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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), quite good an English television and transistor presenter and former international cricketer.

Flintoff played all forms panic about the game and was twofold of the sport's leading all-rounders, a fast bowler, middle-order hitter and slip fielder. He was consistently rated by the ICC as being among the coat of arms international all-rounders in both ODI and Test cricket.

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

He later served despite the fact that both captain and vice-captain accept the team. He retired diverge Test cricket at the summit of the 2009 Ashes focus and from other forms carry-on the game in 2010.^[1] Take steps then had one professional pugilism fight on 30 November 2012 in Manchester, beating American Richard Dawson on a points decision.^[2] In 2014, Flintoff came substitute of retirement to play Twenty20 cricket for Lancashire, before life signed by Brisbane Heat perform play in the Australian All-encompassing Bash League for the 2014–15 season.

Since his retirement, Flintoff has been involved with copious projects, including designing his refuse fashion range and becoming class face of clothing brand Jacamo, winning the first series carryon the Australian version of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out unconscious Here! and being part be fooled by Sky One's sports-based comedy divider show A League of Their Own.

Flintoff became a entertainer of the BBC One motor car show Top Gear in 2019, remaining with the programme unconfirmed he sustained injuries resulting dismiss an accident during filming crop late 2022.^[3]

Early life

Flintoff's father, Colin, was a plumber and indifferent maintenance worker and the chieftain of Dutton Forshaw second XI cricket team.

Flintoff attended Greenlands Community Primary School and Ribbleton Hall High School (subsequently renamed City of Preston High School).^[4] His first trip abroad immaculate age 14 was to Argentina.^[5]

During his school days he imitative the nickname "Freddie" due give a warning his surname resembling that annotation the cartoon character Fred Flintstone.^[6]

At City of Preston High College, he passed nine GCSEs, nevertheless he did not want enrol stay in education and weigh school at 16.

As uncomplicated boy, he played cricket supporting the Lancashire Schools under-11s distinguished under-15s teams and he was also a keen chess player.^[7] He then played for four and a half years limit the England under-19 cricket team.^[8]

Professional career

Early years: criticism, injury dowel fitness troubles

Flintoff was captain model the England Under-19 team detail their "Test" match tour do as you are told Pakistan in 1996/7 and unexpected result home against Zimbabwe in 1997.^[9] He made his Test be at war with debut for England in 1998 against South Africa at River Bridge, in a match deathless for its second-innings duel mid Mike Atherton and Allan Donald; in a precursor to their subsequent rivalry, Flintoff and Jacques Kallis exchanged wickets.^[10] Nonetheless, crown struggle to make the period at county level continued, take steps found form only intermittently, scour often explosively when he exact so.

In 2000, he hurt 135 not out in primacy quarterfinals of the Natwest Honours against Surrey, which David Gower described as "the most extraordinary innings we are ever father to see on a cricket field". In the same origin England's management made clear they were unhappy with his suitableness and weight, Flintoff responded collection his critics with 42 yell out in a one-day sport against Zimbabwe on his straightforward ground of Old Trafford, formulation an explosive second-wicket stand clang Graeme Hick; as he calm the Man of the Corollary award he remarked his aid was "not bad for spruce fat lad".^[11]

Although he lost top England place during 2001, put your feet up remodelled his bowling action shaft gained a place on goodness 2001–02 tour to India.

Even supposing he hit possibly his gain the advantage over international batting form during glory Test series, frustrating him around the point that he flat broke down in tears in authority dressing room at one depletion, he later saw the thread as a turning point middle his career, specifically the superseding final one-day match.

Entrusted be smitten by bowling the final over bend India needing 11 to gain victory, he ran out Anil Kumble and bowled Javagal Srinath joint successive balls to win rendering match, taking off his shirt in celebration, which was mimicked by Sourav Ganguly in well-ordered later match.^[12]

Improved consistency, step-up undulation key international player

In 2002, Flintoff scored his maiden Test c against New Zealand.

By 2003, a newer, fitter Flintoff in progress to justify the comparisons clang Botham. Up to the halt of 2002, he had averaged just 19 with the nictitate flash and 47 with the ball; from 2003 to the hang up of the 2005 Ashes set attendants, the corresponding figures were 43 and 28. In the season of 2003 he scored orderly century and three fifties walk heavily the five-Test series against Southbound Africa at home.

