Freddie Flintoff has reportedly been handed a mentoring function with the England workforce 9 months after struggling critical accidents in an accident whereas filming BBC present Top Gear. The 45-year-old was pictured for the primary time because the crash on Friday as he labored with the England squad throughout their one-day worldwide defeat to New Zealand at Cardiff’s Sophia Gardens.

According to the Daily Mail, Flintoff nearly died after his three-wheeled open-top automobile, which didn’t have airbags, flipped over at Dunsfold Park Aerodrome, Surrey, in December at 130mph. But an EBC supply instructed the publication that the previous all-rounder is again in cricket for good however shall be taking issues slowly mentoring gamers.

And England star Liam Livingstone paid tribute to the “national hero” as he defined: “It’s incredible to have someone of his experience with us. He was obviously one of my heroes growing up. Thankfully I’ve been around Fred a little bit at Lancashire and he’s back at Old Trafford a bit more again now with his boys coming through at the club.

“It’s been great for the lads to have him here now. We’ve all been talking to him, especially when we were batting. You’ve got three and a half hours to pick the brains of someone who’s been there and done it. He’s a national hero so everybody loves that Fred’s going to be with us for the whole of this series and I’m sure he will enjoy himself as well.”

Flintoff performed 79 Tests, 141 one-day internationals and 7 T20s for England and starred for the Three Lions throughout their well-known 2005 Ashes victory over Australia. His last England look got here in 2009 and he retired from the game the next 12 months, earlier than asserting a U-turn to play for Lancashire within the T20 and for Brisbane Heat within the Big Bash League in 2014.

Flintoff, who give up the game for good firstly of 2015, has been concerned in an entire host of TV initiatives and joined the Top Gear presenting workforce alongside Paddy McGuinness and Chris Harris in 2019.

But in March, the BBC apologised to Flintoff for his accidents and introduced that the newest collection of Top Gear could be axed. “Under the circumstances, we feel it would be inappropriate to resume making series 34 of Top Gear at this time,” the company stated in an announcement.

“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. This has also impacted the production team, who we continue to support. Finally there will be a health and safety review of the show, in line with our procedures.”