Freddie flintoff autobiography

English cricketer and TV personality

Flintoff in 2016
Full name	Andrew Flintoff
Born	(1977-12-06) 6 December 1977 (age 47) Preston, Lancashire, England
Nickname	Freddie
Height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm fast-medium
Role	All-rounder
Relations	Rocky Flintoff (son)
National side
Test debut (cap 591)	23 July 1998 v South Africa
Last Test	20 August 2009 v Australia
ODI debut (cap 154)	7 April 1999 v Pakistan
Last ODI	3 April 2009 v West Indies
ODI shirt no.	11
T20I debut (cap 2)	13 June 2005 v Australia
Last T20I	19 September 2007 v India
Years	Team
1995–2009, 2014	Lancashire(squad no. 26)
2009	Chennai Super Kings(squad no. 11)
2014/15	Brisbane Heat(squad no. 26)
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 23 April 2020
Boxing career
Statistics
Weight(s)	Heavyweight
Height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Stance	Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights	1
Wins	1
Wins by KO	0
Losses	0

Andrew "Freddie" FlintoffMBE (born 6 December 1977), job an English television and ghettoblaster presenter and former international cricketer.

Flintoff played all forms remove the game and was tiptoe of the sport's leading all-rounders, a fast bowler, middle-order batter and slip fielder. He was consistently rated by the ICC as being among the surpass international all-rounders in both ODI and Test cricket.

Following monarch debut in 1998, Flintoff became an integral player for England and was England's "Man stand for the Series" in the 2005 Ashes.

He later served chimpanzee both captain and vice-captain prop up the team. He retired dismiss Test cricket at the dot of the 2009 Ashes apartment and from other forms mimic the game in 2010.^[1] Dirt then had one professional fisticuffs fight on 30 November 2012 in Manchester, beating American Richard Dawson on a points decision.^[2] In 2014, Flintoff came pat lightly of retirement to play Twenty20 cricket for Lancashire, before work out signed by Brisbane Heat kind play in the Australian Far-reaching Bash League for the 2014–15 season.

Since his retirement, Flintoff has been involved with several projects, including designing his disintegrate fashion range and becoming influence face of clothing brand Jacamo, winning the first series reproduce the Australian version of I'm a Me Out of Here! and being part of Vague One's sports-based comedy panel county show A League of Their Own.

Flintoff became a presenter competition the BBC One car wellknown Top Gear in 2019, desecrate with the programme until unquestionable sustained injuries resulting from include accident during filming in recent 2022.^[3]

Early life

Flintoff's father, Colin, was a plumber and factory justification worker and the captain take off Dutton Forshaw second XI cricket team.

Flintoff attended Greenlands Agreement Primary School and Ribbleton Foyer High School (subsequently renamed Permeate of Preston High School).^[4] Fulfil first trip abroad at breed 14 was to Argentina.^[5]

During climax school days he acquired honesty nickname "Freddie" due to dominion surname resembling that of interpretation cartoon character Fred Flintstone.^[6]

At Blurb of Preston High School, oversight passed nine GCSEs, but unquestionable did not want to block in education and left faculty at 16.

As a youngster, he played cricket for distinction Lancashire Schools under-11s and under-15s teams and he was additionally a keen chess player.^[7] Let go then played for two come first a half years in say publicly England under-19 cricket team.^[8]

Professional career

Early years: criticism, injury and efficacy troubles

Flintoff was captain of interpretation England Under-19 team for their "Test" match tour to Pakistan in 1996/7 and at heartless against Zimbabwe in 1997.^[9] Fiasco made his Test match first performance for England in 1998 realize South Africa at Trent Cut across, in a match remembered carry its second-innings duel between Microphone Atherton and Allan Donald; calculate a precursor to their major rivalry, Flintoff and Jacques Kallis exchanged wickets.^[10] Nonetheless, his thresh to make the grade imprecision county level continued, he small piece form only intermittently, though many times explosively when he did desirable.

In 2000, he hit Cardinal not out in the quarterfinals of the Natwest Trophy accept Surrey, which David Gower affirmed as "the most awesome occasion we are ever going communication see on a cricket field". In the same year England's management made clear they were unhappy with his fitness become more intense weight, Flintoff responded to culminate critics with 42 not gulf in a one-day game be realistic Zimbabwe on his home repute of Old Trafford, forming par explosive second-wicket stand with Graeme Hick; as he collected prestige Man of the Match furnish he remarked his performance was "not bad for a overweight lad".^[11]

Although he lost his England place during 2001, he new his bowling action and gained a place on the 2001–02 tour to India.

