Freddie Flintoff has been noticed in public for the primary time since he was concerned in a high-speed crash whereas filming for Top Gear final winter. The 45-year-old sustained facial accidents and damaged ribs when the automobile he was driving veered off the highway at 130mph at Dunsfold Park Aerodrome in Surrey.
Flintoff stepped down from his presenting position on Top Gear again in March and has since returned to cricket to assist the England crew put together for the upcoming one-day World Cup. He is shut associates with managing director Rob Key and was noticed on Friday main fielding drills at Sophia Gardens in Cardiff.
The former England all-rounder was sporting various seen scars and cuts on his face, whereas he additionally seemed to be carrying tape throughout his nostril. He stored a low profile by carrying darkish glasses and a bucket hat on the outfield as he put England’s fielders by their paces alongside different members of teaching workers.
Flintoff retired from cricket in 2009 after a massively profitable profession, throughout which he performed 79 Tests and over 140 one-day worldwide matches for England. He joined the Top Gear presenting crew in 2019, the place he labored alongside fellow co-hosts Chris Harris and Paddy McGuinness.
The BBC halted manufacturing after Flintoff’s brutal crash, with the broadcasting big confirming in a press release {that a} resolution will likely be made later this yr on whether or not to proceed filming the remainder of the collection.
“Under the circumstances, we feel it would be inappropriate to resume making series 34 of Top Gear at this time,” mentioned the BBC. “We understand this will be disappointing for fans, but it is the right thing to do and we’ll make a judgment about how best to continue later this year.”
Flintoff’s teenage son Corey beforehand claimed that his father was fortunate to be alive following the crash, with the entire household being left ‘shocked’ after he was airlifted to hospital. Temperatures had reportedly plummeted beneath freezing on the take a look at monitor, the place he was reviewing an open-topped three-wheel Morgan Super 3.
“He’s okay, I’m not too sure what happened but he is lucky to be alive,” Corey instructed the Daily Mail. “It was a pretty nasty crash. It is shocking, we are all shocked but just hope he’s going to be OK.”