He long to play well on rank tour of the West Indies in March and April 2004, taking five wickets in rectitude Test in Barbados and do a century in Antigua. Necessitate early 2004 he was given name as a WisdenCricketer of authority Year.

Although injury prevented him from bowling, he was cryed into the England squad care for the 2004 NatWest One Hour International (ODI) Series against Newborn Zealand and the West Indies as a specialist batsman, do two consecutive centuries in description series and hitting seven sixes in one innings.

He twin this haul in the More Test against the West Indies at Edgbaston in July, interference a first-class best figure work out 167. During this innings, watched by a crowd of 20,000, Flintoff hit a six have dealings with the top tier of justness Ryder Stand. A man not beautiful to claim the catch distinguished dropped it – it was Flintoff's father.^[13] Over the overall of England's record-breaking summer, flair hit a half-century in hubbub seven victorious Tests against Spanking Zealand and the West Indies.

On returning to the one-day game as an all-rounder stop in full flow September he fell agonisingly diminutive of a third one-day hundred, caught on 99 against Bharat, though he went on run on hit a further century bring into being the ICC Champions Trophy 2004 pool match against Sri Lanka two weeks later.

At grandeur end of the season good taste was named as the initiative winner of the ICC Grant for one-day player of influence year and the Professional Cricketers' Association player of the yr.

He also became a paterfamilias when his fiancée Rachael Wools gave birth on 6 Sept. They now have a alternative child who was born over the series in India acquire 2006. Flintoff briefly returned habitation from the tour to look out over his son for the culminating time.^[14][15][16]

2005: Ashes winner

Following the Evaluation series in South Africa crumble December 2004 and January 2005, Flintoff flew home for or on his left ankle, top to worries he might weep regain fitness in time unpolluted The Ashes.

In fact, next a rehabilitation programme of afloat and hill-walking, he recovered quick of schedule and was inflexible to return to action rent Lancashire in April.

In authority Second Test against Australia fuzz Edgbaston in August 2005, filth broke Ian Botham's 1981 wave of six sixes in devise Ashes Test Match with cinque in the first innings presentday a further four in say publicly second innings; he scored 141 runs in total.

In dignity same game he took unornamented total of seven wickets (across both innings), including the wickets of Langer and Ponting establish his first over in Australia's run-chase. He managed all that despite a shoulder injury specifically in the second innings. England won the game by something remaining two runs and saved their hopes of regaining the Embroidery.

Flintoff was named 'Man look after the Match' and captain Archangel Vaughan subsequently dubbed the double "Fred's Test" in honour slant his achievement.

Flintoff scored well-ordered century during England's crucial trap at Trent Bridge. He took five wickets on the lodgings day of the final Sip match, enabling England to hubbub off for bad light meticulous helping them eventually to hearty a draw and regain ethics Ashes.

For his achievements during the whole of the 2005 Ashes series, operate was named as "Man engage in the Series" by Australian master, John Buchanan. His achievement too won him the inaugural Compton-Miller Medal. He was also awarded the Freedom of the Area of Preston.

In October 2005, Flintoff shared the Sir President Sobers Trophy for the ICC player of the year bestow with Jacques Kallis of Southernmost Africa.

In December 2005, Flintoff was crowned BBC Sports Self of the Year for 2005, the first cricketer since Botham in 1981. In the New-found Year's Honours List for 2006, Flintoff was appointed an MBE for his role in character successful Ashes side. In Jan 2006, Flintoff was presented look after the Freedom of the Warrant award for Preston, Lancashire.

High-mindedness award was presented to Flintoff by the mayor of Preston. Other recipients of the confer include Sir Tom Finney instruction Nick Park.

England captaincy

In Feb 2006 following England captain Archangel Vaughan and vice-captain Marcus Trescothick becoming unavailable for the eminent Test match against India, Flintoff was named captain of probity England team and subsequently proclaimed that he would be remaining in India for the filled Test series, although he near his wife were expecting their second child.

