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<\/p>\nFreddie Flintoff was all smiles on Sunday as he laughed and joked with England players on his return to the public eye. <\/p>\n
The cricketing icon is working as a consultant with the ODI squad during their series against New Zealand and his appearance on Saturday was his first in public since December of last year. <\/p>\n
The 45-year-old was injured while filming Top Gear at the show's test track at Dunsfold Park Aerodrome, Surrey, when his open-topped Morgan Super 3 car flipped over.<\/p>\n
Flintoff was seen with visible scars on his face having been lucky to survive according to his son, after being rushed to hospital at the time of the incident. <\/p>\n
READ MORE: Inside Freddie Flintoff's near-fatal Top Gear crash \u2013 from agonising wait to staff's PTSD <\/b><\/p>\n
Flintoff's accident led to a suspension in the filming of series 34 of Top Gear pending a health and safety review, with his fellow presenters being Paddy McGuinness and Chris Harris.<\/p>\n
The former A League of Their Own captain was seen tossing a ball into the air and laughing with Liam Livingstone on Sunday.<\/p>\n
Flintoff also showed bowling technique and stood with players in a huddle before watching on from the box as England won by 79 runs to ties things up the four ODI series.<\/p>\n
Where does Freddie Flintoff rank among England icons? Give us your thoughts in the comments section below.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
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Among those to celebrate Flintoff's appearance on social media was Piers Morgan, who wrote: \u201cBrilliant to see \u2066Freddie @flintoff11 \u2069 back with the England team today."<\/p>\n
A fan added: "Great to see Freddie out and about, nice touch for England to bring him in."<\/p>\n
A second agreed: "Great to see him out and about amazing cricketer, presenter & bloke."<\/p>\n
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Sky Sports is bringing you 500 live football games to watch, as well access to Cricket, Golf, F1, Boxing, NFL, NBA and more across eight<\/span> dedicated channels. Sky Sports is the <\/span>only way to watch all the action this year.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a322 a month<\/p>\n Flintoff's son Corey told the Mail last December that he and his family were "shocked" to hear news of the accident. <\/p>\n He added: "He's OK. I'm not too sure what happened but he is lucky to be alive. It was a pretty nasty crash. It is shocking. We are all shocked but just hope he's going to be OK."<\/p>\n Flintoff, born Andrew, shares Corey with wife Rachael, as well as daughter Holly.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Stuart Broad admitted it was great to have the England legend back around the squad. He said: "I saw him at Cardiff and I had ten minutes with him. He was in really fine form.<\/p>\n "He's been doing some work with the England Under-19s, which he really enjoyed and he'd just arrived in Cardiff to settle into this group for this series.<\/p>\n "Freddie Flintoff would have inspired this side back in '05 and before so he's an icon of English cricket and a legend of the game. So just to be able to spend some time around him and pick his brain and feel the aura he has within the group.<\/p>\n "The opportunity for him to pull on the Three Lions shirt again is really special."<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/incoming\/article30907915.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/0_England-v-New-Zealand-2nd-Metro-Bank-ODI.jpg\")
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