Dubai: The International Cricket Council Thursday announced its 14-person match officials team, which will officiate in next month’s ICC Women’s World T20 2018.
The 10-team tournament will run from November 9 to 24 in Antigua, Guyana and Trinidad, with hosts the Windies defending the title they had won in Kolkata two years ago.
Umpires Sue Redfern, Claire Polosak and Langton Rusere form part of the 14-member officiating team Umpires Sue Redfern, Claire Polosak and Langton Rusere form part of the 14-member officiating team
The list includes Richie Richardson of the Emirates ICC Elite Panel of Match Referees and Graeme La Brooy of the Emirates ICC International Panel of Match Referees as the match referees, eight umpires from the Emirates ICC International Panel of Umpires and four from the ICC Development Panel of Umpires.
Among them are four female umpires – Kim Cotton, Sue Redfern, Claire Polosak and Jacqueline Williams – and eight men’s umpires, namely Ahsan Raza, Gregory Brathwaite, Shaun George, Wayne Knights, Nitin Menon, Sam Nogajski, Langton Rusere and Sharfuddoula Ibne Shahid.
Richardson will lead the playing control team in Guyana, which will also include Brathwaite, George, Knights, Polosak, Redfern and Rusere while the St Lucia team will include Raza, Cotton, Menon, Nogajski and Sharfuddoula with La Brooy as the match referee. Umpire Williams will officiate at both the venues.