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Cricket bosses ban transgender women from female competitions
Transgender women will no longer be permitted to take part in female competitions with immediate effect, England's cricket bosses have said.
The change in law was prompted by a UK Supreme Court ruling last month that said only biological and not trans women meet the definition of a woman under equality laws. The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said: "With immediate effect, only those whose biological sex is female will be eligible to play in women's cricket and girls' cricket matches.
Transgender women and girls can continue playing in open and mixed cricket." The ECB said its regulations had always aimed to ensure cricket was "as inclusive a sport as possible". "Given the new advice received about the impact of the Supreme Court ruling, we believe the changes announced today are necessary," the board added in its statement.
Last month, Supreme Court judges unanimously decided that the definition of a "woman" and "sex" under the UK-wide Equality Act 2010 refer to "a biological woman and biological sex.
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