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 …
Cricket Australia on Saturday announced the names of the match officials appointed for the upcoming women's multi-format series against India. Eloise Sheridan, who has previously stood in seven women's T20Is and is on CA's Supplementary Umpire Panel, is scheduled to stand in her first Women's One-Day International match in the second of the three matches to be played at the …
Australia's Claire Polosak became the first female match official in a men's Test match when she took up the fourth umpire's role in the third Test between India and Australia on Thursday. The 32-year-old from New South Wales had, earlier, already earned the distinction of being the first woman on-field umpire in a men's ODI match during ICC's Division 2 …
Australia's Claire Polosak made history yet again as se became the first woman umpire to officiate in a men's Test with the start of India vs Australia first Test in Sydney from Thursday. 32-year-old Claire Polosak is also the first woman umpire in men's ODI and first female umpire in domestic men's game. In December 2018, she and colleague Eloise …
Sydney: Australia’s Claire Polosak is set to become the first female match official in a men’s Test match when she takes up the fourth umpire’s role in the third Test between India and Australia starting here from Thursday. The 32-year-old from New South Wales has already earned the distinction of being the first woman on-field umpire in a men’s ODI …