Next summer the home of cricket will pay permanent homage to the woman who opened up an all but exclusively male game to the other half of the population
Sometimes you just have to go with the grand gesture. On Wednesday morning Marylebone Cricket Club will announce that it will be honouring Rachael Heyhoe Flint, the former England captain and pioneer of women’s cricket who died in 2017, by naming a permanent feature of the Lord’s ground after her. The Heyhoe Flint Gate, to be unveiled next summer, is the first piece of architecture at cricket’s hallowed headquarters to pay tribute to a woman. It will replace the current North Gate, the most popular entrance to the ground, well known to the millions of matchgoers who have made the walk down the Wellington Road, sandwiches packed and tickets in hand.
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