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{{short description|English cricketer and TV personality (born 1977)}}
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|                name = Andrew Flintoff
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|               image = Rachel and cricketer husband Freddie Flintoff (23820118063) (cropped).jpg
|             caption = Flintoff in 2016
|            fullname = Andrew Flintoff
|            nickname = Freddie
|          birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1977|12|6|df=yes}}
|         birth_place = [[Preston, Lancashire]], England
|            heightft = 6
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|                role = [[All-rounder]]
|              family = [[Rocky Flintoff]] (son)<br>[[Corey Flintoff (cricketer)|Corey Flintoff]] (son)
|             batting = Right-handed
|             bowling = Right-arm [[Fast bowling|fast-medium]]
|       international = true
|   internationalspan = 1998–2009
|             country = England
|       testdebutdate = 23 July
|       testdebutyear = 1998
|    testdebutagainst = South Africa
|             testcap = 591
|        lasttestdate = 20 August
|        lasttestyear = 2009
|     lasttestagainst = Australia

|        odidebutdate = 7 April
|        odidebutyear = 1999
|     odidebutagainst = Pakistan
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|         lastodidate = 3 April
|         lastodiyear = 2009
|      lastodiagainst = West Indies
|            odishirt = 11

|       T20Idebutdate = 13 June
|       T20Idebutyear = 2005
|    T20Idebutagainst = Australia
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|        lastT20Idate = 19 September
|        lastT20Iyear = 2007
|     lastT20Iagainst = India

|               club1 = [[Lancashire County Cricket Club|Lancashire]]
|               year1 = 1995–2009, 2014
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|               club2 = [[Chennai Super Kings]]
|               year2 = 2009
|         clubnumber2 = 11
|               club3 = [[Brisbane Heat]]
|               year3 = 2014/15
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|            wickets1 = 226
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|             tenfor1 = 0
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|  catches/stumpings1 = 52/–
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|            matches2 = 141
|               runs2 = 3,394
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|          top score2 = 123
|         deliveries2 = 5,624
|            wickets2 = 169
|           bowl avg2 = 24.38
|            fivefor2 = 2
|             tenfor2 = 0
|       best bowling2 = 5/19
|  catches/stumpings2 = 47/–
|             column3 = [[Twenty20 International|T20I]]
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|             tenfor3 = 0
|       best bowling3 = 2/23
|  catches/stumpings3 = 5/–
|             column4 = [[First-class cricket|FC]]
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|            wickets4 = 350
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|             tenfor4 = 0
|       best bowling4 = 5/24
|  catches/stumpings4 = 185/–

|                date = 23 April
|                year = 2020
|              source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/12856.html ESPNcricinfo
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'''Andrew''' "'''Freddie'''" '''Flintoff''' (born 6 December 1977), is an English television and radio presenter and former international [[cricket]]er. Flintoff played all forms of the game and was one of the sport's leading [[all rounder|all-rounder]]s, a [[pace bowling|fast bowler]], middle-order [[batsman]] and [[Slip (cricket)|slip]] fielder. He was consistently rated by the ICC as being among the top international all-rounders in both [[One Day International|ODI]] and [[Test cricket]].

Following his debut in 1998, Flintoff became an integral player for [[England cricket team|England]] and was England's "Man of the Series" in the [[The 2005 Ashes|2005 Ashes]]. He later served as both captain and vice-captain of the team. He retired from Test cricket at the end of the [[2009 Ashes series]] and from other forms of the game in 2010.<ref name="full retirement">{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/england/9005165.stm|title=Andrew Flintoff calls time on cricket career|date=16 September 2010|access-date=16 September 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140513192659/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/england/9005165.stm|archive-date=13 May 2014|url-status=live|publisher=BBC Sport}}</ref> He then had one [[professional boxing]] fight on 30 November 2012 in Manchester, beating American Richard Dawson on a points decision.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/boxing/9714885/Andrew-Freddie-Flintoff-v-Richard-Dawson-live.html | location=London | work=The Daily Telegraph | first=Rod | last=Gilmour | title=Andrew 'Freddie' Flintoff v Richard Dawson: live | date=30 November 2012 | access-date=2 April 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180614005417/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/boxing/9714885/Andrew-Freddie-Flintoff-v-Richard-Dawson-live.html | archive-date=14 June 2018 | url-status=live }}</ref> In 2014, Flintoff came out of retirement to play [[Twenty20]] cricket for Lancashire, before being signed by the [[Brisbane Heat]] to play in the Australian [[Big Bash League]] for the 2014–15 season.

Since his retirement, Flintoff has been involved with numerous projects, including designing his own fashion range and becoming the face of clothing brand Jacamo, winning the first series of the Australian version of ''[[I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! (Australian TV series)|I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!]]'' and being part of [[Sky One]]'s sports-based comedy panel show ''[[A League of Their Own (British game show)|A League of Their Own]]''. Flintoff became a presenter of the [[BBC One]] car show ''[[Top Gear (2002 TV series)|Top Gear]]'' in 2019, [[#Top Gear crashes|remaining with the programme]] until he sustained injuries resulting from an accident during filming in late 2022.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-12-13 |title=Andrew 'Freddie' Flintoff hurt in Top Gear accident |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-63966337 |access-date=2024-09-30 |work=[[BBC]] |language=en-GB}}</ref>

==Early life==
Flintoff was born in [[Preston, Lancashire]], and his father, Colin, was a plumber and factory maintenance worker and the captain of Dutton Forshaw second XI cricket team. Flintoff attended Greenlands Community Primary School and Ribbleton Hall High School (subsequently renamed City of Preston High School).<ref name=telegraph>{{cite news |last=Davies |first=Gareth A |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/cricket/2364865/Flintoff-the-early-years....html |title=Flintoff: the early years... |publisher=Telegraph |date=6 September 2005 |access-date=17 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180707235150/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/cricket/2364865/Flintoff-the-early-years....html |archive-date=7 July 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> His first trip abroad, at age 14, was to [[Argentina]].<ref name="Telegraph: 2019 by Paper">{{Citation
 |date              = 24 June 2019
|title             = 'Holiday friends? I'd rather not': Why Andrew Flintoff shuns socialising abroad
 |work              = [[The Daily Telegraph|Telegraph]]
 |publication-place = England
 |url               = https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/celebrity-interviews/freddie-flintoff-travel-interview/
 |access-date        = 10 July 2019
|archive-url       = https://web.archive.org/web/20190710025803/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/celebrity-interviews/freddie-flintoff-travel-interview/
 |archive-date      = 10 July 2019
|url-status        = live
}}</ref>

During his school days he acquired the nickname "Freddie" due to his surname resembling that of the cartoon character [[Fred Flintstone]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2020/09/29/why-is-andrew-flintoff-called-freddie-nickname-top-gear-life-with-bulimia/ | title=Why is Andrew Flintoff called 'Freddie?' Explore the nickname of Top Gear and Life with Bulimia presenter | date=29 September 2020 }}</ref>

At Ribbleton Hall, he passed nine GCSEs, but he did not want to stay in education and left school at 16. As a boy, he played cricket for the Lancashire Schools under-11s and under-15s teams and he was also a keen [[chess]] player.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Deevoy|first=Adrian|date=1 June 2008|title=The big man is back|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2008/jun/01/englandcricketteam.cricket|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150916052339/https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2008/jun/01/englandcricketteam.cricket|archive-date=16 September 2015|access-date=4 November 2020|website=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref> He then played for two and a half years in the [[England under-19 cricket team]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=UNDER-19 ODI MATCHES PLAYED BY ANDREW FLINTOFF (13)|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Players/4/4263/Under-19_ODI_Matches.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140508181919/http://cricketarchive.com/Players/4/4263/Under-19_ODI_Matches.html|archive-date=8 May 2014|access-date=4 November 2020|work=CricketArchive}}</ref>

==Professional career==
===Early years: criticism, injury and fitness troubles===
Flintoff was captain of the England Under-19 team for their "Test" match tour to [[Pakistan]] in 1996/7 and at home against [[Zimbabwean cricket team|Zimbabwe]] in 1997.<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/cricket/andrew-flintoff-a-career-in-pictures-2080999.html?action=gallery&ino=3 | title = Andrew Flintoff: A Career In Pictures | work = The Independent | access-date = 25 March 2014 | location = London | first = Simon | last = Rice | date = 16 September 2010 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140522235515/http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/cricket/andrew-flintoff-a-career-in-pictures-2080999.html?action=gallery&ino=3 | archive-date = 22 May 2014 | url-status = live }}</ref> He made his [[Test cricket|Test match]] debut for England in 1998 against [[South African cricket team|South Africa]] at [[Trent Bridge]], in a match remembered for its second-innings duel between [[Mike Atherton]] and [[Allan Donald]]; in a precursor to their subsequent rivalry, Flintoff and [[Jacques Kallis]] exchanged wickets.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/statsguru/engine/match/63807.html |title=England v South Africa at Nottingham, 1998 |publisher=Content-uk.cricinfo.com |access-date=24 June 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090102060745/http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/statsguru/engine/match/63807.html |archive-date=2 January 2009 |url-status=live }}</ref> Nonetheless, his struggle to make the grade at county level continued, he found form only intermittently, though often explosively when he did so.

