Big news has come out from England, where transgender women players have been excluded from women’s cricket with immediate effect. The England and Wales Cricket Board took an important decision on Friday and made it clear that now only those players will be able to participate in women’s cricket who are biologically women. This decision of ECB came after a recent order of the Supreme Court of Britain, which was about the definition of ‘woman’ and ‘man’. Earlier, England Football Association (FA) has also taken a similar step.
ECB told that now only organic women in women’s cricket
According to the new ECB guidelines, the same players who are biologically women from birth will now be able to participate in women and girls cricket matches. Transgender women will now stay out of these matches. However, he will continue to play permission to play in open and mixed category cricket. The board described it as an necessary step to maintain the fairness of women’s cricket and the spirit of competition.
The direct impact of the British Supreme Court’s decision
This decision of ECB is directly related to the recent decision of the Supreme Court of Britain, which was clarified about the term ‘woman’. For women scotland vs scottish ministers
In the case, the court had said that ‘woman’ refers to an organic woman and the trans woman cannot be legally placed as a woman. After this, sports organizations like football and cricket started making changes in their policies.
Transgender players will get support
However, ECB also clarified that they stand with transgender players affected by this change. The board said that they would try to give other options and platform to such players together with recreational cricket and local boards. Apart from this, ECB also said that they Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) Are waiting for guidelines, based on which future strategy will be decided.
