Australia’s Claire Polosak, Eloise Sheridan to umpire ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2025 opener

The ICC announced match officials for the Women’s Cricket World Cup 2025 league phase. Claire Polosak and Eloise Sheridan will umpire the opening India-Sri Lanka match, joining an all-female panel of 14 umpires and four match referees from nine countries.

Hyderabad: The International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced the match-wise appointments of the Emirates ICC Panel of Match Officials for the league phase of the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2025.

The experienced Australian duo of Claire Polosak and Eloise Sheridan will be the on-field umpires for the opening match between India and Sri Lanka in Guwahati where the eight-team tournament gets underway on 30 September.

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Polosak is appearing at her third ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup while her compatriot Sheridan was part of the team at the last edition in New Zealand three years ago.

The two are no strangers to trailblazing achievements. In 2018, they became the first pair of female umpires to stand in a competitive match in Australia, while five years later they were the first female officials to take charge of a Sheffield Shield encounter.

Polosak and Sheridan will be joined in the opening fixture by TV Umpire Kim Cotton and fourth Umpire Shathira Jakir Jesy, while Shandré Fritz will be the match referee.

Sue Redfern and Gayathri Venugopalan will be the on-field umpires for the following day’s clash between Australia and New Zealand, while Lauren Agenbag and Nimali Perera will take the field for Bangladesh’s clash with Pakistan on 2 October.

Agenbag took charge of the 2022 final alongside Kim Cotton, whose first match as an on-field umpire this time around will be India’s match against South Africa on 9 October.

In total, the all-female panel of match officials contains four match referees and 14 umpires, featuring women from nine countries.

The appointments for the semifinals will be announced at the end of the round-robin league and those for the final once the finalists are confirmed.

Emirates ICC Panel of Match Officials – ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2025

Match Referees:
Trudy Anderson, Shandré Fritz, GS Lakshmi, Michelle Pereira.

Umpires:
Lauren Agenbag, Candace la Borde, Kim Cotton, Sarah Dambanevana, Shathira Jakir Jesy, Kerrin Klaaste, Janani Narayanan, Nimali Perera, Claire Polosak, Vrinda Rathi, Sue Redfern, Eloise Sheridan, Gayathri Venugopalan, Jacquline Williams.