In 2000, he hit 135 not out in the quarterfinals of the [[Natwest Trophy]] against [[Surrey County Cricket Club|Surrey]], which [[David Gower]] described as "the most awesome innings we are ever going to see on a cricket field". In the same year England's management made clear they were unhappy with his fitness and weight, Flintoff responded to his critics with 42 not out in a one-day game against [[Zimbabwean cricket team|Zimbabwe]] on his home ground of [[Old Trafford (cricket)|Old Trafford]], forming an explosive second-wicket stand with [[Graeme Hick]]; as he collected the Man of the Match award he remarked his performance was "not bad for a fat lad".<ref>[http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/88870.html "England make light work in wintry weather"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080408051723/http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/88870.html |date=8 April 2008 }} ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 August 2007</ref>

Although he lost his England place during 2001, he remodelled his bowling action and gained a place on the 2001–02 tour to [[Indian cricket team|India]]. Though he hit possibly his worst international batting form during the Test series, frustrating him to the point that he broke down in tears in the dressing room at one stage, he later saw the tour as a turning point in his career, specifically the crucial final one-day match. Entrusted with bowling the final over with India needing 11 to win, he ran out [[Anil Kumble]] and bowled [[Javagal Srinath]] with successive balls to win the match, taking off his shirt in celebration, which was mimicked by [[Sourav Ganguly]] in a later match.<ref>{{Cite web|date=3 July 2018|title=India vs England 2018: When Andrew Flintoff took off his shirt on the field at Wankhede Stadium, watch video|url=https://www.timesnownews.com/sports/cricket/cricket-news/article/india-vs-england-odi-trivia-when-andrew-flintoff-took-off-his-shirt-on-the-field/249038|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201104211836/https://www.timesnownews.com/sports/cricket/cricket-news/article/india-vs-england-odi-trivia-when-andrew-flintoff-took-off-his-shirt-on-the-field/249038|archive-date=4 November 2020|access-date=4 November 2020|website=www.timesnownews.com|language=en}}</ref>

===Improved consistency, step-up to key international player===
In 2002, Flintoff scored his maiden Test century against New Zealand. By 2003, a newer, fitter Flintoff started to justify the comparisons with [[Ian Botham|Botham]]. Up to the end of 2002, he had averaged just 19 with the bat and 47 with the ball; from 2003 to the end of the 2005 Ashes series, the corresponding figures were 43 and 28. In the summer of 2003 he scored a century and three fifties in the five-Test series against [[South Africa cricket team|South Africa]] at home. He continued to play well on the tour of the [[West Indies cricket team|West Indies]] in March and April 2004, taking five wickets in the Test in Barbados and scoring a century in Antigua. In early 2004 he was named as a ''[[Wisden Cricketers' Almanack|Wisden]]'' [[Wisden Cricketer of the Year|Cricketer of the Year]].

Although injury prevented him from bowling, he was called into the England squad for the 2004 NatWest [[One Day International]] (ODI) Series against [[New Zealand cricket team|New Zealand]] and the [[West Indies cricket team|West Indies]] as a specialist batsman, scoring two consecutive centuries in the series and hitting seven [[six (cricket)|sixes]] in one [[innings]].

He matched this haul in the Second Test against the West Indies at [[Edgbaston Cricket Ground|Edgbaston]] in July, hitting a [[First-class cricket|first-class]] best figure of 167. During this innings, watched by a crowd of 20,000, Flintoff hit a [[six (cricket)|six]] into the top tier of the Ryder Stand. A man stood to claim the catch and dropped it – it was Flintoff's father.<ref>{{cite web |author=Lynch, Steven |date=4 February 2013 |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/603071.html |title=ESPNcricinfo XI: Coincidences in cricket. Cricket |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=17 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160911101540/http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/603071.html |archive-date=11 September 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref> Over the course of England's record-breaking summer, he hit a half-century in all seven victorious Tests against [[New Zealand cricket team|New Zealand]] and the [[West Indian cricket team|West Indies]]. On returning to the [[One Day International|one-day]] game as an [[all-rounder]] in September he fell agonisingly short of a third [[One Day International|one-day]] century, caught on 99 against [[Indian cricket team|India]], though he went on to hit a further century in the [[ICC Champions Trophy 2004]] pool match against [[Sri Lankan cricket team|Sri Lanka]] two weeks later.

At the end of the season he was named as the inaugural winner of the [[ICC Awards|ICC Award]] for [[One Day International|one-day]] player of the year and the [[Professional Cricketers' Association]] player of the year. He also became a father when his fiancée Rachael Wools gave birth on 6 September. They now have a second child who was born during the series in India in 2006. Flintoff briefly returned home from the tour to see his son for the first time.<ref>{{Cite web|date=25 March 2006|title=Flintoff relishing time back home with new-born son|url=https://zeenews.india.com/home/flintoff-relishing-time-back-home-with-newborn-son_283802.html|access-date=4 November 2020|website=Zee News|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Chronicle|first=Evening|date=28 February 2006|title=England call on Flintoff|url=https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/sport/cricket/england-call-on-flintoff-1525581|access-date=4 November 2020|website=ChronicleLive|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Crook|first=Amanda|date=28 February 2006|title=Flintoff puts his country first|url=http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/flintoff-puts-his-country-first-1021906|access-date=4 November 2020|website=Manchester Evening News|language=en}}</ref>

===2005: Ashes winner===
[[Image:Flintoff in jest.jpg|left|upright|thumb|Flintoff during practice session]]
Following the Test series in [[South Africa cricket team|South Africa]] in December 2004 and January 2005, Flintoff flew home for surgery on his left ankle, leading to worries he might not regain fitness in time for [[The 2005 Ashes|The Ashes]]. In fact, following a rehabilitation programme of swimming and hill-walking, he recovered ahead of schedule and was able to return to action for [[Lancashire County Cricket Club|Lancashire]] in April.

In the Second Test against Australia at [[Edgbaston Cricket Ground|Edgbaston]] in August 2005, he broke Ian Botham's 1981 record of six sixes in an Ashes Test Match with five in the first innings and a further four in the second innings; he scored 141 runs in total. In the same game he took a total of seven wickets (across both innings), including the wickets of [[Justin Langer|Langer]] and [[Ricky Ponting|Ponting]] in his first over in Australia's run-chase. He managed all this despite a shoulder injury early in the second innings. England won the game by just two runs and saved their hopes of regaining the Ashes. Flintoff was named 'Man of the Match' and captain [[Michael Vaughan]] subsequently dubbed the match "Fred's Test" in honour of his achievement.

Flintoff scored a century during England's crucial win at Trent Bridge. He took five wickets on the fourth day of the final Test match, enabling England to go off for bad light and helping them eventually to secure a draw and regain the Ashes.

For his achievements throughout the [[The 2005 Ashes|2005 Ashes]] series, he was named as "Man of the Series" by Australian coach, [[John Buchanan (cricketer, born 1953)|John Buchanan]]. His achievement also won him the inaugural [[Compton-Miller Award|Compton-Miller Medal]]. He was also awarded the [[Freedom of the City]] of Preston.

In October 2005, Flintoff shared the [[Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy]] for the ICC player of the year award with [[Jacques Kallis]] of South Africa. In December 2005, Flintoff was crowned [[BBC Sports Personality of the Year]] for 2005, the first cricketer since Botham in 1981. In the New Year's Honours List for 2006, Flintoff was appointed an MBE for his role in the successful Ashes side. In January 2006, Flintoff was presented with the [[Freedom of the City]] award for [[Preston, Lancashire|Preston]], Lancashire. The award was presented to Flintoff by the mayor of Preston. Other recipients of the award include Sir [[Tom Finney]] and [[Nick Park]].

