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<\/a><\/p>\nThe 47-year-old ex-England all-rounder said it took him \u201810 goes to leave my bedroom\u2019 due to anxiety on his first morning as an assistant coach with the national team in 2023.<\/p>\n
\u2018That day in Cardiff, it took me 10 goes to leave my hotel bedroom. I couldn\u2019t get out of the room,\u2019 he told The Times in an interview with former England captain Mike Atherton.<\/p>\n
\u2018I was so anxious and worried. I eventually went down to breakfast; sat down and chatted with Reece Topley and then Jos Buttler.<\/p>\n
\u2018I had to go back to my room to get my baseball mitt and I was waiting for the lift again and heard footsteps. I knew it would be (England captain) Ben Stokes.<\/p>\n
\u2018I didn\u2019t really know him then. I\u2019ve built a great relationship with him since, but I was anxious about that, standing in the lift with him.<\/p>\n
\u2018In the dressing room, Joe Root came over, one of the best men you\u2019ll ever meet, and everyone made me feel so welcome.<\/p>\n
\u2018Slowly but surely I started to find my feet. And sitting on the balcony and being pictured. Even the press were nice about me. It\u2019s amazing what an accident can do.\u2019<\/p>\n
Flintoff was driving a Morgan Super 3 three-wheeled sports car when it overturned and crashed off of the Top Gear test track during filming.<\/p>\n
The open-topped car is capable of hitting 130mph and the cricketer wasn\u2019t wearing a helmet when it flipped over.<\/p>\n
Flintoff suffered severe facial injuries and broken ribs in the crash.<\/p>\n
\u2018It\u2019s always going to be there, but in a strange way, I\u2019ve got an acceptance of it now. I\u2019m not fighting it,\u2019 he said of the physical and mental scars of the accident.<\/p>\n
\u2018I still get flashbacks at night and anxiety and other stuff but I know it\u2019s happening and I\u2019m accepting of it.\u2019<\/p>\n
Flintoff retired as a player in 2010 aged 31 after playing in 79 Tests between 1998 and 2009.<\/p>\n
Initially invited to help with England Under-19s after the crash, he was appointed as England Lions head coach in September 2024.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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