{"id":134888,"date":"2025-09-11T09:31:16","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T09:31:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/134888\/"},"modified":"2025-09-11T09:31:16","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T09:31:16","slug":"historic-all-female-panel-of-match-officials-named","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/134888\/","title":{"rendered":"Historic all-female panel of match officials named"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Thursday (September 11) announced a landmark moment in the history of the sport: an all-female ICC Panel of Match Officials will oversee the ICC Women\u2019s Cricket World Cup 2025.  <\/p>\n<p>This marks the first time in tournament history that a Women\u2019s Cricket World Cup will be officiated entirely by women, a feat made possible by the ICC\u2019s work across many years to support, elevate and empower women in cricket.<\/p>\n<p>What ICC said<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis achievement is another milestone for the ICC\u2019s broader strategic vision to accelerate the growth of women\u2019s cricket. It marks the fourth global tournament to feature an all-female panel of match officials, following the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham and the two most recent ICC Women\u2019s T20 World Cups,\u201d ICC said in a media release.<\/p>\n<p>Also read: <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederal.com\/sports\/cricket\/womens-cricket-world-cup-2025-record-prize-money-204556\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Record prize money for Women&#8217;s Cricket World Cup 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The 13th edition of the Women\u2019s Cricket World Cup, hosted by India, will feature 31 matches over 33 days, with eight teams vying for global glory.<\/p>\n<p>14 umpires, 4 match referees<\/p>\n<p>A total of 14 umpires and four match referees \u2013 each bringing significant international experience \u2013 have been selected to represent the ICC Panel during the event.  <\/p>\n<p>The officiating team includes highly experienced umpires such as Claire Polosak, Jacqueline Williams, and Sue Redfern \u2013 all of whom are making their third Women\u2019s Cricket World Cup appearance. Lauren Agenbag and Kim Cotton, who stood as on-field umpires in the 2022 final when Australia secured their seventh title, return alongside fellow 2022 official Eloise Sheridan.  <\/p>\n<p>The match referee panel includes respected figures Trudy Anderson, Shandr\u00e9 Fritz, GS Lakshmi, and Michell Pereira \u2013 each continuing to pave the way for women in officiating roles at the highest level of the game.  <\/p>\n<p>ICC Panel of Match Officials \u2013 ICC Women\u2019s Cricket World Cup 2025  <\/p>\n<p>Match Referees: Trudy Anderson, Shandr\u00e9 Fritz, GS Lakshmi, Michell Pereira.  <\/p>\n<p>Umpires: Lauren Agenbag, Candace la Borde, Kim Cotton, Sarah Dambanevana, Shathira Jakir Jesy, Kerrin Klaste, Janani N, Nimali Perera, Claire Polosak, Vrinda Rathi, Sue Redfern, Eloise Sheridan, Gayathri Venugopalan, Jacqueline Williams.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Thursday (September 11) announced a landmark moment in the history of the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":134889,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[564],"tags":[64,63,740,85],"class_list":["post-134888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cricket","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134888","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=134888"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134888\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/134889"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=134888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=134888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}