People who underwent 'any form of male puberty' not eligible for international women's cricket, ICC announces

Individuals who have undergone "any form of male puberty" will not qualify to compete in international women's cricket, the International Cricket Council has announced.

"The new policy is based on the following principles (in order of priority), protection of the integrity of the women's game, safety, fairness and inclusion, and this means any Male to Female participants who have been through any form of male puberty will not be eligible to participate in the international women's game regardless of any surgery or gender reassignment treatment they may have undertaken," the ICC noted.

The ICC noted that "gender eligibility at domestic level is a matter for each individual Member Board, which may be impacted by local legislation." It also noted, "The regulations will be reviewed within two years."

The issue of whether men who identify as women should be permitted to compete in women's athletics remains an ongoing point of significant debate between those who advocate radical leftist gender ideology and those who oppose it.

Cricket player Danielle McGahey, who apparently identifies as a transgender woman, responded to the news.

"Following the ICC's decision this morning, it is with a very heavy heart that I must say that my international cricketing career is over. As quickly as it begun, it must now end," McGahey wrote on social media.

"While I hold my opinions on the ICC's decision, they are irrelevant. What matters is the message being sent to millions of trans women today, a messaging say that we don't belong. I promise I will not stop fighting for equality for us in our sport, we deserve the right to play cricket at the highest level, we are not a threat to the integrity or safety of the sport," McGahey wrote. "Never stop fighting!"

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