===England captaincy===
[[File:Andrew Flintoff bowl (cropped).jpg|thumb|235x235px|Flintoff bowls in the nets at [[Adelaide Oval]]]]
In February 2006 following England captain [[Michael Vaughan]] and vice-captain [[Marcus Trescothick]] becoming unavailable for the first Test match against India, Flintoff was named captain of the England team and subsequently announced that he would be staying in India for the entire Test series, although he and his wife were expecting their second child. His wife gave birth to a son, Corey, shortly before the second Test on 9 March.<ref>"[https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/england/4788320.stm Baby delight for captain Flintoff] ." BBC Sport. 9 March 2006. Retrieved 15 March 2006.</ref>

On the field, Flintoff was seen as a great success during the drawn series with India, with a 212-run victory in [[Mumbai]]. His contributions with both bat and ball ensured that he was named as the player of the series, with many commentators seeing Flintoff as someone who not only worked better under the responsibility but was also viewed as a great influence of an inexperienced side, which included many debutants, such as [[Alastair Cook]], [[Owais Shah]] and [[Monty Panesar]]. Flintoff amassed four fifties in the series and took 11 wickets, on unfriendly surfaces for seamers. Flintoff continued to captain England during the seven ODIs in India, although he was rested for two matches. Sri Lanka toured in May and England drew the [[Sri Lankan cricket team in England in 2006|three-Test series]] 1–1. The series took a heavy toll on Flintoff physically as journalist David Hopps remarked:

{{blockquote|By the end of the series, Flintoff was also a crock, succumbing to a further ankle injury that put his role in the winter's Ashes in doubt. Could this be traced back to the opening Test at Lord's when, in his first serious bowl of the season, and somewhat above his fighting weight, he bowled an excessive 68.3 overs and nothing above 85mph? He had gone from shock bowler to stock bowler&nbsp;– under his own captaincy, too.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/291999.html |title=England v Sri Lanka, 2006 |first=David |last=Hopps |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=6 April 2012 |date=23 April 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140326173221/http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/291999.html |archive-date=26 March 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref>}}

A recurrence of his long-term ankle problem in the Test series meant Flintoff missed both the ODI series against Sri Lanka and the first Test against Pakistan. It was later announced in July that Flintoff's rehabilitation had not been sufficient to quell the injury and that further surgery would be required. He was thus ruled out for the entire series against Pakistan. Despite injury concerns, Flintoff was later named for the [[ICC Champions Trophy]], where he played as a specialist batsman, not as an all-rounder.

===2006–07 Ashes series===
After his previous stint as captain in the Test series against India, Flintoff returned as captain of the England team for the eagerly anticipated [[2006-07 Ashes series]] in Australia. The series turned out to be a humiliating one for Flintoff, leading his side to five straight losses and thus losing the Ashes after having held them for the shortest time in history. In addition, he presided over England's worst ever defeat in an Ashes series, equalling the 1921 whitewash at the hands of the [[Warwick Armstrong]]-led Australian team in the wake of World War I.
[[Image:Andrew Flintoff bowling.jpg|thumb|left|Flintoff bowling against Australia in [[2006–07 Ashes series|The Ashes]] series]]

Flintoff's own play in the 2006–07 series, both bowling and at the crease, was generally deemed disappointing. He made only two scores over 50 in the series, his best bowling figures being 4–99 in the first innings of the First Test in Brisbane, and he failed to take five wickets in a match. Flintoff played in only one first-class game in the lead up to the series. He was initially undone by Australia's excellent seam bowling but his batting improved throughout the series as he got more match practice. A persistent ankle injury prevented Flintoff from bowling long spells at full pace and Australia's batsmen took advantage of this. According to Nasser Hussain during the tour he also had three or four warnings for inappropriate behaviour and binge drinking,<ref>[http://worldcup.cricket365.com/news/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=cricket/07/03/18/manual_155822.html "Flintoff – I have no excuses"]  {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928181225/http://worldcup.cricket365.com/news/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=cricket%2F07%2F03%2F18%2Fmanual_155822.html |date=28 September 2007 }} World Cup Cricket 365. Retrieved 27 August 2007</ref><ref>[http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/quote/content/current/page/156062.html "Quote ... unquote – 2007"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070315040950/http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/quote/content/current/page/156062.html |date=15 March 2007 }} ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 August 2007</ref> including arriving hung over for a training session.<ref>[http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,21418683-5006372,00.html "End of binges, vows Fred"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071114225913/http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,21418683-5006372,00.html |date=14 November 2007 }} AdelaideNow News. Retrieved 27 August 2007</ref>

Flintoff also captained England for several of the subsequent [[2006–07 Commonwealth Bank Series]] [[One Day International]] matches. Michael Vaughan's return from knee surgery was cut short by a hamstring injury and he was only able to play two matches, leaving Flintoff in charge for the remaining games. England qualified in the last game of eight group matches for the best-of-three finals against Australia, but reversed their poor form on tour with a 2–0 series win in the finals.

Flintoff contributed significantly with the ball in both matches, taking three wickets in the first match and allowing only 10 runs off five overs in the second as Australia chased a reduced total in a rain-hit match.

===2007 Cricket World Cup===
With [[Michael Vaughan]] returning from injury for the [[Cricket World Cup]] in the [[West Indies]], Flintoff was replaced as captain but appointed [[English cricket team|England]]'s vice-captain.

In the opening match of the tournament against [[New Zealand cricket team|New Zealand]], Flintoff was out first ball in England's innings and, although conceding only 17 runs in eight overs, he failed to take a wicket. He did, however, take a one-handed catch at slip to dismiss [[Ross Taylor]] for a duck. On the evening of England's defeat Flintoff, along with some other players and coaches from the England squad, indulged in some late night drinking in a night club, only two days before their vital match against [[Canadian cricket team|Canada]]. In the early hours of the morning, he reportedly had to be rescued after falling off a [[pedalo]] – this quickly became known in the media as the "Fredalo" incident.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2014/sep/12/andrew-flintoff-pedalo-escapade-piers-morgan|title=Andrew Flintoff: the truth about that pedalo escapade with England|date=11 September 2014|work=The Guardian|access-date=17 February 2020|url-status=live|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200217172709/https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2014/sep/12/andrew-flintoff-pedalo-escapade-piers-morgan|archive-date=17 February 2020}}</ref> Flintoff and the others involved were reprimanded and fined, with Flintoff being stripped of the vice-captaincy.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/cricket/england/6464251.stm |title=England v Canada report |publisher=BBC News |date=18 March 2007 |access-date=24 June 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170803032854/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/england/6464251.stm |archive-date=3 August 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> In addition, he was suspended for the match against Canada. It was revealed by England coach [[Duncan Fletcher]] that Flintoff had had a number of previous warnings about his behaviour.<ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2007/03/19/scfron19.xml "Fletcher sacks Flintoff over drinking spree"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071114182721/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?xml=%2Fsport%2F2007%2F03%2F19%2Fscfron19.xml |date=14 November 2007 }} ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]''. Retrieved 27 August 2007</ref> Flintoff has since issued a public apology and later also clarified that he didn't actually "fall off" a pedalo but rather failed in an attempt to board one.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/cricket/2320898/Andrew-Flintoffs-pedalo-admission.html |title=Andrew Flintoff's pedalo admission |publisher=Telegraph |access-date=24 June 2012 |location=London |first=Oliver |last=Clive |date=11 September 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110407034306/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/cricket/2320898/Andrew-Flintoffs-pedalo-admission.html |archive-date=7 April 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Flintoff returned to the England team for the last group match against [[Kenya cricket team|Kenya]], taking two wickets. In the Super 8 matches, Flintoff often excelled with the ball but failed to recover his batting form. Against Ireland he took 4–43 and scored 43 runs; against Sri Lanka he took 3–35 but was out for 2 and against Australia he took 1–35 but was out for 4. In the next match against Bangladesh Flintoff took 1–38 in eight overs and scored 23 runs off 21 balls. Ultimately, he failed to influence an ailing English side and had a poor tournament. [[Michael Vaughan]] later commented that Flintoff's pedalo antics had adversely affected team morale.<ref>[https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/cricket/england/6721459.stm "Flintoff antics "dented Cup bid""]  BBC News. Retrieved 27 August 2007</ref>

===2007–09: Injuries, comeback and retirement===
Flintoff returned for a couple of games with Lancashire, in preparation for the [[West Indian cricket team in England in 2007|West Indies tour of England]] but he re-injured his ankle and was ruled out for the first Test which started on 17 May 2007. Having undergone another operation on the troublesome ankle, he missed the whole Test and one-day series against the West Indies, and he was also ruled out for the subsequent Test series with India.<ref>[https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/cricket/england/6898644.stm "Flintoff targeting one-day series"]  BBC News. Retrieved 25 August 2007</ref>  Following several games for Lancashire, Flintoff returned for England in the first of seven ODIs against India on 21 August 2007. He bowled seven overs and ended with figures of one for twelve in England's 104-run victory. He hit an eventful nine runs during the second ODI; however, while fielding, he injured his knee and sat out England's 42-run victory in the third ODI.<ref>[https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/cricket/england/6963925.stm "Lewis called up to cover Flintoff"]  BBC News. Retrieved 25 August 2007</ref>  He returned for the fourth ODI on 30 August.<ref>[https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/cricket/england/6965400.stm "Flintoff poised for swift return"]  BBC News. Retrieved 27 August 2007.</ref>  Flintoff missed England's two narrow defeats to India in the fifth and sixth ODIs before taking 3–45 in the seventh, helping England to win the series four-three with a seven-wicket victory.

