Surely this is a classic case of 'playing the man and not the bal'l. Except that it's a woman. If someone has something valid and insightful to say their gender doesn't matter?
Cricket (for all of its conservatism) was a bit quicker to deploy female commentators and analysts than football. As with the blokes, they are a mixed bunch but most seem to talk sense when it comes to technique and tactics and now it's a bit of a non-issue, I suspect.