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The English Cricket Board sells out women's cricket

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NotAtMyAge · 11/08/2019 17:28

Women's cricket is now open to transwomen, who don't even have to reduce testosterone unless wanting to be considered for international games. For the domestic game the ECB is using the 'social model', having, of course, been advised in their decision-making by Stonewall. I don't even like cricket, but this wholesale ignoring of the Equality Act 2010 has made me furious!

twitter.com/fairplaywomen/status/1160503880179998720

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MockerstheFeManist · 11/08/2019 18:04

BBC Test Match Special will have hours to fill this summer, especially if it rains, so it might well be worth speaking to them, [email protected]

One commentator in particular, Isa Guha, as well as being an ex-England Women's international, is a biochemist with an MPhil in Neuroscience, so ought to get it.

cricketmum84 · 11/08/2019 18:01

a male fast bowler could kill a woman

Literally the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard. A Male fast bowler could kill a man if he hit him in the right place.

Is this really the right place to be insinuating that we are somehow softer than men??

Yes a man could probably throw and hit the ball harder than a woman. However I've watched enough local cricket matches with mixed teams to know a woman can more than hold her own in the mostly Male teams.

DejaVulva · 11/08/2019 17:57

Imagine the power behind the bat being held by a man, compared to a woman.

Imagine the power behind the ball when a man bowls at a woman .. no helmet will fully protect her head.

FormerMediocreMale · 11/08/2019 17:57

Im guessing no impact assessment has been done as a male fast bowler could kill a woman, a mediocre males power and speed is far greater than a womans.

DejaVulva · 11/08/2019 17:55

The England Women's Cricket team won the World Cup in 2017:

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women%27s_Cricket_World_Cup

S1naidSucks · 11/08/2019 17:50

Imagine the power behind the bat being held by a man, compared to a woman. Then imagine being the woman that has to catch that ball. There will be injuries.

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NotAtMyAge · 11/08/2019 17:45

Not only that - the eradication is happening just as women's sports is really beginning to take off. Finally getting professional leagues, TV rights, etc.

If I were prone to conspiracy theory, I wouldn't call that a coincidence, Fermat. Women really aren't going to be allowed to have anything for ourselves, are we?

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JoyceJeffries · 11/08/2019 17:44

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truthisarevolutionaryact · 11/08/2019 17:43

It's like all the sports bodies - they've all been targeted by Stonewall in their work to remove women's spaces, sports etc.

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NotAtMyAge · 11/08/2019 17:42

See thread re Australian cricket selling out the women.

I saw that but at least in Australia TW have to reduce their testosterone to 10mol, even for the domestic game. The ECB isn't asking for ANY reduction. I'm just gobsmacked.

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FermatsTheorem · 11/08/2019 17:40

Not only that - the eradication is happening just as women's sports is really beginning to take off. Finally getting professional leagues, TV rights, etc.

It's heartbreaking.

happydappy2 · 11/08/2019 17:40

How do we get them to reconsider? This is crap....

truthisarevolutionaryact · 11/08/2019 17:37

Awful decision - and as usual, all done on the quiet. We are watching the wholesale eradication of sport for women and girls.

FannyCann · 11/08/2019 17:34

See thread re Australian cricket selling out the women.

Cricket Australia to let TW play on women's teams
www.mumsnet.com/Talk/womens_rights/3659928-Cricket-Australia-to-let-TW-play-on-womens-teams

The English Cricket Board sells out women's cricket
cricketmum84 · 11/08/2019 17:34

Can a transman request to play in the men's team despite being genetically female though?

Not trying to be inflammatory. Just asking the question!

TellItLikeItReallyIs · 11/08/2019 17:32

Oh dear oh dear.

This is terrible.

AutumnCrow · 11/08/2019 17:29

Ffs

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