Yahoo Sports · May 1, 2025
Flintoff TV show refugee makes Lancs Second XI debut
Image caption, Adnan was presented his second XI cap by Lancashire legend Steven CroftPublished
Anyone who watched BBC TV series Freddie Flintoff's Field of Dreams will remember Adnan Miakhel.
He was the teenage Afghan refugee who arrived in the UK on the back of a lorry in 2021 and, with limited formal cricket training, became the star bowler when former England captain Andrew Flintoff cobbled together a team of disadvantaged boys in Preston.
He spoke then about the dream of playing cricket professionally in England.
That dream moved a small step closer this week after he made his debut for Lancashire's Second XI.