Freddie Flintoff credits Field of Dreams team for support after Top Gear accident
manchestereveningnews.co.ukCricket icon Freddie Flintoff has opened up about how his involvement with the TV show Field of Dreams supported him through the difficult period following a near-fatal Top Gear accident.
In the show, Flintoff coaches a group of young men from his hometown Preston, Lancashire, aiming to prepare them for a cricket tour in India.
The trip was initially scheduled for 2022 but was postponed due to Flintoff sustaining severe injuries during a Top Gear shoot.
Speaking to TV Times, Flintoff said: "Because of the crash it [the tour] happened a year later than it should have done." "I think in some ways that was almost a blessing - not the accident, but the fact that the lads were a year older. "There are a few things I've struggled with, which I was quite honest about and the lads helped me to get through.", reports the Express.
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