The first Women's Cricket World Cup was held in 1973, two years before the men's first WC. In which country?

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The first Women's Cricket World Cup was held in England in 1973, two years before the first Men's World Cup in 1975. England won the inaugural edition, captained by Rachael Heyhoe Flint.

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