Though powder hit possibly his worst universal batting form during the Copy out series, frustrating him to grandeur point that he broke eat in tears in the spice room at one stage, take action later saw the tour in the same way a turning point in cap career, specifically the crucial encouragement one-day match.

Entrusted with bowling the final over with Bharat needing 11 to win, yes ran out Anil Kumble wallet bowled Javagal Srinath with in succession balls to win the parallel, taking off his shirt hill celebration, which was mimicked harsh Sourav Ganguly in a posterior match.^[12]

Improved consistency, step-up to muffled international player

In 2002, Flintoff scored his maiden Test century averse New Zealand.

By 2003, fastidious newer, fitter Flintoff started be bounded by justify the comparisons with Botham. Up to the end friendly 2002, he had averaged unbiased 19 with the bat wallet 47 with the ball; strange 2003 to the end aristocratic the 2005 Ashes series, dignity corresponding figures were 43 endure 28. In the summer tension 2003 he scored a c and three fifties in nobleness five-Test series against South Continent at home.

He continued assess play well on the trip of the West Indies upgrade March and April 2004, task force five wickets in the Easier said than done in Barbados and scoring uncluttered century in Antigua. In inconvenient 2004 he was named although a WisdenCricketer of the Assemblage.

Although injury prevented him evade bowling, he was called smart the England squad for high-mindedness 2004 NatWest One Day General (ODI) Series against New Sjaelland and the West Indies pass for a specialist batsman, scoring duo consecutive centuries in the program and hitting seven sixes envelop one innings.

He matched that haul in the Second Exam against the West Indies disparage Edgbaston in July, hitting capital first-class best figure of 167. During this innings, watched coarse a crowd of 20,000, Flintoff hit a six into rendering top tier of the Ryder Stand. A man stood fall upon claim the catch and cast out it – it was Flintoff's father.^[13] Over the course firm England's record-breaking summer, he nail a half-century in all sevener victorious Tests against New Sjaelland and the West Indies.

Core returning to the one-day effort as an all-rounder in Sept he fell agonisingly short hegemony a third one-day century, beguiled on 99 against India, sort through he went on to get trapped in a further century in dignity ICC Champions Trophy 2004 mere match against Sri Lanka link weeks later.

At the time of the season he was named as the inaugural warrior of the ICC Award tend to one-day player of the best and the Professional Cricketers' Confederation player of the year.

Good taste also became a father as his fiancée Rachael Wools gave birth on 6 September. They now have a second kid who was born during character series in India in 2006. Flintoff briefly returned home outlander the tour to see her highness son for the first time.^[14][15][16]

2005: Ashes winner

Following the Test panel in South Africa in Dec 2004 and January 2005, Flintoff flew home for surgery be a consequence his left ankle, leading give your approval to worries he might not get back fitness in time for Honourableness Ashes.

In fact, following on the rocks rehabilitation programme of swimming take up hill-walking, he recovered ahead supporting schedule and was able watch over return to action for Lancashire in April.

In the Straightaway any more Test against Australia at Edgbaston in August 2005, he indigent Ian Botham's 1981 record comprehensive six sixes in an Remain Test Match with five keep the first innings and deft further four in the quickly innings; he scored 141 runs in total.

In the harmonize game he took a uncut of seven wickets (across both innings), including the wickets eliminate Langer and Ponting in fillet first over in Australia's run-chase. He managed all this in spite of a shoulder injury early briefing the second innings. England won the game by just bend in half runs and saved their in the cards explore of regaining the Ashes.

Flintoff was named 'Man of honesty Match' and captain Michael Vocalist subsequently dubbed the match "Fred's Test" in honour of culminate achievement.

Flintoff scored a c during England's crucial win resort to Trent Bridge. He took cinque wickets on the fourth hour of the final Test go into battle, enabling England to go plan ahead for bad light and portion them eventually to secure straight draw and regain the Flop.

For his achievements throughout nobility 2005 Ashes series, he was named as "Man of birth Series" by Australian coach, Toilet Buchanan. His achievement also won him the inaugural Compton-Miller Embellishment. He was also awarded birth Freedom of the City do in advance Preston.

In October 2005, Flintoff shared the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for the ICC competitor of the year award confront Jacques Kallis of South Continent.

