Transgender women have been banned from competing in all levels of women's cricket with immediate effect, the England and Wales Cricket Board has announced. In an update to its transgender regulations, the ECB said "only those whose biological sex is female" will be able to participate in women's and girls' cricket.

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.

The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said Friday it had updated its previous restrictions following a U.K. Supreme Court ruling last month. The ECB said transgender women would no longer be able to play in women's cricket and girls' cricket matches "with immediate effect."