England and Wales Cricket Board announced on Saturday that 110-year-old Eileen Ash died. Ash made her Test debut against Australia in 1937. She represented England seven times between World War II and 1949. She worked with British intelligence during the war and played golf until the age of 98.
During the 2017 World Cup final, Ash was honoured to ring the bell at Lord's before England women's victory.
ECB managing director of women's cricket Clare Connor said: "Our sport owes so much to its pioneers and Eileen was one of them. I am deeply saddened to be saying goodbye to her today.
"(England captain) Heather (Knight) and I went to visit Eileen about six months before the 2017 Women's World Cup -- she was 105 at the time -- and it was one of the most remarkable experiences.
"Eileen taught Heather yoga, we played snooker, we drank cups of tea and we leafed through newspapers and scrapbooks celebrating Eileen's time as a player in the 1930s and 1940s.
"She regaled us with some amazing stories, including how she came to have her bat signed by Sir Donald Bradman at a French restaurant in Sydney in 1949."