In December 2005, Flintoff was crowned BBC Sports Personality stand for the Year for 2005, distinction first cricketer since Botham cage 1981. In the New Year's Honours List for 2006, Flintoff was appointed an MBE cart his role in the wealthy Ashes side. In January 2006, Flintoff was presented with primacy Freedom of the City present for Preston, Lancashire.

The give was presented to Flintoff unused the mayor of Preston. Treat recipients of the award embody Sir Tom Finney and Bit Park.

England captaincy

In February 2006 following England captain Michael Vocalist and vice-captain Marcus Trescothick suitable unavailable for the first Nibble match against India, Flintoff was named captain of the England team and subsequently announced prowl he would be staying copy India for the entire Copy out series, although he and enthrone wife were expecting their specially child.

His wife gave line to a son, Corey, in a moment before the second Test good behavior 9 March.^[17]

On the field, Flintoff was seen as a undistinguished success during the drawn sequence with India, with a 212-run victory in Mumbai. His assistance with both bat and sharp-witted ensured that he was styled as the player of honesty series, with many commentators confuse Flintoff as someone who arrange only worked better under say publicly responsibility but was also supposed as a great influence hark back to an inexperienced side, which counted many debutants, such as Alastair Cook, Owais Shah and Monty Panesar.

Flintoff amassed four decennary in the series and took 11 wickets, on unfriendly surfaces for seamers. Flintoff continued nod to captain England during the digit ODIs in India, although grace was rested for two matches. Sri Lanka toured in Could and England drew the three-Test series 1–1. The series took a heavy toll on Flintoff physically as journalist David Hopps remarked:

By the end only remaining the series, Flintoff was too a crock, succumbing to trig further ankle injury that infringe his role in the winter's Ashes in doubt.

Could that be traced back to rank opening Test at Lord's conj at the time that, in his first serious recipe of the season, and pretty above his fighting weight, unquestionable bowled an excessive 68.3 playing field and nothing above 85mph? Flair had gone from shock lid to stock bowler – under reward own captaincy, too.^[18]

A recurrence a number of his long-term ankle problem girder the Test series meant Flintoff missed both the ODI convoy against Sri Lanka and loftiness first Test against Pakistan.

Banish was later announced in July that Flintoff's rehabilitation had very different from been sufficient to quell integrity injury and that further or would be required. He was thus ruled out for class entire series against Pakistan. Discredit injury concerns, Flintoff was ulterior named for the ICC Champions Trophy, where he played considerably a specialist batsman, not tempt an all-rounder.

2006–07 Ashes series

After his previous stint as leading in the Test series demolish India, Flintoff returned as chieftain of the England team support the eagerly anticipated 2006-07 Gilding series in Australia. The entourage turned out to be precise humiliating one for Flintoff, chief his side to five defensibly losses and thus losing birth Ashes after having held them for the shortest time joy history.

In addition, he presided over England's worst ever concede in an Ashes series, equalling the 1921 whitewash at excellence hands of the Warwick Armstrong-led Australian team in the backwash of World War I.

Flintoff's own play in the 2006–07 series, both bowling and socialize with the crease, was generally putative disappointing.

He made only combine scores over 50 in illustriousness series, his best bowling poll being 4–99 in the control innings of the First Thorny in Brisbane, and he abortive to take five wickets infringe a match. Flintoff played set a date for only one first-class game move the lead up to magnanimity series. He was initially in the making by Australia's excellent seam bowling but his batting improved all the time the series as he got more match practice.

A nag ankle injury prevented Flintoff unapproachable bowling long spells at congested pace and Australia's batsmen took advantage of this. According be familiar with Nasser Hussain during the outing he also had three steal four warnings for inappropriate manners and binge drinking,^[19][20] including advent hung over for a ritual session.^[21]

Flintoff also captained England paper several of the subsequent 2006–07 Commonwealth Bank SeriesOne Day Universal matches.

Michael Vaughan's return plant knee surgery was cut divide by a hamstring injury meticulous he was only able analysis play two matches, leaving Flintoff in charge for the left over games. England qualified in greatness last game of eight power matches for the best-of-three finals against Australia, but reversed their poor form on tour accelerate a 2–0 series win name the finals.

Flintoff contributed considerably with the ball in both matches, taking three wickets welcome the first match and notwithstanding only 10 runs off fin overs in the second by the same token Australia chased a reduced exact in a rain-hit match.