Flintoff's ankle injury recurred during the end of the 2007 season. Although he played in the [[2007 ICC World Twenty20]], he did not accompany the England squad to Sri Lanka, while a fourth operation made it highly unlikely that he would play again before the summer of 2008 and would miss both the Sri Lankan Test Series and the 2008 tour of New Zealand.<ref>[https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/cricket/england/7027689.stm "Seven-month lay-off for Flintoff"]  BBC News. Retrieved 13 October 2007.</ref>  Flintoff remained "upbeat" about his career, however.<ref>[https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/cricket/england/7046439.stm "Flintoff upbeat on England return"]  BBC News. Retrieved 16 October 2007.</ref>

Flintoff was back in action for Lancashire early in the 2008 season, but a side strain ruled him out of contention for the home series against New Zealand. After again returning to action in county cricket he was recalled to the England squad for the second Test against South Africa, where he missed the last 17 Tests prior. He took his 200th Test wicket in the Third Test, trapping [[Neil McKenzie]] [[Leg before wicket|lbw]] for 72. Flintoff bowled consistently against the South Africans, but South African coach [[Mickey Arthur]] felt that he was too defensive.<ref name=booth>[[Lawrence Booth|Booth, Lawrence]] (30 June 2009). "Myths; And stereotypes." ''The Spin''.</ref>  His batting also began to show promise as he consistently made starts, before being moved back up to bat at six when [[Kevin Pietersen]] took over as captain. In the following one day series, Flintoff was an important player for England, leading Pietersen to describe him as "a superstar". Flintoff scored 78 in both the first and the third matches – he was not required to bat in the second – as well as 31 not out off 12 balls in the fourth, whilst taking three wickets in the same match. This led many pundits to speculate that Flintoff might just be back to his best. He won Man of the Series in the ODI home series against South Africa, where England won four-nil: the last match was washed out. He was both the top run-scorer and the top wicket-taker of that series. Still, though, his want of consistency frustrated the pundits. "Flintoff," wrote [[Peter Roebuck]] some time later, "is a fine cricketer who has never quite worked out how he takes wickets or scores runs. Torn between hitting and playing, pounding and probing, he has performed below his highest capabilities."<ref>[[Peter Roebuck|Roebuck, Peter]] (3 September 2008). "[http://content-www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/367351.html?wrappertype=print Upwards, kicking and screaming] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130120010447/http://content-www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/367351.html?wrappertype=print |date=20 January 2013 }}." ESPNcricinfo.</ref>

On England's tour of India, Flintoff started the series well. In the first warm-up match against the Mumbai Cricket Association, he scored exactly 100. It was his first century for England since the Fourth Test of the [[2005 Ashes]].<ref>[https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/cricket/england/7717204.stm "Flintoff ton sets up England win"]  [[BBC Sport]]. Retrieved 9 November 2008.</ref>  His batting did not follow with similar successes in India and the West Indies, but his bowling remained strong, with a dozen wickets in the Caribbean at under 30 apiece, followed by a [[Hat-trick (cricket)|hat-trick]] in the final ODI series, becoming only the third English bowler ever to do so.<ref name="hattrick">{{cite web|url=http://content.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/398140.html|title=Flintoff hat-trick seals the series|last=Miller|first=Andrew|date=3 April 2009|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=25 April 2009|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130120035235/http://content.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/398140.html|archive-date=20 January 2013|url-status=live}}</ref>

In February 2009, the [[Chennai Super Kings]] of the [[Indian Premier League]] bought Flintoff for US$1,550,000; US$600,000 above his base price of US$950,000. This made him the highest-ever-paid IPL player at the time, alongside compatriot [[Kevin Pietersen]], surpassing [[Mahendra Singh Dhoni]]'s US$1,500,000. But Flintoff did not find success at the tournament, held in South Africa due to the [[2009 Indian general election|Indian General Elections]], as after a difficult first few matches he was sent home for surgery following another knee injury.<ref name="ipl">{{cite web|url=http://content.cricinfo.com/england/content/current/story/401419.html|title=Flintoff injury huge blow – Pietersen|date=25 April 2009|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=25 April 2009| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090428130450/http://content.cricinfo.com/england/content/current/story/401419.html| archive-date= 28 April 2009 | url-status= live}}</ref>

[[File:Flintoff batting in the 2009 Ashes at Cardiff.jpg|thumb|right|Flintoff driving through the covers at the [[SWALEC Stadium]] during the first Ashes Test of the 2009 series]]
[[File:Freddie's final test.jpg|thumb|250px|The screen display at [[The Oval]] as Flintoff comes to the wicket for his penultimate Test innings]]

However, speculation over Flintoff's form ahead of the much-awaited 2009 Ashes series died down as he took six wickets in his first match back for Lancashire and left "several county batsmen...nursing bruised ribs and fingers". He also collected a half-century against Hampshire, although he was still yet to register a century in either domestic cricket or any form of the international game since that [[Trent Bridge]] instalment of the last home Ashes in 2005,<ref>Hoult, Nick (22 June 2009). [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/cricket/international/theashes/5601764/Ashes-2009-England-squad-form-guide.html Ashes 2009: England squad form guide] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090627132226/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/cricket/international/theashes/5601764/Ashes-2009-England-squad-form-guide.html |date=27 June 2009 }}, ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]''.</ref> which year also accounted for his most recent Test five-for. "It's always been an Australian trait to over-rate players who have done well against them (just ask [[VVS Laxman]])," wrote [[Lawrence Booth (cricket writer)|Lawrence Booth]].  "But in the case of Andrew Flintoff, this phenomenon is getting so out of control you wonder whether [[Steve Waugh]] has returned to orchestrate a cunning mind-game. ... In any case, does anyone honestly think a player with his fitness record will make it through a five-Test series condensed into less than seven weeks?"  Flintoff did offer some hope with the willow in the [[Twenty20 Cup]], however, hitting 93 off 41 balls for Lancashire against Derbyshire in June.<ref name=booth/>

On 15 July 2009, Flintoff announced he would retire from Test cricket at the end of the [[Australian cricket team in England in 2009|2009 Ashes Series]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.skysports.com/cricket/ashes/story/0,26376,12340_5434371,00.html |title=Freddie to call it a day&#124; Ashes News |publisher=Sky Sports |date=15 July 2009 |access-date=24 June 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121015115241/http://www.skysports.com/cricket/ashes/story/0%2C26376%2C12340_5434371%2C00.html |archive-date=15 October 2012 }}</ref> He said that "Since 2005 I have just been plagued with injury so I've got the opportunity now to finish on a high by helping England to win the Ashes and it will give me great pleasure if I can play my last Test at the Oval and we can win the Ashes – it doesn't get any bigger than that."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/cricket/8151402.stm|title= Flintoff quits Tests after Ashes |date=15 July 2009|work=BBC Sport |access-date=16 July 2009| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090716101157/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/cricket/8151402.stm| archive-date= 16 July 2009 | url-status= live}}</ref>  He was man of the match in England's victory at Lords in the Second Test Match, taking 5 wickets in the second innings after a fine display of fast bowling and achieving the rare feat of making both Lord's Honours Boards. On 23 August 2009, England defeated Australia at The Oval to seal a 2–1 series win, with Flintoff notably running out the Australian captain [[Ricky Ponting]], ensuring Flintoff ended his England career on a high.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/cricket/england/8217035.stm|title=Victorious England regain Ashes |date=23 August 2009|work=BBC Sport |access-date=24 August 2009| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090824100539/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/cricket/england/8217035.stm| archive-date= 24 August 2009 | url-status= live}}</ref>

On 16 September 2010, Flintoff retired from all forms of professional cricket, having consulted medical advisers.<ref name="full retirement"/> He continued to play recreationally for Penwortham Cricket Club alongside his brother Chris Flintoff.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://worldcupofcricket.com/cricketblog/2011/03/03/andrew-flintoff-comes-out-of-retirement/ |title=Andrew Flintoff comes out of retirement |work=Cricket News |date=3 March 2011 |access-date=18 March 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718113618/http://worldcupofcricket.com/cricketblog/2011/03/03/andrew-flintoff-comes-out-of-retirement/ |archive-date=18 July 2011 }}</ref>

