Freddie Flintoff is left "heartbroken" after he finds out that one of his young cricket team members spent a portion of his childhood, living on the streets. The story is shared on Tuesday, July 12 on Freddie Flintoff's Field of Dreams during which the former cricketing star attempts to create a cricket team from scratch with reluctant teenagers from his hometown of Preston. You can read more about it here.
The Top Gear host, 44, was shocked when Ben, 18, told him: “I was sleeping rough.” A baffled Freddie replied: “What shop doorways and things?” before Ben said: “Yeah, Preston Bus Station.” The aspiring cricketer, who had been living in shared housing for two months, was visited by Freddie because he had been missing sessions, as he juggled his college work with finding a job.
“I was just going from sofa to sofa between my mates," said Ben of his situation, "I’ve always been moving about loads because when I was seven, my parents split so I was going house to house but I couldn’t live with my mum anymore."
