‘Batters’: Laws of cricket to be amended to use gender neutral terms

MCC has officially replaced the word ‘batsman’Alex Hartley condemns negative response on TwitterMarylebone Cricket Club has officially replaced the word “batsman” with the gender-neutral alternative “batter” in the laws of the game.MCC, which owns Lord’s, is recognised as the sole authority on cricket’s laws and has taken the decision to update its terminology in a bid to achieve greater inclusivity. The matter was previously addressed in 2017, but