===2014–2015: Twenty20 comeback and second retirement===
Flintoff came out of retirement in May 2014, returning to Lancashire to play [[Twenty20]] only.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/0/cricket/27630565|title=Andrew Flintoff to make comeback for Lancashire in T20 Blast|work=BBC News|date=30 May 2014|access-date=4 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140603090928/http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/cricket/27630565|archive-date=3 June 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> He featured in the final of the competition, dismissing [[Ian Bell]] with the ball and hitting two sixes in the penultimate over as Lancashire fell just short against [[Warwickshire County Cricket Club|Birmingham Bears]]. After this season he was signed by the [[Brisbane Heat]] in the Australian [[Big Bash League]] for the 2014–15 season. Flintoff disappointed on the field, ending the season, which proved to be his last as a player, with a high score of 46, with only one other score in double figures (15), along with three wickets at an average of 45.33.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/12856.html#bataves |title=Andrew Flintoff. England Cricket. Cricket Players and Officials |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=17 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161121084127/http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/12856.html#bataves |archive-date=21 November 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/cricket/andrew-freddie-flintoff-the-hundred-top-gear-crash-b2447602.html |title=Freddie Flintoff steps up return to cricket after ‘Top Gear’ crash as new role confirmed |publisher=Independent |access-date=11 September 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250701034509/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/cricket/andrew-freddie-flintoff-the-hundred-top-gear-crash-b2447602.html |archive-date=1 July 2025 |url-status=live }}</ref>

===2024-Present: Coaching===
In September 2024, Flintoff was announced as the new head coach of the [[England Lions cricket team]] for upcoming tours to South Africa, Australia and home matches against [[India A cricket team]] and Zimbabwe.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/news/andrew-flintoff-appointed-england-lions-head-coach/articleshow/113153117.cms |title=Andrew Flintoff appointed England Lions head coach |work=The Times of India |date=7 September 2024 |access-date=7 September 2024}}</ref>

He was appointed as Head Coach of Northern Superchargers men’s team in The Hundred in 2023. He left the role in October 2025, citing issues with the salary he was offered.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-10-08 |title=Andrew Flintoff: Northern Superchargers looking for new coach after former England all-rounder leaves role |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/cricket/articles/c0r0ljwrl7zo |access-date=2025-10-08 |website=BBC Sport |language=en-GB}}</ref>

==Records and achievements==
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* Flintoff is the sixth-highest wicket-taker for England in one-day international cricket with 168 wickets,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/bowling/most_wickets_career.html?class=2;id=1;type=team |title=Cricket Records. Records. England. One-Day Internationals. Most wickets  |website=Stats.espncricinfo.com |access-date=17 November 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817013517/http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/bowling/most_wickets_career.html?class=2%3Bid%3D1%3Btype%3Dteam |archive-date=17 August 2016 }}</ref> and the 14th highest in Test cricket, with 219 wickets.
* Flintoff was [[Lancashire County Cricket Club|Lancashire]]'s winner of the [[NBC Denis Compton Award]] in 1997.
* Flintoff holds third place in the list of most sixes scored for England in Test cricket, with 78, behind [[Ben Stokes]] and [[Kevin Pietersen]].
* Flintoff was the seventh player to have batted on all five days of a Test match, achieving this feat at [[Punjab Cricket Association Stadium|Mohali]], in the same match he over took  in which he broke the sixes record.<ref>"[https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/tms/2007/10/ask_bearders_156.shtml Stump the Bearded Wonder No 156] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190412073729/https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/tms/2007/10/ask_bearders_156.shtml |date=12 April 2019 }}." BBC Sport Test Match Special Blog. 10 October 2007. Retrieved 30 May 2008</ref>
* He is one of only eleven players to be on both the batting and bowling [[Lord's Honours Boards|honours boards at Lord's]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/cricket/test-matches/england-v-west-indies-stuart-838692 |title=England v West Indies: Stuart Broad's six-wicket haul puts England in charge – Mirror Online |website=[[Daily Mirror]] |access-date=1 January 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120828142839/http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/cricket/test-matches/england-v-west-indies-stuart-838692 |archive-date=28 August 2012 }}</ref>

==Media career==
In March 2010, Flintoff became a team captain on the [[Sky One]] television sports panel show ''[[A League of Their Own (UK game show)|A League of Their Own]]'', hosted by [[James Corden]]. In December 2010, Flintoff became a guest commentator during a number of matches in the [[2011 PDC World Darts Championship]] event.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Strange-News/Andrew-Freddie-Flintoffs-Darts-Commentary-Debut-As-Sky-Sports-Makes-Cricketers-Dream-Come-True/Article/201012415864508?f=rss|title=Flintoff Is Double Top After Darts Debut |publisher=Sky Sports|access-date=22 December 2010|date=22 December 2010 | first1=Richard | last1=Williams}}</ref> He returned to commentary during the [[2012 World Matchplay (darts)|2012 World Matchplay]], where he called [[Michael van Gerwen]]'s [[nine dart finish]] against [[Steve Beaton]]. He also hosted a radio show on [[BBC Radio 5 Live]] on Monday nights.

As of 2011 Flintoff was named as a brand ambassador for big men's fashion brand [[N Brown Group|Jacamo]] and had his own range produced in 2012. In early 2011 he also became the face of [[Morrisons]] supermarkets.

Flintoff also produced a documentary entitled ''Freddie Flintoff: Hidden Side of Sport'', about his and other sports stars' suffering of clinical depression. This was first aired on [[BBC1]] on Wednesday, 11 January 2012.<ref>{{cite news |last1=White |first1=Jim |title=Hidden pain of sporting stars |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-telegraph/131605471/ |access-date=11 September 2023 |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=7 January 2012}}</ref>

Flintoff was a judge on the [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] talent show ''[[Let's Get Gold]]'' in 2012.

In 2014, Flintoff made a cameo appearance in Sky TV series, ''[[Trollied]]''. In the same year, he also appeared as a contestant on [[Deal or No Deal|''Celebrity Deal or No Deal'']].

On 15 February 2015, Flintoff entered the first Australian series of ''[[I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! (Australian TV series)|I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!]]'', held in the [[Kruger National Park]] in South Africa. Entering on Day 17 of the series, he was crowned "King of the Jungle" after winning the series on 15 March 2015 after spending 29 days in the jungle. He was also a commentator for Network Ten's Big Bash League coverage and appeared as a regular panellist on their current affairs show ''[[The Project (Australian TV program)|The Project]]''.

In 2014, Flintoff started the [[Sky One]] TV series ''Flintoff: Lord of the Fries'', touring around the UK exploring the places, people and food with co-host [[Rob Penn]]. The series was aired from 2015,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv-programme/e/df47xc/flintoff-lord-of-the-fries-episode-guide/|title=Flintoff: Lord of the Fries|publisher=RadioTimes|access-date=22 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190814215228/https://www.radiotimes.com/tv-programme/e/df47xc/flintoff-lord-of-the-fries-episode-guide/|archive-date=14 August 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> the second series (2016) was titled "Freddie Fries again". In December 2016, Flintoff and Penn took the series to Australia titled "Freddie Fries Down Under" AKA "Freddie Down Under"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.episodate.com/tv-show/freddie-fries-down-under/|title=Freddie Down Under|date=3 December 2016 |publisher=episodate|access-date=22 April 2020}}</ref> with challenges along the way.

Along with close friend and former Blackburn Rovers captain [[Robbie Savage]] and journalist and former [[table tennis]] professional [[Matthew Syed]], Flintoff hosted a [[BBC Radio 5 Live]] [[podcast]] called ''Flintoff, Savage & The Ping Pong Guy'' in which hot sporting topics are discussed.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08fr7t1|title=Flintoff, Savage and the Ping Pong Guy|publisher=BBC|access-date=31 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170228135533/http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08fr7t1|archive-date=28 February 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> The podcast won two categories at the 2017 [[Radio Academy Awards]] – Best Podcast and Best New Show – and Flintoff himself was awarded the Best New Presenter category.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.radioacademy.org/pages/arias-2017/|title=Radio Academy Awards|publisher=[[Radio Academy Awards]]|access-date=26 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171113112805/https://www.radioacademy.org/pages/arias-2017/|archive-date=13 November 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Flintoff was a co-host for ''[[Australian Ninja Warrior]]'', which first aired on the [[Nine Network]] in July 2017.<ref name="Sydney Morning Herald: 2019 by Pobjie">{{Citation|last=Pobjie|first=Ben|title=Who better than Freddie Flintoff to lead the ninja warrior experience?|date=4 July 2019|url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/who-better-than-freddie-flintoff-to-lead-the-ninja-warrior-experience-20190701-p5232s.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190710025012/https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/who-better-than-freddie-flintoff-to-lead-the-ninja-warrior-experience-20190701-p5232s.html|publication-place=Sydney, Australia|publisher=The Sydney Morning Herald|access-date=10 July 2019|archive-date=10 July 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>  Currently on its fourth season, he had to leave after the quarter finals due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic|COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Freddie Flintoff forced to leave mid-season due to coronavirus border closures|url=https://9now.nine.com.au/australian-ninja-warrior/freddie-flintoff-departs-mid-season-uk-border-closure-coronavirus-2020/f81bf5bf-0d36-40ff-a953-b4c6184b5cab|access-date=3 August 2020|website=9now.nine.com.au|language=en-AU}}</ref>

In September 2017, Flintoff was the main presenter for ''[[Cannonball (British television series)|Cannonball]]'' on [[ITV (TV channel)|ITV]] with [[Frankie Bridge]], [[Radzi Chinyanganya]], Ryan Hand and [[Maya Jama]] as poolside reporters.