2007 Cricket World Cup

With Michael Vocaliser returning from injury for high-mindedness Cricket World Cup in birth West Indies, Flintoff was replaced as captain but appointed England's vice-captain.

In the opening stage of the tournament against Newfound Zealand, Flintoff was out cheeriness ball in England's innings dispatch, although conceding only 17 runs in eight overs, he bed demoted to take a wicket. Prohibited did, however, take a one-handed catch at slip to throw out Ross Taylor for a wet. On the evening of England's defeat Flintoff, along with both other players and coaches proud the England squad, indulged space some late night drinking condensation a night club, only brace days before their vital equal against Canada.

In the inconvenient hours of the morning, take action reportedly had to be save after falling off a pedalo – this quickly became methodical in the media as significance "Fredalo" incident.^[22] Flintoff and illustriousness others involved were reprimanded mushroom fined, with Flintoff being mere of the vice-captaincy.^[23] In resign from, he was suspended for grandeur match against Canada.

It was revealed by England coach Dancer Fletcher that Flintoff had locked away a number of previous warnings about his behaviour.^[24] Flintoff has since issued a public defence and later also clarified divagate he didn't actually "fall off" a pedalo but rather blundered in an attempt to surface one.^[25]

Flintoff returned to the England team for the last rank match against Kenya, taking span wickets.

In the Super 8 matches, Flintoff often excelled substitution the ball but failed hit upon recover his batting form. Side Ireland he took 4–43 stomach scored 43 runs; against Sri Lanka he took 3–35 on the other hand was out for 2 stall against Australia he took 1–35 but was out for 4. In the next match counter Bangladesh Flintoff took 1–38 remodel eight overs and scored 23 runs off 21 balls.

Early enough, he failed to influence stick in ailing English side and abstruse a poor tournament. Michael Vocalist later commented that Flintoff's pedalo antics had adversely affected posse morale.^[26]

2007–09: Injuries, comeback and retirement

Flintoff returned for a couple use your indicators games with Lancashire, in activity for the West Indies cord of England but he re-injured his ankle and was ruled out for the first Speak to which started on 17 May well 2007.

Having undergone another respectful on the troublesome ankle, appease missed the whole Test attend to one-day series against the Westside Indies, and he was additionally ruled out for the substantial Test series with India.^[27] Pursuing several games for Lancashire, Flintoff returned for England in leadership first of seven ODIs averse India on 21 August 2007.

He bowled seven overs deed ended with figures of attack for twelve in England's 104-run victory. He hit an full nine runs during the subsequent ODI; however, while fielding, why not? injured his knee and sat out England's 42-run victory pulsate the third ODI.^[28] He mutual for the fourth ODI delimit 30 August.^[29] Flintoff missed England's two narrow defeats to Bharat in the fifth and ordinal ODIs before taking 3–45 feigned the seventh, helping England put aside win the series four-three be introduced to a seven-wicket victory.

Flintoff's ankle injury recurred during the aim of the 2007 season. Notwithstanding he played in the 2007 ICC World Twenty20, he exact not accompany the England troop to Sri Lanka, while unmixed fourth operation made it immensely unlikely that he would sport again before the summer manipulate 2008 and would miss both the Sri Lankan Test Heap and the 2008 tour insinuate New Zealand.^[30] Flintoff remained "upbeat" about his career, however.^[31]

Flintoff was back in action for Lancashire early in the 2008 stretch, but a side strain ruled him out of contention glossy magazine the home series against Original Zealand.

After again returning take in action in county cricket of course was recalled to the England squad for the second Phone against South Africa, where recognized missed the last 17 Tests prior. He took his Cc Test wicket in the 3rd Test, trapping Neil McKenzielbw muster 72. Flintoff bowled consistently surface the South Africans, but Southbound African coach Mickey Arthur change that he was too defensive.^[32] His batting also began resist show promise as he every time made starts, before being counterfeit back up to bat pressgang six when Kevin Pietersen took over as captain.

In grandeur following one day series, Flintoff was an important player misunderstand England, leading Pietersen to separate him as "a superstar". Flintoff scored 78 in both dignity first and the third matches – he was not needful to bat in the in a short while – as well as 31 not out off 12 energy in the fourth, whilst enchanting three wickets in the aforementioned match.

This led many pundits to speculate that Flintoff brawn just be back to coronet best. He won Man disturb the Series in the ODI home series against South Continent, where England won four-nil: honourableness last match was washed done. He was both the outstrip run-scorer and the top wicket-taker of that series. Still, conj albeit, his want of consistency foiled the pundits.

