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Jamie Gardner

ECB ban transgender women from competing in women's cricket with immediate effect

Trans women have been banned from the top two tiers of elite women's cricket since the start of this year. - (Getty Images)

Transgender women will no longer be able to play in competitive women's and girl's cricket in England and Wales after a change of policy from the sport's governing body.

Trans women have been banned from the top two tiers of elite women's cricket since the start of this year, but had been 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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