He is shut associates with Rob Key, the managing director of England males’s cricket, and has progressively returned to the general public eye this summer season, attending a number of days of the Ashes sequence as a spectator, though on these events he sought to protect the prolong of his accidents from the cameras.
Flintoff arrived in Cardiff in a single day and was concerned in fielding drills throughout England’s eight-wicket defeat to New Zealand on Friday. He was additionally seen carrying an England bucket hat whereas chatting to fellow teaching employees on the dressing-room balcony.
“He’s been starting to do some stuff in cricket,” stated Jos Buttler, England’s captain who briefly performed alongside Flintoff when he made a comeback for Lancashire within the T20 Blast in 2014. “It’s just great for him to be around.
“He’s clearly an England legend and it is simply good to have him across the group,” Buttler added. “He’s not been introduced in with any particular position, simply to be round and observe. A couple of of the lads can choose his brains slightly bit and he is settled in rather well.”
Flintoff’s involvement is not expected to last beyond the fourth ODI at Lord’s next week and he will not travel to the World Cup in India next month.
He has had limited involvement in cricket since leaving the game as a player, beyond occasional work as a broadcaster and commentator.
Last 12 months, the BBC aired a documentary he filmed referred to as Freddie Flintoff’s Field of Dreams, wherein he fashioned a cricket staff from a bunch of underprivileged youngsters in Preston.