baroness rachael heyhoe flint has died at the age of 77.a 22—year england career, 12 of them as captain. she was the first woman to be elected onto the full mcc committee. the ecb says "cricket was hugely enhanced by her fearless approach and pioneering spirit." clare connor is director of women's cricket at the ecb. she was a trailblazer and a pioneer for the women's game, you know, the fa ct for the women's game, you know, the fact that her name was so widely known at a time when women's cricket wasn't necessarily, you know, on the national agenda or on the map. she drove the whole movement, i suppose, of women's cricket in this country. she created opportunities, she campaigned for nearly ten years for the mcc to allow women to become members. so she has driven great change, and she has been an amazing inspiration in our sport, and probably beyond our sport, actually. i think she'll go down as someone who has progressed and driven change for women in sport more broadly than just cricket. baroness heyhoe flint, who has died at the age of

baroness rachael heyhoe—flint has died at the age of 77. of the finest women's cricketers in a 22 year england career, she captained her country for 12 years and was the first woman to be elected onto the full mcc committee. the ecb says cricket was hugely enhanced by her fearless approach and pioneering spirit. earlier i spoke to clare connor, director of women's cricket at the ecb. she obviously left an enormous mark on the sport for everything she has done as a player, everything she has done for the lady taverners, the charity, the mcc and latterly as an ecb board member. the game has progressed hugely in recent years and rachael paved the way for a lot of that progress. we use the word kind of pioneers and trail—blazers quite lightly, but she was one of those women who was fearless and had unbelievable strength of character. so she has done so much for our sport and for women in our sport particularly. let's speak now to former england international ebony rainford—brent, who is now part of the bbc test match special team. good evening

the former england women's cricket captain rachael heyhoe—flint has died. she was 77.973. she was one of the mcc‘s first women members, and was made a life peer in 2011. britain's dan evans has pulled off the best win of his tennis career at the australian open. he knocked out the number seven seed marin cilic. less of a surprise was andy murray's easy victory over russia's andrey rublev which takes him through to the third round. katherine downes has the story. dan evans went shopping on sunday, to buy kit for the australian open. dropped by his sponsor last year, he's come back from the brink of quitting tennis, to beat two of the world's top ten players in the last two weeks. today's big scalp, former us open winner marin cilic, who had looked too much for evans in the first set, as the dazzling sun sank low. but as the shadows lengthened, evans came to life, breaking the cilic serve to take the second set. with belief blossoming in the darkness, he dominated the third too. the fourth turned into a battle, evans saved eight break points, and cilic was getting frustr

and tributes to rachael heyhoe—flint, one of the great pioneers of women's sport.ing up in sportsday later in the hour on bbc news, we will have the goals from tonight's fa cup third—round replays, including liverpool's tie at plymouth. good evening. boris johnson, the foreign secretary, has once again been criticised for his choice of language after appearing to compare the french government to the nazis. he said britain should not be penalised with punishment beatings in the manner of a world war two movie for wanting to leave the european union. during the day, eu leaders have been giving their reactions to theresa may's speech yesterday outlining her brexit ambitions. the european commission president jean—claudejuncker promised to work for good results in the forthcoming negotiations, as our political editor laura kuennsberg reports. watch out, chaps, i'm worried about you falling over. "watch out, foreign secretary," more like. it is his job to win friends and influence around the world. on tour in india today. but as the delicate process of leaving the eu be

baroness rachael heyhoe—flint has died at the age of 77. also hugely influential in the development of the women's game. she captained her country for 12 years and was the first woman to be elected onto the full mcc committee. the ecb says cricket was hugely enhanced by her fearless approach and pioneering spirit. let's speak to claire connor from the ecb. you knew rachael very well. such a sad day, he was hugely influential in the development of the women's game? yes, she was. she obviously left an enormous mark on the sport for everything she has done as a player, everything she has done as a player, everything she has done for the lady taverners, the charity, the mcc and latterly as an ecb board member. the game has progressed hugely in recent years and rachael paved the way for a lot of that progress. we use the word kind of pioneers and trail—blazers quite lightly, but she was one of those women who was fearless and had unbelievable strength of character. she campaigned for nine years for women to be allowed in the mcc in the membershi

rachael heyhoe flint, the former england women‘s cricket captain, has died at the age of 77. between 1966 and 1978. she also played in the first ever women‘s match at lord‘s, against australia, in 1976. she has driven a great change and been an amazing inspiration in our sport and probably beyond our sport, actually. i think she will go down as, armour, someone who has progressed and driven change for women in sport more broadly than just cricket. clare connor speaking yesterday about rachel heyhoe flint. and before i go, let‘s bring you up—to—date with a round the world yacht race due to finish today. alex thomson, a british sailor, is in second place. he is up against a man who is significantly ahead of him. who knows what may happen over the coming hours. it depends what you are looking at. i would say they are due to finish this afternoon and when they left, when they originally left in november, 300,000 people lined up to watch them leave. they are expecting a similar number to bring them home this afternoon. are expecting a similar number to bring them home this afternoo

former england women's cricket captain and wolves vice—president rachael heyhoe—flint has died aged 77derers, they have broken the news, saying they were deeply saddened to hear of her passing. it was her cricket career she was most known for. she played the 22 years for the england cricket team, captained them for 12 years, she captained the inaugural women's world cup in 1973. and i know that a lot of the current england cricketers will be very saddened by this, because she was influential in the rise of professional cricket and women's cricket. she was the first female member to go on to the lords committee, the mcc committee. she broke down barriers there. and also in the women's game. she has died in the age of 77. we will have a lot more on her career and her life here on bbc news throughout the day. moving on the tennis... it's been another good day for british players at the australia 0pen. for the first time in 15 years, there are two men into the third round in melbourne. andy murray flew through his match against the russian teenager andrey rublev despite turning his ankle,