Known as ‘Freddie’, Flintoff moved into TV presenting at the end of his cricket career and fronted Top Gear from 2019 until the crash three years later. In the first series of Field of Dreams, aired in 2022, Flintoff returned to his hometown of Preston to assemble a cricket team of teenagers that had never...
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Freddie Flintoff tells how Top Gear crash left him battling anxiety, nightmares and flashbacks – and ‘crying every two minutes’: Cricket legend speaks for the first time about how he cheated death, saying even now he’s not ‘better’, but ‘different’
Andrew ‘Freddie’ Flintoff has revealed his Top Gear horror crash has left him struggling with ‘anxiety’, ‘nightmares’ and ‘flashbacks’, as he admitted that he ‘genuinely should not be here’. The former England cricketer, 46, has spoken for the first time about the devastating impact the car accident has had on his life, in a new...
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Graham Thorpe: England & Surrey great dies at 55 – one of best batters of his generation
Thorpe’s skill was developed on the club grounds of Surrey, the county he would go on to represent throughout his entire first-class career from 1988 to 2005. On his England debut against Australia in 1993 he scored a second-innings 114 not out, having come in with the hosts in a precarious position. It was a...
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Graham Thorpe: Former England and Surrey batter dies aged 55
Former England and Surrey batter Graham Thorpe has died aged 55, it has been announced. Thorpe played 100 Tests for England between 1993 and 2005, as well as 82 one-day internationals. A stylish left-handed batter, he scored 6,744 Test runs for England, including 16 centuries, at an average of 44.66. Current England captain Ben Stokes...
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England cricket: Five questions after victory over West Indies, including Jamie Smith, Chris Woakes & Mark Wood
When James Anderson was pensioned off because he won’t make it to Australia, some asked why England persevered with Chris Woakes. Woakes is a bowler of a similar style to Anderson, not as good (few are as good as Anderson) and with a desperately poor record away from home (he averages more than 50 overseas...
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England vs West Indies: Mark Wood takes 5-9 and Ben Stokes hits England’s fastest Test fifty as hosts win Third Test
When Stokes strode out to bat, chest puffed out, with a sense of purpose in his gait Edgbaston chattered that something special might be in the offing. However, this was Bazball on steroids from Stokes. He shattered a 42-year record held by Ian Botham for the quickest half-century, surfing the wave of momentum generated by...
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England vs West Indies: Jamie Smith’s 95 puts hosts in control of third Test at Edgbaston
The panic button had been pushed when Pope chopped Shamar Joseph onto his stumps and then six balls later Brook edged Jayden Seales into the gloves of Joshua Da Silva. Root himself had an early stroke of fortune before either wicket fell, benefitting from a lack of West Indies conviction when he was hit on...
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Andrew Flintoff insider believes England cricket icon will take huge new job after Top Gear horror crash
Stuart Broad thinks Andrew Flintoff will become England coach in the future, while also revealing players he’s ‘spoken to’ have nothing but positive things to say about the 46-year-old. Flintoff has been working with England players over the past few months, having returned to the cricket scene following his horror crash while filming for Top...
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Joe Root climbs up to EIGHTH on list of Test cricket’s all-time top run scorers – but England batter is still a long way off Sachin Tendulkar in first place
Joe Root is up to eighth place on the list of Test cricket’s all-time top run scorers Root, 33, overtook former West Indies star Shivnarine Chanderpaul on Sunday But the England man is still way behind India legend Sachin Tendulkar in top spot By Robert Summerscales Published: 13:02 BST, 21 July 2024 | Updated: 13:11 BST, 21...
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Rocky Flintoff: Son of Andrew Flintoff hits century for England Under-19s against Sri Lanka
Rocky Flintoff, the teenage son of former England all-rounder Andrew, hit a century for England Under-19s on the third day of the second Test against Sri Lanka. Resuming on 82 overnight, the 16-year-old reached the landmark in the first hour of the morning session, making three figures from 176 balls with eight fours and two...
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England vs West Indies: Ollie Pope century puts hosts on top after day one of second Test in Nottingham
Ollie Pope led the way with 121 as England moved into a dominant position on day one of the second Test against the West Indies at Trent Bridge. A quick-fire 105 stand between Ben Duckett and Ollie Pope helped England recover from the first-over loss of Zak Crawley and the home side reached the lunch...
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England vs New Zealand: Hosts win at Lord’s to end home summer unbeaten
England ended their home summer unbeaten with a comfortable 20-run win over a struggling New Zealand at Lord’s. Set 156 to win, the White Ferns’ batting woes – which have plagued them throughout the series – continued as they could only manage 135-8. Lauren Bell led England’s attack with 3-20, while fellow seamer Freya Kemp...