GS Lakshmi Appointed As First Female ICC Match Referee

Former player G. Suvarna Lakshmi (age 50 years) have been appointed as first female ICC Match Referee.
Lauren Agenbag, Kim Cotton, Shivani Mishra, Sue Redfern, Mary Waldron, and Jacqueline Williams are the other women officials on that panel.
The first woman on the ICC Development Panel of Umpires was Kathy Cross, who retired last year.
Lakshmi, who first officiated as a match referee in domestic women’s cricket in 2008-09, has overseen three women’s ODI matches and three women’s T20I matches.

Published On : 15 May 2019