English female cricketer, businesswoman and life peer
The Right Honourable The Baroness Heyhoe Flint OBE DL
In the House of Lords in 2015
Personal information
Full name
Rachael Heyhoe Flint
Born
(1939-06-11)11 June 1939 Wolverhampton, England
Died
18 January 2017(2017-01-18) (aged 77)
Batting
Right-handed
Bowling
Right-arm leg break
Role
Batter
International information
National side
England (1960–1982)
Test debut (cap 51)
2 December 1960 v South Africa
Last Test
1 July 1979 v West Indies
ODI debut (cap 4)
23 June 1973 v International XI
Last ODI
7 February 1982 v Australia
Domestic team information
Years
Team
1963–1985
West Midlands
1976–1982
West
Career statistics
Competition
WTest
WODI
WFC
WLA
Matches
22
23
51
43
Runs scored
1,594
643
3,356
1,110
Batting average
45.54
58.45
46.61
42.69
100s/50s
3/10
1/4
8/18
1/8
Top score
179
114
179
114
Balls bowled
402
18
870
64
Wickets
3
1
7
5
Bowling average
68.00
20.00
66.42
7.80
5 wickets in innings
0
0
0
0
10 wickets in match
0
0
0
0
Best bowling
1/3
1/13
2/29
2/16
Catches/stumpings
13/–
6/–
30/–
12/–
Source: CricketArchive, 7 March 2021
Rachael Heyhoe Flint, Baroness Heyhoe Flint, OBE, DL (néeHeyhoe; 11 June 1939 – 18 January 2017) was an English cricketer, businesswoman and philanthropist. She was best known for being captain of England from 1966 to 1978, and was unbeaten in six Test series: in total, she played for the English women's cricket team from 1960 to 1982. Heyhoe Flint was captain when her team won the inaugural 1973 Women's Cricket World Cup, which England hosted.[1] She was also the first female cricketer to hit a six in a Test match, and one of the first ten women to become a member of the MCC.
She also played as goalkeeper for the England national hockey team in 1964.
According to Scyld Berry: "She was, among other achievements, the Dr WG Grace of women's cricket – the pioneer without whom the game would not be what it is."[2]
^"Rachael Heyhoe Flint receives her OBE". Birmingham Post. Archived from the original on 1 March 2011. Retrieved 26 April 2013.
^Berry, Scyld (18 January 2017). "Cricket mourns death of Baroness Rachael Heyhoe Flint – the WG Grace of women's game". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 20 January 2017. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
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