MCC changes vocabulary to include 'batter'

By Rory Dollard
Updated September 22 2021 - 9:20pm, first published 9:15pm
Alex Hartley (l) has welcomed the MCC's new vocabulary and has recommended more changes.
Alex Hartley (l) has welcomed the MCC's new vocabulary and has recommended more changes.

The Marylebone Cricket Club has replaced the word 'batsman' with the gender-neutral alternative 'batter' in changes to the laws of the game.

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