As it started going over…I’m going to break my neck: Andrew Flintoff recalls harrowing details of car accident and how cricket helped him
Andrew Flintoff in 2022 met with a horrific accident. The former England cricketer, speaking on the Disney+ documentary, said that playing cricket has helped him to survive the harrowing incident. “You get 0.4 seconds to make your mind up where the ball’s going, what shot are you going to play, how are you going to move your feet,” Flintoff said.
“As it started going over, I looked at the ground and I knew if I get hit on the side, I’m going to break my neck. If I get hit on the temple, I’m dead. My best chance is go face down. I thought my face had come off. I was frightened to death,” he recalled. The 46-year-old has been involved in a high-speed accident since he began as one of the show’s co-presenters in 2019. In 2022, he lost control of a motorised trike, the Time Bandit, when racin...
