England banned the participation of transgender women in women’s cricket with immediate effect, a day after the country’s football association issued a similar directive, on Friday.

Transgender women will no longer be allowed to compete in women’s soccer in England after a policy change prompted by a UK Supreme Court ruling on the matter, the FA said on Thursday.

The ECB had already barred transgender women from the top two tiers of women's cricket in England last year as well as the women's Hundred under its new transgender participation policy. The ECB said it would work with Recreational Cricket Boards to support transgender women and girls affected by the change in their regulations.