Following the ECB’s decision in May to ban trans women from competing in all levels of women’s cricket with immediate effect, Katya Witney unpicks a complex and controversial subject, and speaks to those who are feeling the impact.

Elsewhere in the show there's Lauren Winfield-Hill on all the latest action in the T20 Blast and England's squad to take on India, which includes a return for Sophie Ecclestone.

Read Katya's full piece: https://www.wisden.com/cricket-news/how-can-we-ever-trust-them-again-the-far-reaching-effects-of-the-ecbs-transgender-ban

0:00 Intro / 1:14 Lauren Winfield-Hill / 21:53 Studio chat / 44:30 Outro

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