Flintoff Joins Sky Cricket
Sky has confirmed that Andrew ‘Freddie’ Flintoff will be joining the cricket commentary team this summer as county cricket gets underway.
He will be working exclusively on the NatWest T20 Blast, covering at least eight matches, including the T20 Blast Finals day in Edgbaston on 2nd September.
Flintoff will provide commentary and expert analysis alongside Sky pundits such as Rob Key, David Lloyd, Nasser Hussain, Michael Atherton, Paul Allott and Nick Knight.
Very excited to be working with the voice of cricket @robkey612 on @SkyCricket bring on the @NatWestT20Blast pic.twitter.com/oir2VqSWbq
— andrew flintoff (@flintoff11) July 4, 2017
His first game in the Sky Sports commentary box will be this weekend on Saturday 8th July, alongside Rob Key, Paul Allott and Nick Knight, where Birmingham take on Notts at home.
On Sky, cricket fans can watch exclusive live coverage of the NatWest T20 Blast, England’s Tests v South Africa and the West Indies, the ICC Women’s World Cup and the Kia Super League.
The former Lancashire man said: “I’m really looking forward to it. Most of the stuff I have done since retiring hasn’t involved cricket but around cricket and around cricketers is where I feel most comfortable. I watched most of Lancashire’s games at Old Trafford last year and I’ve been watching on TV and seen Keysy, Bumble and Nasser in the Pod – it looked like they were having a good time.
“I got asked and thought ‘that will be brilliant’. The competition itself is just as good as the IPL or the Big Bash, if not better, and hopefully I can add something to it for the viewers on Sky Sports. I’m just going to enjoy it.”
Last week the England & Wales Cricket Board (ECB) awarded Sky Sports and BBC the media rights for all of its domestic first-class county and international matches, played at home, from 2020-2024 – delivering a combined income of £1.1 billion for all media rights for use in the UK and Ireland.
