Generally known as ‘Freddie’, Flintoff moved into TV presenting on the finish of his cricket profession and fronted High Gear from 2019 till the crash three years later.
Within the first sequence of Discipline of Goals, aired in 2022, Flintoff returned to his hometown of Preston to assemble a cricket staff of youngsters that had by no means performed the sport earlier than.
The second sequence centres on taking the staff on a tour of India and commenced filming earlier than Flintoff’s accident.
The crash occurred 12 weeks earlier than the tour was scheduled to happen. Within the documentary, Flintoff is proven per week and a half after the accident in footage he shot himself on his telephone. It reveals the preliminary extent of his facial accidents.
“I genuinely shouldn’t be right here with what occurred,” he stated. “It is going to be a protracted street again and I’ve solely simply began. I will need assistance. I actually am. I am not one of the best at asking for it.
“I am wanting ahead to seeing the lads. I actually am. This India journey goes to be for me as a lot as them now. I am decided. I actually need to go.”
Ultimately, the tour must be delayed till 2024.
Seven months after the accident, in the summertime of 2023, Flintoff was visited by shut pal and fellow coach Kyle Hogg.
The change between the 2, captured within the documentary, is Flintoff’s first clarification of the influence the accident had on him.
By that stage, Flintoff had undergone various operations on his face and infrequently left his dwelling. When he did it was with a “full face masks and glasses”.
