World’s First Transgender International Cricketer Retires After ICC Ruling | Cricket News

Danielle McGahey, the primary transgender girls to play worldwide cricket, has introduced that her profession is over. The determination comes after a key change to ICC’s gender eligibility necessities that banned transgenders from taking part in girls’s internationals. McGahey has performed six T20Is for Canada and scored 118 runs at a mean of 19.66 and a strike fee of 95.93. However, with ICC banning transgender girls from that includes, the 29-year-old has determined to finish her profession.

“Following the ICC’s decision this morning, it is with a very heavy heart that I must say that my international cricketing career is over. As quickly as it began, it must now end. It is based on the following principles (in order of priority), protection of the integrity of the women’s game, safety, fairness and inclusion,” the ICC stated in a press release. “The regulations will be reviewed within two years,” McGahey posted on Instagram, as quoted by ESPNcricinfo.

However, McGahey stated that she’s going to proceed to struggle for equality of transgender girls in sports activities.

“While I hold my opinions on the ICC’s decision, they are irrelevant,” McGahey wrote. “What matters is the message being sent to millions of trans women today, a message saying that we don’t belong. I promise I will not stop fighting for equality for us in our sport, we deserve the right to play cricket at the highest level, we are not a threat to the integrity or safety of the sport,” he added.

Born in Australia, McGahey shifted base to Canada in 2020, earlier than present process a male-to-female medical transition in 2021.

McGahey drew Cricket Canada selectors’ consideration along with her batting exploits throughout the nation’s girls’s inter-provincial event, and was rewarded for her performances throughout the Women’s T20 World Cup Americas Qualifier earlier this yr.