Transgender women have been barred from competing in all levels of women’s cricket with immediate effect, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has announced.
In an update to its transgender regulations, the ECB said “only those whose biological sex is female” will be able to participate in women’s and girls’ cricket.
The ECB say transgender women and girls can continue playing in open and mixed cricket categories.
The policy change follows a UK Supreme Court ruling on 15 April which said the legal definition of a woman is based on biological sex.
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