He appeared in the BBC drama ''[[Love, Lies and Records|Love, Lies & Records]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Love, Lies & Records: when does the new Kay Mellor drama start on BBC1? Who will Andrew "Freddie" Flintoff be playing? {{!}} Radio Times |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/andrew-flintoff-hoping-to-hit-drama-audiences-for-six-as-a-footballer-in-his-first-acting-role/ |access-date=2024-09-30 |website=www.radiotimes.com |language=en-GB}}</ref> In November 2017, Flintoff made his musical theatre debut as Kevin Mergatroyd in [[Kay Mellor]]'s ''[[Fat Friends The Musical]]'' (based on the [[Fat Friends|ITV series]]) in Leeds before touring the UK in early 2018.<ref>{{Cite news|date=22 June 2017|title=Freddie Flintoff to star in Fat Friends stage musical|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-40364531|access-date=24 June 2021}}</ref> He also hosted ''All Star Musicals'' for [[ITV (TV channel)|ITV]] in December 2017.<ref>Harrison, Ellie. (8 September 2017) [http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2017-09-08/freddie-flintoff-to-host-new-itv-celebrity-contest-all-star-musicals/ All Star Musicals: ITV announces new West End celebrity contest] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170909004751/http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2017-09-08/freddie-flintoff-to-host-new-itv-celebrity-contest-all-star-musicals/ |date=9 September 2017 }}. Radio Times. Retrieved on 24 May 2018.</ref>

{{anchor|Top Gear crashes}}
In October 2018, it was announced that Flintoff would be the new host of [[Top Gear (2002 TV series)|''Top Gear'']] alongside [[Paddy McGuinness]] and [[Chris Harris (journalist)|Chris Harris]]. Filming for the [[Top Gear (series 27)|27th series]] of the BBC Two show began in early 2019 and first aired in June 2019.<ref>{{Cite news| url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-45937945| title=McGuinness and Flintoff join Top Gear| work=BBC News| date=22 October 2018| access-date=22 October 2018| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181022145304/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-45937945| archive-date=22 October 2018| url-status=live}}</ref> On 11 February 2019, it was reported that Flintoff had crashed into a market stall in [[Mansfield]] while filming for the show.<ref>{{cite news |title=Top Gear presenter crashes during filming |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-nottinghamshire-47198667 |work=BBC News |date=11 February 2019 |access-date=12 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190212150145/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-nottinghamshire-47198667/top-gear-presenter-crashes-during-mansfield-filming |archive-date=12 February 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Lancashire: 2019 by Moffatt">{{Citation
 |last              = Moffatt
 |first             = Andy
 |date              = 6 July 2019
|title             = Andrew Flintoff's latest Top Gear adventure includes 'accident' involving co-presenter
 |publisher         = Lancashire Post
 |publication-place = Lancashire
 |url               = https://www.lep.co.uk/news/traffic-and-travel/andrew-flintoff-s-latest-top-gear-adventure-includes-accident-involving-co-presenter-1-9861477
 |access-date        = 10 July 2019
|archive-url       = https://web.archive.org/web/20190706123649/https://www.lep.co.uk/news/traffic-and-travel/andrew-flintoff-s-latest-top-gear-adventure-includes-accident-involving-co-presenter-1-9861477
 |archive-date      = 6 July 2019
|url-status        = live
}}</ref><ref name="Manchester: 2019 by Coyle">{{Citation
 |last              = Hunt
 |first             = Julia
 |date              = 23 June 2019
|title             = Top Gear viewers say show is 'funny again' with new hosts Andrew Flintoff and Paddy McGuinness
 |publisher         = Manchester Evening News
 |publication-place = Manchester, England
 |url               = https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/tv/top-gear-flintoff-mcguinness-new-16474948
 |access-date        = 10 July 2019
|archive-url       = https://web.archive.org/web/20190710025012/https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/tv/top-gear-flintoff-mcguinness-new-16474948
 |archive-date      = 10 July 2019
|url-status        = live
}}</ref>

On 10 September 2019 Flintoff crashed a second time, while riding a head-first [[Motorized tricycle#Motorcycle tricycles|trike]] at 124&nbsp;mph during one of the car show's signature competitions. He was not injured and resumed filming afterwards.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.foxnews.com/auto/top-gear-star-freddie-flintoff-crashes-head-first-motorcycle | title='Top Gear' star Freddie Flintoff crashes bizarre head-first motorcycle | access-date=11 September 2018 | website=foxnews.com | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190912174755/https://www.foxnews.com/auto/top-gear-star-freddie-flintoff-crashes-head-first-motorcycle | archive-date=12 September 2019 | url-status=live }}</ref>

Flintoff was involved in a third crash when filming on 13 December 2022, at the [[Dunsfold Aerodrome|Dunsfold Park Aerodrome]], after which he was airlifted to hospital.<ref>{{Cite web |date=14 December 2022 |title=Freddie Flintoff airlifted to hospital after Top Gear crash |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/freddie-flintoff-top-gear-crash-injuries-b2244830.html |access-date=14 December 2022 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref> In October 2023, press reports confirmed that [[BBC Studios]] had reached a £9 million financial settlement to compensate Flintoff for the injuries he had sustained.<ref>[https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/celebrity-news/andrew-flintoff-bbc-england-freddie-b1113511.html BBC reaches '£9m' settlement with Andrew Flintoff over Top Gear crash] ''[[Evening Standard]]'', 13 October 2023. Retrieved 13 October 2023</ref>

In 2022, Flintoff presented ''Freddie's Field of Dreams'' on the BBC which saw him attempting to create a cricket team made up of disadvantaged boys from Preston.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0021nvz/freddie-flintoffs-field-of-dreams-on-tour-episode-1 |title=Freddie Flintoff's Field of Dreams – On Tour: Episode 1 |language=en-GB |access-date=2024-08-25 |via=www.bbc.co.uk}}</ref> A second series was released in 2024 with Flintoff taking the team on tour to India.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-68683123 |title=Freddie Flintoff: Star returns to BBC with second Field of Dreams series after Top Gear crash |last=Saunders |first=Emma |date=28 March 2024 |website=BBC News |publisher=BBC |access-date=4 December 2024 |quote=}}</ref>

