Rachael Heyhoe Flint, Baroness Heyhoe Flint

Rachael Heyhoe Flint, Baroness Heyhoe Flint, OBE, DL ( born June 11, 1939 in Wolverhampton) is probably the best known female cricket player in England. She was from 1960 to 1982 a member of the English Women's Cricket Team. From 1966 to 1978, she was captain of the national team and was never beaten in six test cricket series. She was captain when England won the 1973 Women's Cricket World Cup.

Cricket Career

Heyhoe Flint was used mainly as a batsman. She played in 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 ), their highest result was 179, a world record in the match against Australia in 1976; they battete this 8 ½ hours. She was captain of the English women's team, which played at Lord 's Cricket Ground against Australia in the Women 's Ashes Series 1976. After she retired in 1978 as team captain, they played their last Test match in 1979 against the West Indies team and then played again in 1982 at the Women's Cricket World Cup.

After cricket career

After her retirement from active sports cricket she was a journalist and radio presenter. In 1972, she was admitted as a Member in the Order of the British Empire ( MBE). She was among the first ten women to whom honorary membership was awarded by the Marylebone Cricket Club in 1999. In 2004, she was the first woman to be appointed to the board of the MCC. In addition to cricket they played in 1964 as a goalkeeper in England's hockey team. It belonged since 1979 to the board of Wolverhampton Wanderers. She was from 2001 President of the Lady Taverners. In 2008, she the next level of the Order of the British Empire ( Officer ) was presented.

Together with Netta Rheinberg Heyhoe Flint wrote the book fair play - the story of women's cricket, Angus & Robertson, 1976, ISBN 978-0-207-95698-0.

In July 2002 her an honorary doctorate from the University of Bradford was awarded.

In October 2010 she was admitted to the first woman ever in the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame.

On 19 November 2010 it was announced that Heyhoe Flint will ennobled. She sits as a member of the Conservative Party in the House of Lords.

Personal

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