Girls! It's absolutely outrageous!

"Did you know that Brighton College are playing girls in their First XI? Girls! I think it's absolutely outrageous." Robin Marlar is not backward in coming forward with his opinions, as The Sunday Telegraph discovers. What, the paper asks him, if a girl bowls at 80mph? "Then, I'd be asking some serious questions about whether she's had a sex change."

Gosh. Somewhat amazingly, in the light of these comments, Marlar voted in favour of women becoming members of the MCC – although he wrote off the MCC as an anachronism years ago. And he is now its president. Read about his appointment – and about more of his explosive opinions - here.

Oh, and as for girls playing for Brighton College’s 1st XI, well, it’s not the first time. England’s captain Clare Connor has had that honour in her time; read Jenny Thompson’s interview with her here, as she faces up to missing her first international series for ten years.