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Test Match Special, How England won the 1973 Women’s World Cup

Test Match Special

How England won the 1973 Women’s World Cup

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Test Match Special, Women’s World Cup: GLORY for India

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Test Match Special, Wickets for Stokes, but injury worries for Wood

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Test Match Special, Ashes Eve - it's almost time

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Test Match Special, The Ashes: Two days on and attention turns to Brisbane

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Test Match Special, Where now for Ben Stokes' England?

Where now for Ben Stokes' England?

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Test Match Special, No Balls: Hartley heads down under!

No Balls: Hartley heads down under!

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Test Match Special, England’s 2010/11 Ashes win, according to Sir Alastair Cook

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Test Match Special, TMS Top 10: Ashes Characters

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Test Match Special, Glenn McGrath: “if England go to Adelaide 2-0 down it's game over”

Glenn McGrath: “if England go to Adelaide 2-0 down it's game over”

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Test Match Special, Daily Ashes Quiz: Fastest scoring team

Daily Ashes Quiz: Fastest scoring team

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Test Match Special, The Ashes: Root scores first hundred in Australia.

The Ashes: Root scores first hundred in Australia.

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Test Match Special, The Ashes: Wasteful England hand Australia the initiative at the Gabba

The Ashes: Wasteful England hand Australia the initiative at the Gabba

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Test Match Special, The Ashes: England on the brink in Brisbane

The Ashes: England on the brink in Brisbane

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Test Match Special, The Ashes: Wounded Stokes says no place for weak men.

The Ashes: Wounded Stokes says no place for weak men.

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Test Match Special, Daily Ashes Quiz: Longest winless runs

Daily Ashes Quiz: Longest winless runs

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The Ashes: Welcome to Adelaide!

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View from the Boundary: Historian Tom Holland

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Remembering 'The Judge', Robin Smith

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Daily Ashes Quiz: Difference between innings

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Test Match Special, Matt Prior: "The wicketkeeper needs to be the drummer of the band"

Matt Prior: "The wicketkeeper needs to be the drummer of the band"

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Test Match Special, The Ashes: Crunch time ahead of the Christmas Test

The Ashes: Crunch time ahead of the Christmas Test

2 November 2025

28 minutes

Available for over a year

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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