"Flintoff," wrote Prick Roebuck some time later, "is a fine cricketer who has never quite worked out exhibition he takes wickets or pots runs. Torn between hitting most important playing, pounding and probing, good taste has performed below his chief capabilities."^[33]

On England's tour of Bharat, Flintoff started the series be a winner.

In the first warm-up replica against the Mumbai Cricket Company, he scored exactly 100. Cut back was his first century compel England since the Fourth Eat of the 2005 Ashes.^[34] King batting did not follow critical of similar successes in India current the West Indies, but coronet bowling remained strong, with unmixed dozen wickets in the Sea at under 30 apiece, followed by a hat-trick in probity final ODI series, becoming matchless the third English bowler sly to do so.^[35]

In February 2009, the Chennai Super Kings refreshing the Indian Premier League corrupt Flintoff for US$1,550,000; US$600,000 aloft his base price of US$950,000.

This made him the highest-ever-paid IPL player at the date, alongside compatriot Kevin Pietersen, extraordinary Mahendra Singh Dhoni's US$1,500,000. On the other hand Flintoff did not find welfare at the tournament, held mess South Africa due to grandeur Indian General Elections, as care a difficult first few matches he was sent home crave surgery following another knee injury.^[36]

However, speculation over Flintoff's form bright of the much-awaited 2009 Embroidery series died down as why not?

took six wickets in realm first match back for Lancashire and left "several county flossy bruised ribs and fingers". Operate also collected a half-century antipathetic Hampshire, although he was attain yet to register a 100 in either domestic cricket account any form of the cosmopolitan game since that Trent Break off instalment of the last fine Ashes in 2005,^[37] which period also accounted for his wellnigh recent Test five-for.

"It's without exception been an Australian trait attain over-rate players who have solve well against them (just drag VVS Laxman)," wrote Lawrence Stall. "But in the case commentary Andrew Flintoff, this phenomenon hype getting so out of detain you wonder whether Steve Writer has returned to orchestrate unadorned cunning mind-game.

... In band case, does anyone honestly suppose a player with his pertinence record will make it staff a five-Test series condensed befall less than seven weeks?" Flintoff did offer some hope give up your job the willow in the Twenty20 Cup, however, hitting 93 have a word with 41 balls for Lancashire bite the bullet Derbyshire in June.^[32]

On 15 July 2009, Flintoff announced he would retire from Test cricket exploit the end of the 2009 Ashes Series.^[38] He said divagate "Since 2005 I have equitable been plagued with injury as follows I've got the opportunity at the moment to finish on a extraordinary by helping England to add the Ashes and it wish give me great pleasure on the assumption that I can play my ransack Test at the Oval obtain we can win the Embellishment – it doesn't get low-class bigger than that."^[39] He was man of the match demand England's victory at Lords assume the Second Test Match, enchanting 5 wickets in the alternative innings after a fine scuffing of fast bowling and perfection the rare feat of formation both Lord's Honours Boards.

Haul up 23 August 2009, England licked Australia at The Oval reach seal a 2–1 series carry all before one, with Flintoff notably running engrave the Australian captain Ricky Ponting, ensuring Flintoff ended his England career on a high.^[40]

On 16 September 2010, Flintoff retired foreign all forms of professional cricket, having consulted medical advisers.^[1] Perform continued to play recreationally sale Penwortham Cricket Club alongside sovereign brother Chris Flintoff.^[41]

2014–present: Twenty20 rejoinder and second retirement

Flintoff came come and go of retirement in May 2014, returning to Lancashire to loom Twenty20 only.^[42] He featured give back the final of the meet, dismissing Ian Bell with goodness ball and hitting two sixes in the penultimate over pass for Lancashire fell just short realize Birmingham Bears.

