Cricket News : MCC replaces term batsman with batter

In what has come as a welcome move by the Marylebone Cricket Club as the club has decided to adopt the gender-neutral term "batter" instead of "batsman" with immediate effect in an attempt to reinforce cricket's status as an inclusive game. The amendments to the laws were approved by the MCC Committee which is recognised as the sole authority on cricket's laws since its foundation in 1787 and the changes will take immediate effect. Over the past few years women's cricket have enjoyed great success at all levels around the world and there have been calls to adopt more gender neutral terms to encourage women and girls to play the game..