Cricket-Australia sticks to its guns on inclusion of transgender players

Cricket Australia will continue to prioritise inclusion over science when it comes to deciding whether transgender players can compete in the women's game, chief executive Nick Hockley has told Sydney's Daily Telegraph. The International Cricket Council (ICC) followed the global chiefs of swimming, rugby union, cycling and athletics last month when it ruled any player who had been through male puberty would not be able to compete in the international women's game. Cricket Australia still dictates who can play in all domestic competitions, however, and Hockley said the body would stick to the rules it put in place four years ago.