How England won the 1973 Women’s World Cup

Test Match Special

BBC

Cricket, Sports News, News, Sports

4.4 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 2 November 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Alison Mitchell looks back at how England won the first ever Women’s World Cup, with the tournament hosted in England. She speaks to cricket journalist and historian Raf Nicholson, plus we hear some archive interviews from England legend Rachael Heyhoe-Flint.

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0:43.2	Hello, this is Alison Mitchell with a special episode of the TMS podcast.
0:47.9	We'll be looking back at the first ever women's ODI World Cup, which took place in 1973.
0:54.0	We'll hear an archive interview with the captain of the winning England team, the late Reds. ODI World Cup, which took place in 1973.
0:57.8	We'll hear an archive interview with the captain of the winning England team,
1:01.1	the late Rachel Hayhoe Flint, who made that first World Cup happen.
1:04.7	And we'll speak to cricket writer and historian, Raff Nicholson.
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1:16.7	Former England captain Rachel Hayho Flint died in January 2017 as Lady Ho Ho Flint.
1:23.0	She was 77 and was a pioneer trailblazer and driving force behind women's cricket in England. Long before she became an OBE and then a Conservative peer, she was responsible for the first ever Women's World Cup.
1:30.3	I went to meet her back in 2013 to mark the 40th anniversary.
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