Starting from 30 September ICC Women’s World Cup for 2025 The ICC has revealed. Indeed, for the first time in the history of the tournament, only women amires will be part of the panel of ICC match officers.
At the same time, let us know that only a panel of women’s match officers was included in the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham and the recently held ICC Women’s T20 World Cup. This will be the first time in the history of the Women’s World Cup.
The group of 14 umpires includes a trio of Claire Poosak, Jacqueline Williams and Suu Redrity, which will participate in their third Women’s World Cup. While Lauren Againbag and Kim Cotton will participate in their second World Cup. Earlier, she was an umpiring umpire at the time of Australia won her 7th title in New Zealand in 2022. The four -member match referee panel includes Trudei Anderson, Shandre Fritz, GS Laxmi and Mitchell Perera.
At the same time, ICC President Jai Shah said that this is a decisive moment in the journey of women’s cricket. We hope that it will pave the way for many more leading stories in all aspects of the game. The formation of a female panel of match officials is not only a major achievement, but also a strong reflection of ICC’s unbreakable commitment to promote gender equality in cricket.
Jai Shah further said that this development goes beyond the symbolic value. It is about visibility, opportunity and creation of meaningful role models that can inspire generations to come. By highlighting excellence in umpiring on the global stage, our aim is to awaken aspirations and confirm that in cricket, leadership and influence have no gender discrimination.
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Lauren Aagenbag, Candes La Borde, Kim Cotton, Sara Dambanewana, Shathira Zakir Jessie Kerin Clastic, Janani N, Nimali Perera, Clare Poosak, Vrinda Rathi, Suu Reddorn, Alois Sheridan, Gayatri Venugopalan, Jacqueline Williams.