Penwortham Priory AcademyAn 18-year-old who appeared in Freddie Flintoff’s Subject of Desires BBC TV present has died following a crash.
Umar Mahmood was driving an Audi A3 Sport when it left the street and hit bushes on Chain Caul Manner, in Preston, at about 22:55 BST on Tuesday. A 16-year-old boy travelling behind the automobile was additionally killed.
Mr Mahmood was one in every of a gaggle of younger cricketers from Lancashire who was featured on the BBC series.
His former faculty, Penwortham Priory Academy, described him as “vibrant, studious and well-loved”.
The tribute stated Mr Mahmood “was a younger man who was all the time thoughtful to these round him and who confirmed ambition and kindness in all that he did”.
The academy stated it was “with nice unhappiness that we hear this information”, including Mr Mahmood’s household could be of their “ideas and prayers in the present day”.
It added that Mr Mahmood, who left the college two years in the past, “had a ardour for geography in addition to his cricket”.
‘A chance’
Subject of Desires noticed former England all-rounder Flintoff, who’s from Preston, go to under-privileged components of Lancashire to search out 11 youngsters, who had not thought of the game earlier than, to type a facet.
Talking in July 2022 about his involvement within the present, Mr Mahmood stated he had loved watching and enjoying cricket and had been chosen to affix Flintoff’s group whereas a member of the BYDS Youth Membership in Preston.
“They stated they wished to do a documentary about cricket and provides folks like me a possibility which I may not in any other case have,” he stated in an announcement, which was issued on the time by his faculty.
Mr Mahmood stated he and his fellow younger cricketers have been skilled by Flintoff, who was “actually right down to earth”, together with Kyle Hogg.
“They taught us several types of cricketing abilities and it has been actually good. I’d say now I’m a little bit of an all-rounder,” he stated, including he had been interviewed so much for the programme “and so they have been to my home and interviewed my household as properly”.
Flintoff stated in 2022 following filming: “Cricket will not be a straightforward sport and a few of the boys had by no means picked up a bat earlier than.
“I used to be additionally coping with youngsters who thought it was posh and boring so I needed to change their minds.
“I received much more invested within the boys’ lives than I assumed I’d however I care extra about them as folks than their cricketing capability on the finish of the day.”
Bowled opponent out
Within the programme, Mr Mahmood might be seen bowling in the course of the younger facet’s first match, throughout which he received an opponent out.
“After I realised I had received him out I used to be over the moon actually,” he stated.
“The environment is absolutely good, particularly how everybody got here round after. Now we’ve received a very good probability of successful.”
The BBC stated in an announcement: “We’re very saddened to listen to the information of Umar’s passing and the ideas of everybody within the Subject Of Desires group are together with his household and mates at this troublesome time.”
Lancashire Police confirmed on Wednesday that the boy travelling behind the automobile, named by the identical faculty as Adam Bodi, had additionally died within the crash.
The academy additionally paid tribute to Adam, saying he was a preferred boy with a implausible sense of humour.
The academy despatched its “heartfelt condolences to all of Adam’s household and mates”.
A 17-year-old boy stays in a steady situation in hospital.