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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Sport
Jamie Gardner

Cricket set to follow football in banning transgender women from female events

The England and Wales Cricket Board is set to extend its ban on trans women in its female competitions (PA) - (PA Archive)

English cricket is set to join football in banning transgender women from its female competitions, the PA news agency understands.

Trans women have been banned from the top two tiers of elite women’s cricket since the start of this year, but they are currently permitted to compete in the women’s game up to and including tier three of the domestic game and throughout recreational cricket.

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