The ICC has approved new gender eligibility regulation for women’s cricket.

In a statement, it says “male-to-female participants who have undergone male puberty will not be eligible to compete in the international women’s game, irrespective of any surgical or gender reassignment treatment they may have undertaken.”

According to ESPN Cricinfo, this will impact Danielle McGahey, who became the first transgender player to feature in international cricket earlier this year.

McGahey, who underwent a male-to-female medical transition in 2021, will no longer be able to participate in women’s international games.

The ICC says its regulation “relates solely to gender eligibility for international women’s cricket, whilst gender eligibility at domestic level is a matter for each individual Member Board”.

It adds that it will revisit these regulations within two years to align with the sport’s evolving landscape.

Other measures agreed by the ICC include the implementation of a trial “stop clock” in men’s ODI and T20I cricket from December 2023 to April 2024.

The aim of this is to regulate the time taken between overs, with a  five-run penalty to be imposed the third time a bowling team fails to be ready to bowl the next over within 60 seconds of completing the previous one.

The ICC also announced its intention to equalize match day pay for all ICC umpires across men’s and women’s cricket, and ensuring there is one neutral umpire in every ICC Women’s Championship series.