Freddie Flintoff returns to TV after his 近づく-致命的な 最高の，を越す Gear 衝突，墜落: Ex-England 星／主役にする '静かに working on' BBC cricket show Field of Dreams

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England cricket legend Andrew 'Freddie' Flintoff has 静かに made a return to TV for the first time since a horror 衝突，墜落 on 最高の，を越す Gear put him out of 活動／戦闘 for months.

The Ashes hero, 46, was 'lucky to be alive' after his?is open-topped three-wheel 130mph Morgan 最高の 3 car, which had no 空気／公表する 捕らえる、獲得するs, flipped over in December 2022, leaving him with 厳しい facial 傷害s and several broken ribs.?

に引き続いて the 近づく-致命的な 衝突，墜落, the BBC 発表するd that it would pause 最高の，を越す Gear - and in November last year it was 残り／休憩（する）d for the 'foreseeable 未来'.

Flintoff, who is still 回復するing from his 'life-altering 重要な' 傷害s, is understood to have 交渉するd a £9million 解決／入植地 with the 会社／団体 for two years' loss of 収入s as a result of the 衝突，墜落.

Having returned to the England cricket 味方する in a coaching capacity, Flintoff has also been 持つ／拘留するing 会合s with 生産／産物 company South Shore over a second 一連の his BBC cricket show Field of Dreams.?

Andrew Flintoff's facial 傷害s were seen for the first time when he joined up with the England cricket squad in September

Flintoff has 静かに made a return to TV work for the first time since the horror 衝突，墜落. Pictured: Series one of Flintoff's Field of Dreams?

The former 最高の，を越す Gear host has been speaking with the 乗組員 and filming is 推定する／予想するd to start in the spring

The former 最高の，を越す Gear host has been speaking with the 乗組員 and filming is 推定する／予想するd to start in the spring.

A TV source told The Sun:?'Freddie and staff have been 静かに working on it since last month.?

'It will be his first major TV 事業／計画（する） in two years. Filming will start in a few months, when it's warmer outside, and will take place in the north of England.'

The source 追加するd that Flintoff is excited to be returning to grassroots cricket - and that a lot of the same 生産／産物 team from series one will be 伴う／関わるd again.

Flintoff was 運動ing a Morgan 最高の 3 - a lightweight 'trackday' sports car with two wheels at the 前線 and one at the 支援する - at the Dunsfold 実験（する） 跡をつける 近づく Guildford, Surrey on December 13 2022 when it overturned.

The open-最高の，を越す car has no airbags, and the cricketer was not wearing a helmet when the car flipped at around 22mph - meaning he '捨てるd' his 直面する along the tarmac in horrific scenes 証言，証人／目撃するd by the TV 生産／産物 乗組員.

Flintoff 報道によれば 要求するd a number of 外科s に引き続いて the 衝突，墜落, 苦しむing broken ribs and facial bones after 存在 dragged along the road.

Several members of staff who 証言，証人／目撃するd it were 調印するd off sick, having 報道によれば been 診断するd with 地位，任命する-traumatic 強調する／ストレス disorder - a （人命などを）奪う，主張する the BBC has 否定するd.

Filming was 一時停止するd on the most 最近の 一連の 最高の，を越す Gear after the 衝突，墜落 (pictured: Flintoff with co-presenters Chris Harris, left, and 米，稲 McGuinness, 権利)

Flintoff was 運動ing a Morgan Three-Wheeler open-最高の，を越す sports car (在庫／株) when it overturned during filming at Dunsfold nea r Guildford in Surrey

He 退却／保養地d from the limelight at the 命令 of his family ーするために 回復する, breaking cover for the first time last year to coach England cricketers.

Flintoff was photographed for the first time in public since the 衝突，墜落 in September and had 明白な facial 傷害s as he joined up with the squad for their one-day international series against New Zealand.?

Just yesterday, ECB managing director 略奪する 重要な hinted that Flintoff could have a longer 役割 with England.

?Flintoff, who made 79 実験（する） 外見s during his playing career, joined up with the white ball team during their one-day series against New Zealand, after watching three Ashes 実験（する）s as an incognito guest of 重要なs' over the summer.

支援する in November, Flintoff took the biggest step in his return to cricket, 存在 指名するd as the 長，率いる coach for the Northern Superchargeres for the 近づいている Hundred tournament, after 収入 the plaudits of several England players 含むing Stuart 幅の広い, に引き続いて his stint with Matthew Mott's 味方する.

But speaking on the Tailenders podcast, 重要な あられ／賞賛するd the former Lancashire player, 明言する／公表するing: 'When he got with the white-ball team, that was the first time he'd been seen in public and everyone loves seeing him, because you forget everyone grew up watching him.

Flintoff has been in a 助言者ing 役割 with the England 味方する since the summer series with New Zealand

The former all-rounder played a 決定的な 役割 in England's 2005 Ashes winning series?

'And since then he's now 支援する to his old self a little bit, which is 広大な／多数の／重要な to see. Jimmy [Anderson] played ゴルフ with him the other day.

'He's come on so much from where he was. I think he'll be a brilliant coach because he has empathy. He was a 広大な／多数の／重要な player who also had struggles, like [Ben] Stokes, who has had his 堅い times ? and your scars are what make you.

'Freddie is the same, a little bit. They know what it's like to fail and that's so helpful to have empathy for players ? their world comes to an end when they get out, or you get 攻撃する，衝突する around the park. They have understanding.'

Flintoff had joined 最高の，を越す Gear as a host in 2019 と一緒に 米，稲 McGuiness. They joined Chris Harris from the 27th 一連の the BBC Two show in the main 現在のing line-up.

In a 声明 on 最高の，を越す Gear in November, the BBC said:?'Given the exceptional circumstances, the BBC has decided to 残り／休憩（する） the UK show for the foreseeable 未来.

'The BBC remains committed to Freddie, Chris and 米，稲 who have been at the heart of the show's renaissance since 2019, and we're excited about new 事業／計画（する）s 存在 developed with each of them.

'We will have more to say in the 近づく 未来 on this. We know 残り／休憩（する）ing the show will be disappointing news for fans, but it is the 権利 thing to do.

'All other 最高の，を越す Gear activity remains 影響を受けない by this hiatus 含むing international 判型s, 数字表示式の, magazines and licensing.'

The BBC 拒絶する／低下するd to comment.?