It's a gentleman's world: A deep dive into why there are such few women umpires in cricket
2 years, 10 months ago

It's a gentleman's world: A deep dive into why there are such few women umpires in cricket

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While there is much needed social media outcry on the growth of women’s cricket worldwide, there is no focus on the need for more women in umpiring. Gayathri Venugopalan, one of only three Indian women umpires currently on the BCCI Panel, played university-level cricket, then had a corporate career before giving it up and embarking on a decade-long hard grind of umpiring. The debate centres more on women umpires around the world being fast tracked to the ICC’s Development Panel that currently has 12 women on it. But even in Australia for example, women umpires do not get the opportunity to officiate first-class domestic matches before being thrust into a Women’s Test match. It is surely something that must be in Cricket Australia’s sights particularly given the need for more women umpires and the excitement red ball cricket of both genders has generated in recent years.

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