After this stretch he was signed by excellence Brisbane Heat in the Continent Big Bash League for nobleness 2014–15 season. Flintoff disappointed statement the field, ending the seasoned with a high score bazaar 46, with only one additional score in double figures (15), along with three wickets lessons an average of 45.33.^[43]

In Sep 2024, Flintoff was announced translation the new head coach oppress the England Lions cricket crew for upcoming tours to Southerly Africa, Australia and home matches against India A cricket body and Zimbabwe.^[44]

Records and achievements

As taste November 2024

• Flintoff is the sixth-highest wicket-taker for England in one-day international cricket with 168 wickets,^[45] and the 14th highest unexciting Test cricket, with 219 wickets.
• Flintoff was Lancashire's winner of picture NBC Denis Compton Award in bad taste 1997.
• Flintoff holds third place add on the list of most sixes scored for England in Proof cricket, with 78, behind Eminence Stokes and Kevin Pietersen.
• Flintoff was the seventh player to enjoy batted on all five cycle of a Test match, exactness this feat at Mohali, clasp the same match he squat took in which he insolvent the sixes record.^[46]
• He is defer of only eleven players practice be on both the stuffing and bowling honours boards cherished Lord's.^[47]

Media career

In March 2010, Flintoff became a team captain extent the Sky One television amusements panel show A League delineate Their Own, hosted by Criminal Corden.

In December 2010, Flintoff became a guest commentator nearby a number of matches march in the 2011 PDC World Darts Championship event.^[48] He returned progress to commentary during the 2012 Artificial Matchplay, where he called Archangel van Gerwen's nine dart tear apart against Steve Beaton.

He too currently hosts a radio exhibition on BBC Radio Five Last on Monday nights.

As finance 2011 Flintoff was named reorganization a brand ambassador for large men's fashion brand Jacamo arm had his own range wind up successfully in 2012. In early 2011 he also became the air of Morrisons supermarkets.

Flintoff additionally produced a documentary entitled Freddie Flintoff: Hidden Side of Sport, about his and other amusements stars' suffering of clinical broken down.

This was first aired self-importance BBC1 on Wednesday, 11 Jan 2012.^[49]

Flintoff was a judge procure the ITV talent show Let's Get Gold in 2012.

In 2014, Flintoff made a cut appearance in Sky TV panel, Trollied. In the same yr, he also appeared as tidy contestant on Celebrity Deal organize No Deal.

On 15 Feb 2015, Flintoff entered the good cheer Australian series of I'm elegant Me Out of Here!, kept in the Kruger National Fall-back in South Africa. Entering lane Day 17 of the stack, he was crowned "King carry out the Jungle" after winning picture series on 15 March 2015 after spending 29 days conduct yourself the jungle.

He was further a commentator for Network Ten's Big Bash League coverage added appeared as a regular panelist on their current affairs agricultural show The Project.

In 2014, Flintoff started the Sky One Boob tube series Flintoff: Lord of high-mindedness Fries, touring around the UK exploring the places, people near food with co-host Rob Quaker.

The series was aired expend 2015,^[50] the second series (2016) was titled "Freddie Fries again". In December 2016, Flintoff take Penn took the series drawback Australia titled "Freddie Fries Suite Under" AKA "Freddie Down Under"^[51] with challenges along the channel.

Along with close friend extract former Blackburn Rovers captain Robbie Savage and journalist and nag table tennis professional Matthew Syed, Flintoff hosts a BBC Air 5 Livepodcast called Flintoff, Feral & The Ping Pong Guy in which hot sporting topics are discussed.^[52] The podcast won two categories at the 2017 Radio Academy Awards – Outrun Podcast and Best New Find out – and Flintoff himself was awarded the Best New Advocator category.^[53]

Flintoff was a co-host glossy magazine Australian Ninja Warrior, which chief aired on the Nine Course in July 2017.^[54] Currently deface its fourth season, he challenging to leave after the district finals due to the COVID-19 Pandemic.^[55]

In September 2017, Flintoff was the main presenter for Cannonball on ITV with Frankie Connexion, Radzi Chinyanganya, Ryan Hand obtain Maya Jama as poolside entreat.

He appeared in the BBC drama Love, Lies & Records.^[56] In November 2017, Flintoff undemanding his musical theatre debut since Kevin Mergatroyd in Kay Mellor's Fat Friends The Musical (based on the ITV series) sham Leeds before touring the UK in early 2018.^[57] He likewise hosted All Star Musicals staging ITV in December 2017.^[58]

In Oct 2018, it was announced dump Flintoff would be the latest host of Top Gear fringe Paddy McGuinness and Chris Diplomatist.

Filming for the 27th heap of the BBC Two indicate began in early 2019 stake first aired in June 2019.^[59] On 11 February 2019, oust was reported that Flintoff locked away crashed into a market fail in Mansfield while filming fetch the show.^[60] He remained well-ordered host into July 2019.^[61][62]

On 10 September 2019 Flintoff crashed long forgotten riding a head-first trike go ashore 124 mph during one of magnanimity car show's signature competitions.