== Property ==
In 2018,<ref name="Architects Journal: 2019 by Jessel">{{Citation
 |last         = Jessel
 |first        = Ella
 |date         = 19 October 2018
|title        = Manchester Council throws out SimpsonHaugh plans for Freddie Flintoff's tower
 |publisher    = Architects' Journal
 |url          = https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/manchester-council-throws-out-simpsonhaugh-plans-for-freddie-flintoffs-tower/10036391.article
 |access-date   = 10 July 2019
|archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20190710030128/https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/manchester-council-throws-out-simpsonhaugh-plans-for-freddie-flintoffs-tower/10036391.article
 |archive-date = 10 July 2019
|url-status   = live
}}</ref> it was reported that he was involved in a development to build a new tower block in [[Castlefield]], along Mancunian Way. The two buildings were dubbed the "Flintoff towers".<ref name="Manchester Evening: 2019 by Eccles">{{Citation
 |last              = Eccles
 |first             = Mari
 |date              = 15 April 2019
|title             = Freddie Flintoff is determined to build a tower block in Manchester city centre, but the plans have been massively scaled back
 |publisher         = Manchester Evening News
 |publication-place = Manchester, England
 |url               = https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/freddie-flintoff-determined-build-tower-16131430
 |access-date        = 10 July 2019
|archive-url       = https://web.archive.org/web/20190416132735/https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/freddie-flintoff-determined-build-tower-16131430
 |archive-date      = 16 April 2019
|url-status        = live
}}</ref> After the original was rejected for being too tall,<ref name="Reuters: 2019 by Paper">{{Citation
 |last              = Williams
 |first             = Jennifer
 |date              = 22 June 2019
|title             = 'Flintoff Towers' is going before planners again next week – but this time it's a third smaller
 |publisher         = MSN.com
 |page              = 22 June 2019
 |url               = https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/newsmanchester/flintoff-towers-is-going-before-planners-again-next-week---but-this-time-its-a-third-smaller/ar-AADgu1T
 |access-date        = 10 July 2019
|archive-url       = https://web.archive.org/web/20190710030124/https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/newsmanchester/flintoff-towers-is-going-before-planners-again-next-week---but-this-time-its-a-third-smaller/ar-AADgu1T
 |archive-date      = 10 July 2019
|url-status        = live
}}</ref> in June 2019 Flintoff continued seeking permission for a 23-storey residential tower in Castlefield, [[Manchester]],<ref name="Manchester Evening News: 2019 by Williams">{{Citation | last=Williams | first=Jennifer | url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/flintoff-towers-going-before-planners-16467331 | title='Flintoff Towers' is going before planners again next week – but this time it's a third smaller | date=22 June 2019 | publisher=[[Manchester Evening News]] | publication-place=Manchester, England | access-date=10 July 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190710025012/https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/flintoff-towers-going-before-planners-16467331 | archive-date=10 July 2019 | url-status=live }}</ref> A shorter version was approved in July 2019, with the tower designed by SimpsonHaugh.<ref name="Architects Journal: 2019 by Pitcher">{{Citation
 |last         = Pitcher
 |first        = Greg
 |date         = 2 July 2019
|title        = Approval for SimpsonHaugh's scaled-down tower for cricketer Flintoff
 |publisher    = Architects' Journal
 |url          = https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/approval-for-simpsonhaughs-scaled-down-tower-for-cricketer-flintoff/10043406.article
 |access-date   = 10 July 2019
|archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20190702180148/https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/approval-for-simpsonhaughs-scaled-down-tower-for-cricketer-flintoff/10043406.article
 |archive-date = 2 July 2019
|url-status   = live
}}</ref> The new development will be 23 storeys, not 35.<ref name="Manchester Evening: 2019 by Mari">{{Citation
 |last              = Eccles
 |first             = Mari
 |date              = 30 June 2019
|title             = Freddie Flintoff's Castlefield tower block approved at second attempt
 |publisher         = Manchester Evening News
 |publication-place = Manchester, England
 |url               = https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/freddie-flintoffs-castlefield-tower-block-16505551
 |access-date        = 10 July 2019
|archive-url       = https://web.archive.org/web/20190701155200/https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/freddie-flintoffs-castlefield-tower-block-16505551
 |archive-date      = 1 July 2019
|url-status        = live
}}</ref>

==Personal life==
[[File:Rachel and cricketer husband Freddie Flintoff (24364460951).jpg|thumb|Flintoff with his wife Rachael in 2016.]]
Flintoff married Rachael Wools in March 2005 at [[Knightsbridge]], London. He has four children, including [[Rocky Flintoff|Rocky]] and [[Corey Flintoff (cricketer)|Corey]] who are also cricketers.<ref>{{cite web|website=The Cricketer|url= https://www.thecricketer.com/Topics/lancashire/rocky_flintoff_takes_lancashire_record_off_dad_andrew.html?t=638495670128440245|accessdate=24 April 2024|title= Rocky Flintoff takes Lancashire record off dad Andrew|date=24 April 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/features/unveiled-thirty-years-of-big-fat-celebrity-weddings-2257491.html?action=gallery&ino=10 |title=Unveiled: Thirty years of big, fat celebrity weddings |newspaper=[[The Independent]] |access-date=17 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161117211923/http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/features/unveiled-thirty-years-of-big-fat-celebrity-weddings-2257491.html?action=gallery&ino=10 |archive-date=17 November 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref>  He has the names of his wife and children tattooed on his left shoulder. Flintoff is a supporter of Preston North End. In his 2005 autobiography, ''Being Freddie'', Flintoff admitted he had little or no interest in football at the time and only visited the [[City of Manchester Stadium]] for the social atmosphere.

Flintoff's father, Colin, and his brother, Chris, both played cricket, with Colin still playing for [[Whittingham, Lancashire|Whittingham]] Cricket Club near Preston. During Flintoff's innings of 167 against the [[West Indian cricket team|West Indies]] at [[Edgbaston Cricket Ground|Edgbaston]] in July 2004, one six off [[Jermaine Lawson]] was hit high into the Ryder Stand and almost caught by his father, who fumbled the ball and dropped it. Colin Flintoff remarked "If I'd taken it he'd have been the first Test batsman to be caught out by his dad!"<ref>"[https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/funny_old_game/3939959.stm Flintoff dropped by his dad]." BBC Sport. 30 July 2004. Retrieved 13 March 2006</ref>

On 20 January 2006, Flintoff was awarded the [[Freedom of the City|Honorary Freedom]] of [[City of Preston, Lancashire|Preston]], his home town, which is now a city. It is the highest award a Council can bestow on an individual.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Honorary Freedom|url=https://www.preston.gov.uk/article/1367/Honorary-Freemen-Honorary-Freewomen|access-date=18 November 2023}}</ref>

In 2011, Flintoff was awarded an Honorary Fellowship of Preston-based [[Myerscough College]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.myerscough.ac.uk/why-myerscough/honorary-fellows/|title=Honorary Fellows. Myerscough College|website=www.myerscough.ac.uk|access-date=11 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191203020606/https://www.myerscough.ac.uk/why-myerscough/honorary-fellows/|archive-date=3 December 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Autobiographies===
Flintoff has written several books:
* ''Being Freddie''
* ''Freddie''
* ''Andrew Flintoff, My Life in Pictures''
* ''Ashes to Ashes''
* ''Good Times, Bad Times''
* ''Right, Said Fred''

===Documentaries===
His career has been subject of a number of TV films and documentaries. In ''Freddie Flintoff: Hidden Side of Sport'' broadcast on the [[BBC One]] in 2012,<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b019gbpk Freddie Flintoff: Hidden Side of Sport] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180706134230/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b019gbpk |date=6 July 2018 }}. ''BBC''</ref> he talks candidly in moving interviews with [[Steve Harmison]], [[Vinnie Jones]] and [[Ricky Hatton]] and others about the serious effects of [[Major depressive disorder|depression]]. He confronts his own issues as captain of England under pressure and under fire at the top of his game. Freddie reveals the stigma attached to talking about depression in the face of an often unforgiving public.

In the documentary ''Flintoff: From Lord's to the Ring'' in 2012 broadcast on [[Sky 1]],<ref>[http://www.radiotimes.com/tv-programme/s2hk2/flintoff-from-lords-to-the-ring/ ''Flintoff: From Lord's to the Ring''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170810210830/http://www.radiotimes.com/tv-programme/s2hk2/flintoff-from-lords-to-the-ring/ |date=10 August 2017 }}. Radio Times. Retrieved on 24 May 2018.</ref> the cricket champion is followed in a 3-episode series while pursuing a possible career as a professional boxer under the guidance of trainers [[Barry McGuigan]] and his son Shane McGuigan. "Biggie", [[Sugar Ray Leonard]], [[Mike Tyson]] make appearances in the documentary where Flintoff is preparing for a boxing match.

In 2020, Flintoff presented a documentary that aired on the [[BBC One]] called ''Freddie Flintoff: Living With [[Bulimia]]''.<ref name=":0">{{Citation|title=Freddie Flintoff: Living with Bulimia|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000n1xx/freddie-flintoff-living-with-bulimia|language=en-GB|access-date=7 December 2021}}</ref> In the documentary, Flintoff talks with other men who have suffered with bulimia and discusses the stigma around men who suffer with eating disorders. Flintoff has suffered with bulimia for over 20 years, since he was 20 years old.<ref>{{Cite news|date=29 September 2020|title=Freddie Flintoff's bulimia documentary: 'It gave me a sense of relief'|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-54343453|access-date=7 December 2021}}</ref> At the end of the documentary, Flintoff said that he would like to seek treatment for his eating disorder, which he has never done previously, despite the long period he had been struggling with it.<ref name=":0" />

