L-R: Kate Cross, Carla, Madi, Milla, Summer, Mollie, Katie, Madi, Genna, Aimee, Matilda, Evie Freddie Flintoff, Kyle Hogg (Image: BBC/South Shore/Lauren Hira)
By Jon Donnis
Freddie Flintoff's Field of Dreams is back for a third run, with the former England cricket captain taking on his most challenging project yet. Building on the success of the BAFTA-nominated and RTS award-winning documentary series, this new chapter will see Flintoff expand far beyond his hometown of Preston to bring cricket to new communities across the North West.
Having previously assembled a team of teenagers with no cricketing background and taken them on a remarkable journey all the way to India, Flintoff now aims to create three new teams from scratch. One in Manchester. One in Liverpool. And for the first time, a girls team in Blackpool, formed at a local club with no youth structure in place. The scale is bigger. The stakes are higher. And the obstacles are more daunting than ever, from crumbling clubhouses to a generation of young people who may never have picked up a bat before.
To help carry the load, Flintoff is joined once again by former Lancashire bowler Kyle Hogg and welcomes a new coaching voice to the team in the form of current England international Kate Cross. Together, they'll try to prove that cricket can thrive in places that have long been forgotten by the sport's traditional pathways.
The series, produced by South Shore for BBC One and iPlayer, promises to be as heartfelt and hard-hitting as ever, spotlighting the power of sport to reach those on the fringes and offer them something more. It's not about building champions. It's about showing what's possible when someone believes in you.
Freddie Flintoff's Field of Dreams returns later this year on BBC One and iPlayer.
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