# Rachel Heyhoe Flint receives OBE for services to cricket

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2007/12/29/rachel-heyhoe-flint-receives-obe-services-cricket/
- Published: 2007-12-29T23:41:27+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Former England women’s cricket captain and President of The Lady Taverners, Rachael
Heyhoe Flint has been invested with the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services
to cricket in the New Year’s Honours List.

She had previously been awarded an MBE in 1972 while still captain of the national
side, for services to women’s cricket.

For the past eight years Heyhoe Flint has been President of The Lady Taverners, 
the fundraising arm of the cricketing charity The Lord’s Taverners. As well as providing
funds for cricketing projects, the charity also raises money for youngsters with
special needs and has generated over £6 million in the past five years.

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