Flintoff performed 79 Assessments for England between 1998 and 2009, together with a starring position within the epic Ashes triumph of 2005.
He transitioned into TV presenting on the finish of his cricket profession and fronted High Gear from 2019 till the crash three years later.
Filming of High Gear was halted following Flintoff’s accident. In March 2023 the BBC apologised to Flintoff, who agreed in October of the identical 12 months a bundle of compensation, reported by The Solar to be £9m.
In November 2023 the BBC confirmed High Gear wouldn’t return “for the foreseeable future”.
In September 2023, Flintoff returned to cricket within the teaching employees of the England white-ball workforce. He remained a part of the set-up by means of to the T20 World Cup in June, the place England had been crushed within the semi-finals.
His place with the Superchargers is his first head-coach position in skilled cricket.
“I’m somewhat bit nervous however I feel it is pure to be as a result of it means you care, doesn’t it?” stated Flintoff.
“I really feel actually fortunate to be again right here and I need the lads to cherish enjoying. Once you end enjoying, you look again and it passes so rapidly, however you simply take time whenever you’re on the market, simply to take a look round and take it in and reside within the second.
“And that is what I am doing today. It is residing within the second and having fun with it. And that is one thing I need the gamers to do, and the groups that play below me to do as properly.”
