Rachael Heyhoe Flint, Baroness Heyhoe Flint

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Rachael Heyhoe Flint, Baroness Heyhoe Flint , OBE , DL (born June 11, 1939 in Wolverhampton , † January 18, 2017 ) was probably the most famous cricketer in England . She was a member of the English women's cricket team from 1960 to 1982 . From 1966 to 1978 she was the captain of the national team and was never beaten in six test cricket series. She was the captain when England won the Women's Cricket World Cup in 1973 .

Cricket career

Heyhoe Flint was mainly used as a batsman . She played 22 Test cricket games, with a batting average of 45.54 runs in 38 innings . She scored 3 Test Centuries (more than 100 runs in a single innings by a batsman), her highest score was 179, a world record in the game against Australia in 1976; she batted it for 8½ hours. She was the captain of the English women's team that played against Australia in the Women's Ashes Series at Lord's Cricket Ground in 1976 . After she was eliminated as team captain in 1978, she played her last test match in 1979 against the West Indies team and then played again in 1982 in the Women's Cricket World Cup.

Post-cricket career

After retiring from active sports, she was a cricket journalist and radio presenter. In 1972 she was accepted as a member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE). She was among the first ten women to receive honorary membership from the Marylebone Cricket Club in 1999. In 2004, she became the first woman to be appointed to the MCC Board of Directors. In addition to cricket, she played in 1964 as a goalkeeper in England 's national hockey team . She had been on the board of Wolverhampton Wanderers since 1979 . She was President of the Lady Taverners from 2001 . In 2008 she was awarded the next higher level of the Order of the British Empire (Officer).

Together with Netta Rheinberg , Heyhoe Flint wrote the book Fair Play - the Story of Women's Cricket .

In July 2002, she was awarded an honorary doctorate from Bradford University .

In October 2010, she became the first woman ever to be inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame .

On November 19, 2010 it was announced that Heyhoe Flint would be ennobled. She was a member of the Conservative Party in the House of Lords .

Personal

She was married to Derrick Flint (born June 14, 1924), who played first-class cricket from 1948 to 1949 . Her son Ben G. Heyhoe Flint also plays cricket for Sir JP Getty's XI.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Rachael Heyhoe Flint dies age 77: Wolves vice president passes away after short illness . Express & Star, January 18, 2017, accessed January 18, 2017.
  2. ↑ MCC delivers first 10 maidens . BBC News , March 16, 1999, accessed January 18, 2017.
  3. ^ Jenny Thompson (Roesler): Radley and Heyhoe-Flint honored . ESPNcricinfo , December 29, 2007, accessed January 18, 2017.
  4. ^ Netta Rheinberg, Heyhoe Flint: Fair Play - the Story of Women's Cricket . Angus & Robertson, 1976, ISBN 978-0-207-95698-0 .
  5. ↑ Rachael Heyhoe-Flint honored . Bradford University press release on the award of the honorary doctorate, July 25, 2002, accessed January 18, 2017.
  6. ^ Sachin Tendulkar beats Graeme Swann to ICC gong . BBC Sport , October 6, 2010, accessed January 18, 2017.
  7. ↑ Latest peerages announced . Notice from the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom , November 19, 2010, accessed January 18, 2017.
  8. ↑ Rachael Heyhoe Flint . CricketArchive , accessed January 18, 2017.
personal data
SURNAME Heyhoe Flint, Rachael, Baroness Heyhoe Flint
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English cricket player
DATE OF BIRTH June 11, 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH Wolverhampton
DATE OF DEATH 18th January 2017