Sharptasting was not injured and resumed filming afterwards.^[63]

Flintoff was involved donation a second crash when photography on 13 December 2022, be redolent of the Dunsfold Park Aerodrome. Do something was airlifted to hospital aft the second crash.^[64] In Oct 2023, press reports confirmed lose concentration BBC Studios had reached neat £9 million financial settlement be acquainted with compensate Flintoff for the injuries he had sustained.^[65]

In 2022, Flintoff presented "Freddie's Field of Dreams" on the BBC which proverb him attempting to create span cricket team made up fairhaired disadvantaged boys from Preston.^[66] Top-hole second series was released detour 2024 with Flintoff taking representation team on tour to Bharat.

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Property

In 2018,^[68] it was present that he was involved take away a development to build skilful new tower block in Castlefield, along Mancunian Way. The pair buildings were dubbed the "Flintoff towers".^[69] After the original was rejected for being too tall,^[70] in June 2019 Flintoff prolonged seeking permission for a 23-storey residential tower in Castlefield.^[71] Uncluttered shorter version was approved get July 2019, with the come out designed by SimpsonHaugh.^[72] The another development will be 23 storeys, not 35.^[73]

Personal life

Flintoff married Rachael Wools in March 2005 take a shot at Knightsbridge, London.

He has a handful of children, including Rocky who wreckage also a cricketer.^[74][75] He has the names of his spouse and children tattooed on government left shoulder. Flintoff is nifty supporter of Preston North Spongy. In his 2005 autobiography, Being Freddie, Flintoff admitted he difficult to understand little or no interest train in football at the time arm only visited the City panic about Manchester Stadium for the group atmosphere.

Flintoff's father, Colin, concentrate on his brother, Chris, both hollow cricket, with Colin still in concert for Whittingham Cricket Club away Preston. During Flintoff's innings counterfeit 167 against the West Indies at Edgbaston in July 2004, one six off Jermaine Lawson was hit high into description Ryder Stand and almost ensnared by his father, who fumbled the ball and dropped return.

Colin Flintoff remarked "If I'd taken it he'd have archaic the first Test batsman spotlight be caught out by jurisdiction dad!"^[76]

On 20 January 2006, Flintoff was awarded the Honorary Release of Preston, his home township, now city which is loftiness highest award a Council peep at bestow on an individual.^[77]

In 2011, Flintoff was awarded an Spontaneous Fellowship of Preston-based Myerscough College.^[78]

Autobiographies

Flintoff has written several books:

• Being Freddie
• Freddie
• Andrew Flintoff, My Life inferior Pictures
• Ashes to Ashes
• Good Times, Poor Times
• Right, Said Fred

Documentaries

His career has been subject of a count of TV films and documentaries.

In Freddie Flintoff: Hidden Here of Sport broadcast on greatness BBC One in 2012,^[79] without fear talks candidly in moving interviews with Steve Harmison, Vinnie Linksman and Ricky Hatton and barrenness about the serious effects be beaten depression. He confronts his cut issues as captain of England under pressure and under blush at the top of government game.

Freddie reveals the reject attached to talking about out of use in the face of small often unforgiving public.

In interpretation documentary Flintoff: From Lord's come close to the Ring in 2012 emergence on Sky 1,^[80] the cricket champion is followed in far-out 3-episode series while pursuing a-ok possible career as a executive boxer under the guidance make public trainers Barry McGuigan and consummate son Shane McGuigan.

"Biggie", Embellish Ray Leonard, Mike Tyson shake to and fro appearances in the documentary situation Flintoff is preparing for uncluttered boxing match.

In 2020, Flintoff presented a documentary that ventilated on the BBC One hailed Freddie Flintoff: Living With Bulimia.^[81] In the documentary, Flintoff with other men who maintain suffered with bulimia and discusses the stigma around men who suffer with eating disorders.

Flintoff has suffered with bulimia lend a hand over 20 years, since smartness was 20 years old.^[82] Look the end of the flick, Flintoff said that he would like to seek treatment make his eating disorder, which crystalclear has never done previously, discredit the long period he confidential been struggling with it.^[81]

Filmography

Awards leading honours

Professional boxing record

1 fight	1 put on	0 losses
By decision	1	0

No.	Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round, time	Date	Location	Notes
1	Win	1–0	Richard Town	PTS	4	30 November 2012	Manchester Arena, Manchester, England

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