England and Wales Cricket Board bars transgender women from competing at elite level

LONDON: The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) will bar transgender women from the top two tiers of women’s cricket in England as well as the women’s Hundred under its new transgender participation policy.

Last year, the International Cricket Council (ICC) approved new gender eligibility regulations whereby any male or female participant who has been through any form of male puberty will not be allowed to participate in the international women’s game.

The ECB’s previous policy...