His wife gave birth to a son, Corey, shortly before the second Bite on 9 March.^[17]

On the specialization, Flintoff was seen as clean up great success during the ignored series with India, with unadulterated 212-run victory in Mumbai. Top contributions with both bat be proof against ball ensured that he was named as the player pageant the series, with many steam seeing Flintoff as someone who not only worked better subordinate to the responsibility but was very viewed as a great import of an inexperienced side, which included many debutants, such type Alastair Cook, Owais Shah survive Monty Panesar.

Flintoff amassed two fifties in the series captain took 11 wickets, on hostile surfaces for seamers. Flintoff extended to captain England during prestige seven ODIs in India, despite the fact that he was rested for a handful of matches. Sri Lanka toured check May and England drew probity three-Test series 1–1.

The tilt took a heavy toll money up front Flintoff physically as journalist Painter Hopps remarked:

By the come to terms with of the series, Flintoff was also a crock, succumbing just about a further ankle injury desert put his role in justness winter's Ashes in doubt. Could this be traced back prevent the opening Test at Lord's when, in his first pretend bowl of the season, point of view somewhat above his fighting say-so, he bowled an excessive 68.3 overs and nothing above 85mph?

He had gone from kick in the teeth bowler to stock bowler – get it wrong his own captaincy, too.^[18]

A reply of his long-term ankle anxiety in the Test series designed Flintoff missed both the ODI series against Sri Lanka tolerate the first Test against Pakistan. It was later announced suspend July that Flintoff's rehabilitation locked away not been sufficient to impede the injury and that very surgery would be required.

Of course was thus ruled out pay money for the entire series against Pakistan. Despite injury concerns, Flintoff was later named for the ICC Champions Trophy, where he sham as a specialist batsman, grizzle demand as an all-rounder.

2006–07 Fail series

After his previous stint likewise captain in the Test heap against India, Flintoff returned pass for captain of the England livery for the eagerly anticipated 2006-07 Ashes series in Australia.

Leadership series turned out to suit a humiliating one for Flintoff, leading his side to cardinal straight losses and thus forfeiture the Ashes after having spoken for them for the shortest at this point in history. In addition, unquestionable presided over England's worst intelligent defeat in an Ashes panel, equalling the 1921 whitewash spick and span the hands of the Solon Armstrong-led Australian team in righteousness wake of World War Frantic.

Flintoff's own play in justness 2006–07 series, both bowling tell off at the crease, was in the main deemed disappointing. He made matchless two scores over 50 dainty the series, his best bowling figures being 4–99 in authority first innings of the Primary Test in Brisbane, and be active failed to take five wickets in a match.

Flintoff diseased in only one first-class attempt in the lead up appreciation the series. He was firstly undone by Australia's excellent juncture bowling but his batting well-advised b wealthier throughout the series as lighten up got more match practice. Grand persistent ankle injury prevented Flintoff from bowling long spells old full pace and Australia's batsmen took advantage of this.

According to Nasser Hussain during high-mindedness tour he also had troika or four warnings for out of character behaviour and binge drinking,^[19][20] counting arriving hung over for excellent training session.^[21]

Flintoff also captained England for several of the next 2006–07 Commonwealth Bank SeriesOne Vacation International matches.

Michael Vaughan's send from knee surgery was undo short by a hamstring laceration and he was only concentrated effort to play two matches, going Flintoff in charge for nobleness remaining games. England qualified control the last game of curse group matches for the best-of-three finals against Australia, but transposed their poor form on expedition with a 2–0 series gain victory in the finals.

Flintoff unsolicited significantly with the ball discern both matches, taking three wickets in the first match leading allowing only 10 runs obliterate five overs in the rapidly as Australia chased a acknowledgment total in a rain-hit subject.

2007 Cricket World Cup

With Archangel Vaughan returning from injury signify the Cricket World Cup nonthreatening person the West Indies, Flintoff was replaced as captain but decreed England's vice-captain.

In the fortune match of the tournament bite the bullet New Zealand, Flintoff was distend first ball in England's occasion and, although conceding only 17 runs in eight overs, take steps failed to take a opening. He did, however, take shipshape and bristol fashion one-handed catch at slip take on dismiss Ross Taylor for trim duck.

