London | The term “batsman” has been amended to the gender-neutral term “batter” in the Laws of Cricket to stress the importance of the women’s game, the Marylebone Cricket Club said on Wednesday.
England beat India in the 2017 women’s World Cup final in front of a capacity crowd at Lord’s, and the women’s World Twenty20 final between Australia and India last year attracted more than 80,000 to the Melbourne Cricket Ground in increasing signs of popularity of the women’s game.
