{"id":287658,"date":"2023-09-15T11:35:37","date_gmt":"2023-09-15T11:35:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/?p=287658"},"modified":"2023-09-15T11:35:37","modified_gmt":"2023-09-15T11:35:37","slug":"freddie-flintoff-grins-as-he-warms-up-with-england-ahead-of-final-odi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/%d1%81ricket\/freddie-flintoff-grins-as-he-warms-up-with-england-ahead-of-final-odi\/","title":{"rendered":"Freddie Flintoff grins as he warms up with England ahead of final ODI"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Freddie Flintoff grins as facial injuries from his Top Gear crash continue to heal while working as England team&#8217;s unpaid mentor at Lord&#8217;s<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Andrew Flintoff was pictured smiling as he participates in England training\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>He was helping England warm up ahead of their final ODI vs New Zealand\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Flintoff has returned to cricket after his horror smash on the BBC series\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Andrew Flintoff has been pictured smiling as he assisted England&#8217;s cricketers warm up ahead of their final One Day International match against New Zealand on Friday at Lord&#8217;s.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>England are currently 2-1 up in the four-match series after claiming a dominant 181-run victory against the Kiwis on Wednesday, with Ben Stokes starring with the bat to hit a record breaking 182\u00a0runs, the greatest score by an England player in 782 one-day internationals stretching back 52 years.<\/p>\n<p>Flintoff, meanwhile, has recently come back into the fold with England in an unpaid mentorship capacity.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It came after the 45-year-old was involved in a serious accident last December while filming with Top Gear, with the ex-England star recently showing off his injuries which seem to slowly be healing.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/15\/12\/75469505-12522533-image-a-32_1694776338764.jpg\" height=\"447\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/15\/12\/75469509-12522533-image-a-33_1694776353070.jpg\" height=\"448\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/15\/12\/75469515-0-image-a-1_1694776044429.jpg\" height=\"444\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/15\/12\/75469517-0-image-a-2_1694776048079.jpg\" height=\"473\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/15\/12\/75469513-0-image-a-3_1694776053165.jpg\" height=\"845\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/15\/12\/75469511-0-image-a-4_1694776057052.jpg\" height=\"417\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/15\/12\/75469509-0-image-a-5_1694776061685.jpg\" height=\"448\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/15\/12\/75469507-0-image-a-6_1694776065736.jpg\" height=\"790\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>More to follow&#8230;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/cricket\/article-12522533\/Freddie-Flintoff-grins-facial-injuries-Gear-crash-continue-heal-working-England-teams-unpaid-mentor-Lords.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Freddie Flintoff grins as facial injuries from his Top Gear crash continue to heal while working as England team&#8217;s unpaid<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":287657,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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