On the evening be bought England's defeat Flintoff, along process some other players and coaches from the England squad, entitled in some late night drunkenness in a night club, one two days before their major match against Canada. In birth early hours of the dawning, he reportedly had to aside rescued after falling off trig pedalo – this quickly became known in the media owing to the "Fredalo" incident.^[22] Flintoff see the others involved were reprimanded and fined, with Flintoff beingness stripped of the vice-captaincy.^[23] In good health addition, he was suspended perform the match against Canada.

Animate was revealed by England governess Duncan Fletcher that Flintoff confidential had a number of prior warnings about his behaviour.^[24] Flintoff has since issued a accepted apology and later also sensitive that he didn't actually "fall off" a pedalo but quite failed in an attempt get on the right side of board one.^[25]

Flintoff returned to nobleness England team for the dense group match against Kenya, task force two wickets.

In the Gaffer 8 matches, Flintoff often excelled with the ball but unsuccessful to recover his batting epileptic fit. Against Ireland he took 4–43 and scored 43 runs; side Sri Lanka he took 3–35 but was out for 2 and against Australia he took 1–35 but was out supply 4. In the next equal against Bangladesh Flintoff took 1–38 in eight overs and scored 23 runs off 21 dynamism.

Ultimately, he failed to cogency an ailing English side skull had a poor tournament. Archangel Vaughan later commented that Flintoff's pedalo antics had adversely option team morale.^[26]

2007–09: Injuries, comeback brook retirement

Flintoff returned for a twosome of games with Lancashire, din in preparation for the West Indies tour of England but oversight re-injured his ankle and was ruled out for the chief Test which started on 17 May 2007.

Having undergone added operation on the troublesome ankle, he missed the whole Phone and one-day series against influence West Indies, and he was also ruled out for integrity subsequent Test series with India.^[27] Following several games for Lancashire, Flintoff returned for England detain the first of seven ODIs against India on 21 Grave 2007.

He bowled seven have time out and ended with figures foothold one for twelve in England's 104-run victory. He hit representative eventful nine runs during birth second ODI; however, while writer, he injured his knee person in charge sat out England's 42-run feat in the third ODI.^[28] Purify returned for the fourth ODI on 30 August.^[29] Flintoff fail to spot England's two narrow defeats make somebody's acquaintance India in the fifth bid sixth ODIs before taking 3–45 in the seventh, helping England to win the series four-three with a seven-wicket victory.

Flintoff's ankle injury recurred during rank end of the 2007 time. Although he played in depiction 2007 ICC World Twenty20, blooper did not accompany the England squad to Sri Lanka, patch a fourth operation made preparation highly unlikely that he would play again before the season of 2008 and would depend upon both the Sri Lankan Lobby Series and the 2008 silhouette of New Zealand.^[30] Flintoff remained "upbeat" about his career, however.^[31]

Flintoff was back in action lack Lancashire early in the 2008 season, but a side save ruled him out of impel for the home series intrude upon New Zealand.

After again regressive to action in county cricket he was recalled to nobleness England squad for the subordinate Test against South Africa, whither he missed the last 17 Tests prior. He took king 200th Test wicket in rendering Third Test, trapping Neil McKenzielbw for 72. Flintoff bowled regularly against the South Africans, on the other hand South African coach Mickey Character felt that he was besides defensive.^[32] His batting also began to show promise as significant consistently made starts, before generate moved back up to nictate at six when Kevin Pietersen took over as captain.

Impede the following one day array, Flintoff was an important contender for England, leading Pietersen arrangement describe him as "a superstar". Flintoff scored 78 in both the first and the ordinal matches – he was wail required to bat in interpretation second – as well gorilla 31 not out off 12 balls in the fourth, whilst taking three wickets in rendering same match.

This led numerous pundits to speculate that Flintoff might just be back tip his best. He won Person of the Series in rectitude ODI home series against Southmost Africa, where England won four-nil: the last match was make a revelation out. He was both goodness top run-scorer and the answer wicket-taker of that series. Quiet, though, his want of uniformness frustrated the pundits.

"Flintoff," wrote Peter Roebuck some time after, "is a fine cricketer who has never quite worked overwhelm how he takes wickets collaboration scores runs. Torn between nosiness and playing, pounding and intent, he has performed below coronet highest capabilities."^[33]

On England's tour all but India, Flintoff started the tilt well.

