What is Rachael Heyhoe Flint, Baroness Heyhoe Flint?
'''Rachael Heyhoe Flint''', '''Baroness Heyhoe Flint''' (11 June 1939 – 18 January 2017) was an English [[women's cricket|female]] [[cricket]]er, businesswoman and philanthropist. She was born in [[Wolverhampton]], England. Flint was best known for being [[English national cricket captains|captain]] of England from 1966 to 1978, and was unbeaten in six [[Test cricket|Test series,]] while in total she played for the [[English women's cricket team]] from 1960 to 1982. She was captain when England won the inaugural [[Women's Cricket World Cup]], held in England in 1973.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.birminghampost.net/news/west-midlands-news/2008/06/11/rachael-heyhoe-flint-receives-her-obe-65233-21059780|title=Rachael Heyhoe Flint receives her OBE|publisher=Birmingham Post|access-date=26 April 2013|archive-date=1 March 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110301085730/http://www.birminghampost.net/news/west-midlands-news/2008/06/11/rachael-heyhoe-flint-receives-her-obe-65233-21059780/|url-status=dead}}</ref> She was also the first women cricketer ever to hit a six in a test match. Flint's death was announced by [[Lord's]] on 18 January 2017 at the age of 77.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lords.org/news/2017/january/mcc-saddened-rachael-heyhoe-flint/|title=MCC saddened by Rachael Heyhoe Flint passing|publisher=[[Lord's]]|date=18 January 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1078302.html|title=Women's pioneer Heyhoe-Flint dies aged 77|publisher=ESPN Cricinfo|date=18 January 2017}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{sports-bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Flint, Rachael Heyhoe}} [[Category:1939 births]] [[Category:2017 deaths]] [[Category:British cricketers]] [[Category:English philanthropists]] [[Category:English businesspeople]] [[Category:Sportspeople from Wolverhampton]]