== Filmography ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Year
!Title
!Role
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="2" |2005
|''[[The Frank Skinner Show]]''
| rowspan="4" |Guest
|1 episode
|-
|''[[Strictly Come Dancing]]''
|4 episodes
|-
|2006
|''[[Match of the Day]]''
| rowspan="4" |1 episode
|-
| rowspan="3" |2007
|''[[ITV News]]''
|-
|''You Can't Fire Me, I'm Famous''
|Participant
|-
|''[[Friday Night with Jonathan Ross]]''
| rowspan="4" |Guest
|-
|2009, 2012, 2017–2019
|''[[The One Show]]''
|7 episodes
|-
|2009
|''[[The F Word (British TV series)|The F Word]]''
| rowspan="2" |1 episode
|-
|2010
|''[[Live from Studio Five]]''
|-
|2010–present
|''[[A League of Their Own (British game show)|A League of Their Own]]''
|Participant
|113 episodes
|-
| rowspan="2" |2010
|''[[Sport Relief 2010|2010 Sport Relief]]''
|Himself
|One-off
|-
|''[[James Corden's World Cup Live]]''
| rowspan="2" |Guest
| rowspan="3" |1 episode
|-
| rowspan="5" |2011
|''[[Daybreak (2010 TV programme)|Daybreak]]''
|-
|''[[The Million Pound Drop]]''
|Participant
|-
|''[[John Bishop's Britain]]''
| rowspan="3" |Himself
|5 episodes
|-
|''[[My Funniest Year]]''
|1 episode
|-
|''Alone in the Wild: Freddie Flintoff''
|Television movie
|-
|2012
|''[[Celebrity Juice]]''
| rowspan="3" |Guest
|3 episodes
|-
|2012, 2015
|''[[The Jonathan Ross Show]]''
|2 episodes
|-
|2012, 2017–2018
|''[[Loose Women]]''
|6 episodes
|-
| rowspan="4" |2012
|''Freddie Flintoff Goes Wild''
| rowspan="2" |Himself
|4 episodes
|-
|''[[Let's Get Gold]]''
| rowspan="2" |1 episode
|-
|''[[The Last Leg]]''
|Guest
|-
|''Flintoff: From Lord's to the Ring''
|Himself
|4 episodes
|-
| rowspan="3" |2013
|''John Bishop's Only Joking''
| rowspan="2" |Guest
|3 episodes
|-
|''[[The Graham Norton Show]]''
| rowspan="2" |1 episode
|-
|''[[That Puppet Game Show]]''
|Participant
|-
|2013–2014
|''[[8 Out of 10 Cats]]''
|Guest
|2 episodes
|-
|2013
|''[[The Spa (TV series)|The Spa]]''
|Himself
| rowspan="7" |1 episode
|-
| rowspan="6" |2014
|''[[Piers Morgan's Life Stories]]''
|Guest
|-
|''[[Celebrity Squares]]''
| rowspan="2" |Participant
|-
|''[[Duck Quacks Don't Echo]]''
|-
|''[[Sunday Brunch]]''
|Guest
|-
|''Oxford Street Revealed''
| rowspan="2" |Himself
|-
|''[[Trollied]]''
|-
|2014–2015
|''[[8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown]]''
| rowspan="2" |Participant
|2 episodes
|-
| rowspan="4" |2015
|''[[I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! (Australian TV series)|I'm A Celebrity.. Get Me Out of Here]]!''
|20 episodes
|-
|''[[The New Paul O'Grady Show]]''
|Guest
|1 episode
|-
|''[[Very British Problems]]''
|Himself
| rowspan="2" |3 episodes
|-
|''[[Special Forces: Ultimate Hell Week]]''
| rowspan="1" |Presenter
|-
|2015–present
|''Flintoff: Lord of the Fries''
| rowspan="1" |Himself
|14 episodes (plus 4 in production)
|-
| rowspan="4" |2016
|''[[Too Much TV]]''
| rowspan="1" |Presenter
| rowspan="4" |1 episode
|-
|''[[All Star Mr & Mrs]]''
|Participant
|-
|''[[John Bishop: In Conversation With...|John Bishop: in Conversation With]]''
|Guest
|-
|''[[Tipping Point (game show)|Tipping Point: Lucky Stars]]''
|Participant
|-
| rowspan="4" |2017
|''Freddie Down Under''
|Himself
|6 episodes
|-
|''Parenting for Idiots''
|Participant
|3 episodes
|-
|''[[Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway]]''
| rowspan="3" |Guest
| rowspan="2" |1 episode
|-
|''[[The Nightly Show (British TV series)|The Nightly Show]]''
|-
|2017–2018
|''[[Good Morning Britain (2014 TV programme)|Good Morning Britain]]''
|2 episodes
|-
|2017
|''Andrew Flintoff's Summer: Pacino and Bert''
|Man
|Television movie
|-
|2017–2020
|''[[Australian Ninja Warrior]]''
| rowspan="2" |Presenter
|21 episodes
|-
| rowspan="3" |2017
|''[[Cannonball (British game show)|Cannonball]]''
|10 episodes
|-
|''[[Gogglebox]]''
|Participant
| rowspan="4" |1 episode
|-
|''[[Love, Lies and Records]]''
|Danny
|-
| rowspan="3" |2018
|''[[BBC Breakfast|Breakfast]]''
| rowspan="2" |Guest
|-
|''[[All Round to Mrs. Brown's]]''
|-
|''Carnage''
| rowspan="2" |Presenter
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |2019
|''[[2019 Cricket World Cup opening ceremony|Cricket World Cup Opening Ceremony]]''
|One-off
|-
|''[[Lorraine (TV programme)|Lorraine]]''
|Guest
|1 episode
|-
|2019–2022
|''[[Top Gear (2002 TV series)|Top Gear]]''
| rowspan="4" |Presenter
|7 series (38 episodes)
|-
|2020
|''Total Wipeout – Freddie and Paddy's Takeover''
|
|-
|2020
|''Don't Rock The Boat''
|
|-
|2020
|''Freddie Flintoff: Living with Bulimia''
|
|-
|2021
|''DNA Journey''
| rowspan="4" |Himself
| 1 episode; 10 March 2021<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.itv.com/presscentre/ep1week10/dna-journey-0|title=DNA Journey|website=itv.com/presscentre|access-date=23 March 2021}}</ref>
|-
|2022
|''[[The Games (British TV series)|The Games]]''
| 1 series (5 episodes)
|-
|2022–present
|''Freddie Flintoff's Field of Dreams''
|Documentary series; second series commissioned<ref>{{Cite web |title=Freddie Flintoff's Field of Dreams places a welcome spotlight on a very relatable issue. The Cricketer |url=https://www.thecricketer.com/Topics/features/field_of_dreams_places_welcome_spotlight_on_very_relatable_issue_.html |access-date=2 August 2022 |website=www.thecricketer.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2022/freddie-flintoffs-field-of-dreams-returns-for-second-series|title=Freddie Flintoff's Field of Dreams returns for a second series|website=bbc.co.uk/mediacentre|access-date=8 October 2022}}</ref>
|-
|2022
|''Freddie & Jason: Two Men in a Tent''
| With [[Jason Manford]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.itv.com/presscentre/ep1week48/freddie-jason-two-men-tent|title=Freddie & Jason: Two Men in a Tent |website=itv.com/presscentre|access-date=26 November 2022}}</ref>
|-
| 2024–present
|[[Bullseye (British game show)|Bullseye]]
| Presenter<ref> https://www.itv.com/news/granada/2024-10-04/freddie-flintoff-to-host-bullseye-christmas-special-on-itv</ref>
|
|}

==Awards and honours==
* [[Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy]] (ICC Cricketer of the Year): 2005
* [[Freedom of the City|Honorary Freedom of]] [[Preston, Lancashire|Preston]]: 2006
*[[Honorary title (academic)|Honorary Fellowship]] of [[Myerscough College]]: 2011
* [[England national cricket captains|England captain]]: 2006, 2006–2007
* [[Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World]]: 2005
* [[Wisden Cricketers of the Year]]: 2004
* [[Professional Cricketers' Association|PCA Player of the Year]]: 2004, 2005
* [[ICC Awards|ICC ODI Player of the Year]]: 2004
* [[ICC Awards|ICC World One-Day XI]]: 2004, 2005, 2006
* [[ICC Awards|ICC World Test XI]]: 2005, 2006
* [[Cricket Writers' Club Young Cricketer of the Year]]: 1998
* [[Compton-Miller medal]]: 2005
* [[BBC Sports Personality of the Year]]: 2005
* [[BBC Sports Personality of the Year]] Third Place: 2004
* [[NBC Denis Compton Award]]: 1997
* [[Walter Lawrence Trophy]]: 1999
* MCC Spirit of Cricket Award: 2005

==Professional boxing record==
{{BoxingRecordSummary
|dec-wins=1
}}
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!{{abbr|No.|Number}}
!Result
!Record
!Opponent
!Type
!Round, time
!Date
!Location
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|-
|1
|{{yes2}}Win
|1–0
|style="text-align:left;"|Richard Dawson
|{{abbr|PTS|Points decision}}
|4
|30 November 2012
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|[[Manchester Arena]], [[Manchester]], England}}
|
|}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
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