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Freddie Flintoff speaks about an Afghanistan refugee boy

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When Freddie Flintoff returned to his hometown of Preston, met an Afghanistan refugee. Flintoff was in a BBC documentary ‘Field of Dreams’, and he was focused to show how background doesn’t matter, and anyone can play competitive cricket.

While filming, Flintoff met 16-year-old Afghanistan refugee, Adnan. Adnan had been living in the UK around 11 months after travelling in the back of a lorry. Adnan is granted asylum and is living with his foster parents, Barry and Elaine.

Elaine said that,

“To have impressed Freddie Flintoff, just shows how talented Adnan is. When Adnan arrived with us in March of last year, he went out into our garden and started bowling golf balls in our little driving range. Barry and I were immediately struck by his obvious natural ability. But there’s much more to Adnan than his sporting abilities. His story is astonishing.”

Adnan talks

 “I just sat in my bedroom for the first couple of weeks, I couldn’t speak a word of English. Barry said ‘football’ which I understood but I shook my head. Barry then said ‘cricket’, and I suddenly thought, he’s talking my language”

He continued saying,

“I went into the garden and started bowling golf balls in the golf driving net. I think Elaine and Barry were both impressed with my technique and how quickly I could bowl the ball”

Freddie was stunned by his abilities when Adnan bowled to him at Preston College Gym. Adnan explained to viewers of the documentary that while living in Afghanistan, he had tried to practice cricket without any equipment.

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