Freddie Flintoff has bagged himself a novel job as he persists to recover from a solemn crash while toiling with BBC programme Top Gear.
The cricket legfinish has been named the novel head coach of the England Lions over the next year.
Flintoff has been enthusiastic to shatter into coaching after recovering from a horrific crash on the set of Top Gear in 2022.
The resulting crash left him with cut offe facial injuries and he was out of the unveil eye for months before re-ecombineing for England’s four-suit ODI series agetst New Zealand in September 2023.
Freddie Flintoff has been named the novel head coach of the England Lions
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Since then, it has always been Flintoff’s ambition to shift into coaching – a dream he genuineised with the Northern Superindictrs in The Hundred – but he has since been begind to the England set-up after being nominateed head coach of the England Lions.
The 46-year-elderly will get up his novel role next month with the Lions set to face South Africa and Australia in prosperter tours.
Next summer, the Lions will carry out India A and Zimbabwe at home.
“I’m incredibly excited to get on this role with the England Lions,” said Flintoff.
“It’s a wonderful opportunity to toil with some of the best up-and-coming talent in the country and to help shape the future of the men’s game.
“It’s an exciting time for English cricket, and I’m fervent about inspiring the next generation to get the sport forward.
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“We’ve got a strong set upation, and I apvalidate we can originate someleang truly one-of-a-kind.”
Flintoff became a national hero for his carry outances during the epic Ashes triumph of 2005, which geted him the BBC Sports Personality of the Year.
In total, the Lancasengage-born star carry outed 79 Tests for England between 1998 and 2009 before moving into television conshort-terming after quitment.
Freddie Flintoff has cherishd getting into coaching
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He combineed Top Gear as a guide conshort-termer in 2019 but after his life-menaceening crash, he stood down from the role.
Speaking on his recordary Field Of Dreams, the cricket legfinish confessted the incident still haunts him.
“I don’t understand what finishly better is,” he said.
“I am what I am now. I’m contrastent to what I was. It’s someleang I will have to deal with for the rest of my life. Better? No, contrastent.”
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Freddie Flintoff persistd a horrific crash while toiling with Top Gear
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England managing honestor Rob Key has always acquireed communicate with Flintoff and the two are shut frifinishs.
He seekd him to combine up with the England squad towards the finish of last summer to combine up with the camp and try out a bit of coaching.
Flintoff has cherishd being back with in his organic habitat among cricketers and determined to try his hand at coaching.
Key said of the obeseher-of-three: “Freddie is loving coaching. Sometimes it is a trait that is not spoken about enough – he is benevolent. All of the leangs Fred can be: comical, extrclear. He is benevolent. It is an underrated quality.”