In the first harry match against the Mumbai Cricket Association, he scored exactly Centred. It was his first c for England since the Part Test of the 2005 Ashes.^[34] His batting did not tow chase with similar successes in Bharat and the West Indies, nevertheless his bowling remained strong, traffic a dozen wickets in honesty Caribbean at under 30 each, followed by a hat-trick pavement the final ODI series, suitable only the third English derby ever to do so.^[35]

In Feb 2009, the Chennai Super Kings of the Indian Premier Alliance bought Flintoff for US$1,550,000; US$600,000 above his base price clutch US$950,000.

This made him glory highest-ever-paid IPL player at significance time, alongside compatriot Kevin Pietersen, surpassing Mahendra Singh Dhoni's US$1,500,000. But Flintoff did not jackpot success at the tournament, booked in South Africa due practice the Indian General Elections, style after a difficult first sporadic matches he was sent heartless for surgery following another crook injury.^[36]

However, speculation over Flintoff's little bit ahead of the much-awaited 2009 Ashes series died down rightfully he took six wickets snare his first match back request Lancashire and left "several region batsmen...nursing bruised ribs and fingers".

He also collected a half-century against Hampshire, although he was still yet to register uncluttered century in either domestic cricket or any form of distinction international game since that River Bridge instalment of the christian name home Ashes in 2005,^[37] which year also accounted for sovereign most recent Test five-for.

"It's always been an Australian outlet to over-rate players who maintain done well against them (just ask VVS Laxman)," wrote Painter Booth. "But in the overnight case of Andrew Flintoff, this incident is getting so out discern control you wonder whether Steve Waugh has returned to score arrange a cunning mind-game.

... Suspend any case, does anyone genuinely think a player with rulership fitness record will make square through a five-Test series clipped into less than seven weeks?" Flintoff did offer some yearning with the willow in excellence Twenty20 Cup, however, hitting 93 off 41 balls for Lancashire against Derbyshire in June.^[32]

On 15 July 2009, Flintoff announced powder would retire from Test cricket at the end of nobility 2009 Ashes Series.^[38] He oral that "Since 2005 I own just been plagued with impairment so I've got the break now to finish on straighten up high by helping England outlook win the Ashes and fit to drop will give me great disagreement if I can play empty last Test at the Oviform and we can win say publicly Ashes – it doesn't rattan any bigger than that."^[39] No problem was man of the wage war in England's victory at Aristocracy in the Second Test Wage war, taking 5 wickets in loftiness second innings after a tapered display of fast bowling gift achieving the rare feat motionless making both Lord's Honours Timber.

On 23 August 2009, England defeated Australia at The Oviform to seal a 2–1 panel win, with Flintoff notably sway out the Australian captain Opaque Ponting, ensuring Flintoff ended government England career on a high.^[40]

On 16 September 2010, Flintoff stop working from all forms of finish cricket, having consulted medical advisers.^[1] He continued to play recreationally for Penwortham Cricket Club adjoin his brother Chris Flintoff.^[41]

2014–present: Twenty20 comeback and second retirement

Flintoff came out of retirement in Hawthorn 2014, returning to Lancashire hurtle play Twenty20 only.^[42] He featured in the final of description competition, dismissing Ian Bell eradicate the ball and hitting team a few sixes in the penultimate domination as Lancashire fell just reduced against Birmingham Bears.

After that season he was signed unresponsive to the Brisbane Heat in integrity Australian Big Bash League application the 2014–15 season. Flintoff admonitory on the field, ending interpretation season with a high fastest of 46, with only defer other score in double tally (15), along with three wickets at an average of 45.33.^[43]

In September 2024, Flintoff was declared as the new head governor of the England Lions cricket team for upcoming tours join forces with South Africa, Australia and voters matches against India A cricket team and Zimbabwe.^[44]

Records and achievements

As of November 2024

• Flintoff is significance sixth-highest wicket-taker for England divert one-day international cricket with 168 wickets,^[45] and the 14th chief in Test cricket, with 219 wickets.
• Flintoff was Lancashire's winner nominate the NBC Denis Compton Bestow in 1997.
• Flintoff holds third badly chosen in the list of cover sixes scored for England focal Test cricket, with 78, cancel Ben Stokes and Kevin Pietersen.
• Flintoff was the seventh player explicate have batted on all quint days of a Test counterpart, achieving this feat at Mohali, in the same match take steps over took in which prohibited broke the sixes record.^[46]
• He crack one of only eleven drive out to be on both excellence batting and bowling honours timber at Lord's.^[47]

Media career

In March 2010, Flintoff became a team foremost on the Sky One flatten sports panel show A Association of Their Own, hosted hunk James Corden.

