Dubai: The International Cricket Council on Thursday decided to replace ‘Batsman’ with the term ‘dough’ neutral gender in all the conditions of the game starting with the T20 World Cup this month, describing the step as “natural evolution and exceeded” in sports.
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Last month, Marylebone Cricket Club announced it would replace the word ‘batsman’ with ‘dough’ in the law of cricket.
The change will now be reflected in all conditions playing the next ICC.
ICC said that for the past four years has been away from the word ‘Batsman’, with ‘dough’ implemented regularly in comment and throughout the organizational channel.
Geoff Allardice’s body acting CEO said the MCC decision to move to the ‘dough’ in the game law was the one they were ‘welcomed’.
“The ICC has used the term dough for some time now on our channel and in comment and we welcome the MCC’s decision to implement it into the law of cricket and will follow the settings with the condition of our game that comes from the law,” Allardice said in a statement.
“This is our natural sports evolution and may be late and now our battery is neutral gender in the same way as bowler, folder and goalkeeper.” He said it was a small change but that would have a significant impact on cricket which was seen as a more inclusive sport.
“Of course language changes alone will not grow sports, we must ensure that girls and men inspired to play cricket have a fantastic and pleasant first experience and both can advance as cricketers without obstacles.” For the ICC Hall of Famer and former Australian star Lisa Sthalekar, moving to ‘dough’ is a simple but important.
Unailare Cricket is a sport played by a woman as a child, sthalekar continues to be one of the best from Australia before making steps to comments.
Has grown using the term ‘dough’ as ​​a player, he stuck to the word when he stepped behind the microphone and remembered being told by the commendation together at one of the earliest shows that “the mixture for fish.” “We don’t say ‘Hey look at Fieldsman’, we say ‘Look at Fielder’.
We don’t say ‘Bowlsman’, we say ‘bowler’,” he said after the MCC decision.
“So, if there is the same term to describe someone with a piece of wood in their hands, why don’t we follow?” ICC said it should be noted that until this century, the ‘Fieldman’ phrase was the term received before the MCC stepped back in 2000.
Sthalekar was very aware that even with the ICC and MCC both moved permanently to ‘dough’ “will still be heard on the media.
“It’s like a habit, it’s needed forever to get rid of it.” But the more ‘dough’ is used, the more it will be the norm and with the cricket it will be better involved with the next generation, he said.
Allardice described the step as “common sense changes”.
” Why not take small steps to ensure we are sports that do not exclude 50 percent of the world’s population with a choice of languages ​​that have been outdated.
“While some may have made a lot of noise against this common sense change, the majority of the people in the game have welcomed moving Of course.
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