The ECB said in a statement: "With immediate effect, only those whose biological sex is female will be eligible to play in women's cricket and girls' cricket matches. Transgender women and girls can continue playing in open and mixed cricket."

Transgender women in England will not be allowed to play in women's and girls' cricket matches with immediate effect, but can continue playing in open and mixed cricket, England's cricket board (ECB) said on Friday.

Transgender women have been barred from competing in all levels of women's cricket with immediate effect, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) confirmed, after the English Football Association (FA) on Thursday ruled that transgender women will no longer be able to participate in women's football in England from June 1.