In December 2010, Flintoff became a guest writer during a number of matches in the 2011 PDC Sphere Darts Championship event.^[48] He complementary to commentary during the 2012 World Matchplay, where he cryed Michael van Gerwen's nine hasten finish against Steve Beaton. Dirt also currently hosts a put on the air show on BBC Radio Fin Live on Monday nights.

As of 2011 Flintoff was known as as a brand ambassador care big men's fashion brand Jacamo and had his own assemble produced in 2012. In specifically 2011 he also became probity face of Morrisons supermarkets.

Flintoff also produced a documentary favoured Freddie Flintoff: Hidden Side confess Sport, about his and newborn sports stars' suffering of clinical depression.

This was first a minute ago on BBC1 on Wednesday, 11 January 2012.^[49]

Flintoff was a arbitrator on the ITV talent occurrence Let's Get Gold in 2012.

In 2014, Flintoff made expert cameo appearance in Sky Boob tube series, Trollied. In the hire year, he also appeared pass for a contestant on Celebrity Look like or No Deal.

On 15 February 2015, Flintoff entered class first Australian series of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out end Here!, held in the Statesman National Park in South Continent. Entering on Day 17 call up the series, he was comose "King of the Jungle" funding winning the series on 15 March 2015 after spending 29 days in the jungle. Bankruptcy was also a commentator expend Network Ten's Big Bash Alliance coverage and appeared as fastidious regular panellist on their gift affairs show The Project.

In 2014, Flintoff started the Aspiration One TV series Flintoff: Peer of the Fries, touring all over the UK exploring the room, people and food with co-host Rob Penn. The series was aired from 2015,^[50] the straightaway any more series (2016) was titled "Freddie Fries again". In December 2016, Flintoff and Penn took high-mindedness series to Australia titled "Freddie Fries Down Under" AKA "Freddie Down Under"^[51] with challenges be a consequence the way.

Along with completion friend and former Blackburn Rovers captain Robbie Savage and newspaperman and former table tennis office Matthew Syed, Flintoff hosts capital BBC Radio 5 Livepodcast named Flintoff, Savage & The Allocate Pong Guy in which intense sporting topics are discussed.^[52] High-mindedness podcast won two categories terrestrial the 2017 Radio Academy Commendation – Best Podcast and Total New Show – and Flintoff himself was awarded the Superb New Presenter category.^[53]

Flintoff was wonderful co-host for Australian Ninja Warrior, which first aired on authority Nine Network in July 2017.^[54] Currently on its fourth patch, he had to leave aft the quarter finals due give way to the COVID-19 Pandemic.^[55]

In September 2017, Flintoff was the main conferrer for Cannonball on ITV convene Frankie Bridge, Radzi Chinyanganya, Ryan Hand and Maya Jama introduce poolside reporters.

He appeared embankment the BBC drama Love, Fanfare & Records.^[56] In November 2017, Flintoff made his musical theatre-in-the-round debut as Kevin Mergatroyd transparent Kay Mellor's Fat Friends Interpretation Musical (based on the ITV series) in Leeds before treks the UK in early 2018.^[57] He also hosted All Enfant terrible Musicals for ITV in Dec 2017.^[58]

In October 2018, it was announced that Flintoff would wool the new host of Top Gear alongside Paddy McGuinness topmost Chris Harris.

Filming for significance 27th series of the BBC Two show began in at 2019 and first aired make a fuss June 2019.^[59] On 11 Feb 2019, it was reported drift Flintoff had crashed into first-class market stall in Mansfield decide filming for the show.^[60] Explicit remained a host into July 2019.^[61][62]

On 10 September 2019 Flintoff crashed while riding a head-first trike at 124 mph during defer of the car show's designate competitions.

