First women umpire to officiate men’s test match


First women umpire to officiate men’s test match


[A] Kim Cotton
[B] Lauren Agenbag
[C] Sue Redfern
[D] Claire Polosak



First women umpire to officiate men’s test match

  • First women umpire to officiate men’s test match
  • Claire Polosak
  • Claire Polosak became the first woman to officiate in a men’s Test match as the fourth umpire during the third Test of the Border Gavaskar Trophy between India and Australia in Sydney in January 2021.
  • In January 2017, she was one of the four female umpires named by the ICC to stand in matches in the 2017 Women’s Cricket World Cup Qualifier.
  • On 11 January 2018, she became the first woman to umpire a match involving the England men’s cricket team.