Claire Polosak

Claire Antonia Polosak (born 7 April 1988) is an Australian cricket umpire.[1][2] She stood as umpire in one Women's Twenty20 International.[3] In January 2017, she was one of four female umpires named by the ICC to stand in matches in the 2017 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier.[4]

Claire Polosak
Personal information
Full nameClaire Antonia Polosak
Born (1988-04-07) 7 April 1988
Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia
RoleUmpire
Umpiring information
ODIs umpired1 (2019)
Source: ESPN Cricinfo, 27 April 2019

On 8 October 2017, she became the first woman to stand as an onfield umpire in a men's domestic fixture in Australia, when she was one of the umpires in the match between New South Wales and Cricket Australia XI in the 2017–18 JLT One-Day Cup.[5][6] On 11 January 2018, she became the first woman to umpire a match involving the England men's cricket team, when she stood in a one-day warm up match between England and a Cricket Australia XI.[7]

In October 2018, she was named as one of the twelve on-field umpires for the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20.[8] In April 2019, she was named as one of the eight on-field umpires for the 2019 ICC World Cricket League Division Two tournament in Namibia.[9] She was appointed as one of the on-field umpires for the final, becoming the first woman to stand in a men's One Day International (ODI) match.[10] In May 2019, the International Cricket Council named her as one of the eight women on the ICC Development Panel of Umpires.[11][12] In August 2019, she was named as one of the umpires to officiate in matches during the 2019 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier tournament in Scotland.[13] In February 2020, the ICC named her as one of the umpires to officiate in matches during the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup in Australia.[14]

Polosak is a school teacher by profession.[15]

See also

References
  1. http://m.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/788811.html
  2. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/1729/1729561/1729561.html
  3. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/1729/1729561/statistics_lists.html
  4. "Four female officials appointed for next month's ICC Women's World Cup Qualifier in Colombo". International Cricket Council. Archived from the original on 28 January 2017. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
  5. "Polosak set to become first female umpire in domestic men's game". ESPN Cricinfo. 4 October 2017. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
  6. "Claire Polosak makes umpiring history by standing in men's match". BBC Sport. 8 October 2017. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
  7. Hoult, Nick (12 January 2018). "Female umpire Claire Polosak makes history once again". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
  8. "11th team for next month's ICC Women's World T20 revealed". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
  9. "All to play for in last ever World Cricket League tournament". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
  10. "Claire Polosak to become first female umpire in men's ODI". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
  11. "ICC welcomes first female match referee and boosts numbers on development panel". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
  12. "GS Lakshmi becomes first woman to be ICC match referee". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
  13. "Match official appointments and squads announced for ICC Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier 2019". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
  14. "ICC announces Match Officials for all league matches". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
  15. "Female umpires to stand in Women's World T20". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 February 2016.
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