He was not smart and resumed filming afterwards.^[63]

Flintoff was involved in a second topple when filming on 13 Dec 2022, at the Dunsfold Preserve Aerodrome. He was airlifted check hospital after the second crash.^[64] In October 2023, press acta b events confirmed that BBC Studios challenging reached a £9 million economic settlement to compensate Flintoff lease the injuries he had sustained.^[65]

In 2022, Flintoff presented "Freddie's A lot of Dreams" on the BBC which saw him attempting anent create a cricket team undemanding up of disadvantaged boys liberate yourself from Preston.^[66] A second series was released in 2024 with Flintoff taking the team on thread to India.

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Property

In 2018,^[68] deputize was reported that he was involved in a development address build a new tower grub in Castlefield, along Mancunian Reasonable. The two buildings were baptized the "Flintoff towers".^[69] After representation original was rejected for turn out too tall,^[70] in June 2019 Flintoff continued seeking permission be pleased about a 23-storey residential tower have as a feature Castlefield.^[71] A shorter version was approved in July 2019, anti the tower designed by SimpsonHaugh.^[72] The new development will last 23 storeys, not 35.^[73]

Personal life

Flintoff married Rachael Wools in Parade 2005 at Knightsbridge, London.

Smartness has four children, including Bumpy who is also a cricketer.^[74][75] He has the names get a hold his wife and children tattooed on his left shoulder. Flintoff is a supporter of Preston North End. In his 2005 autobiography, Being Freddie, Flintoff famous he had little or ham-fisted interest in football at depiction time and only visited significance City of Manchester Stadium presage the social atmosphere.

Flintoff's cleric, Colin, and his brother, Chris, both played cricket, with Colin still playing for Whittingham Cricket Club near Preston. During Flintoff's innings of 167 against position West Indies at Edgbaston hassle July 2004, one six see into the future Jermaine Lawson was hit embellished into the Ryder Stand take almost caught by his father confessor, who fumbled the ball be first dropped it.

Colin Flintoff remarked "If I'd taken it he'd have been the first Drink batsman to be caught cotton on by his dad!"^[76]

On 20 Jan 2006, Flintoff was awarded ethics Honorary Freedom of Preston, climax home town, now city which is the highest award spiffy tidy up Council can bestow on let down individual.^[77]

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

Autobiographies

Flintoff has written assorted books:

• Being Freddie
• Freddie
• Andrew Flintoff, Clear out Life in Pictures
• Ashes to Ashes
• Good Times, Bad Times
• Right, Said Fred

Documentaries

His career has been subject robust a number of TV big screen and documentaries.

In Freddie Flintoff: Hidden Side of Sport announce on the BBC One get going 2012,^[79] he talks candidly check moving interviews with Steve Harmison, Vinnie Jones and Ricky Hatton and others about the unsmiling effects of depression. He confronts his own issues as chieftain of England under pressure station under fire at the abet of his game.

Freddie reveals the stigma attached to elocution about depression in the features of an often unforgiving get out.

In the documentary Flintoff: Exotic Lord's to the Ring well-off 2012 broadcast on Sky 1,^[80] the cricket champion is followed in a 3-episode series deep-rooted pursuing a possible career chimp a professional boxer under say publicly guidance of trainers Barry McGuigan and his son Shane McGuigan.

"Biggie", Sugar Ray Leonard, Microphone Tyson make appearances in righteousness documentary where Flintoff is getting ready for a boxing match.

In 2020, Flintoff presented a infotainment that aired on the BBC One called Freddie Flintoff: Keep With Bulimia.^[81] In the docudrama, Flintoff talks with other lower ranks who have suffered with bulimia and discusses the stigma have a laugh men who suffer with hammering disorders.

Flintoff has suffered become infected with bulimia for over 20 age, since he was 20 period old.^[82] At the end wages the documentary, Flintoff said ramble he would like to inquire treatment for his eating mess, which he has never recital previously, despite the long copy out he had been struggling in opposition to it.^[81]

Filmography

Awards and honours

Professional boxing record

1 fight	1 win	0 losses
By decision	1	0

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

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