Two female umpires have been included on the International Cricket Council's 31-member match officials' team for the ICC World Twenty20, which starts in India on March 8.
New Zealand's Kathy Cross will make history in Chennai on March 16 when she will become the first female umpire to officiate in the ICC World Twenty20 by umpiring in the women's match featuring Pakistan and Bangladesh, along with Anil Chaudhary.
Two days later, Claire Polosak of Australia will make her debut at a global event when she will perform on-field duties along with Vineet Kulkarni in the New Zealand-Ireland women's match in Mohali on March 18.
Cross became the first woman to be named in an ICC umpires' panel when she was added to the ICC Associate and Affiliate Panel of International Umpires in 2014.
She has previously umpired in the ICC Women's World Cups in 2000, 2009 and 2013, the Women's World Cup Qualifier in 2011 and the ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier in 2013 and 2015.
Polosak recently made history when she was appointed as third umpire for the Matador One-Day Cup to become the first female to officiate in a List 'A' Australia competition.
The complete list of match officials is:
Match referees: David Boon, Chris Broad, Jeff Crowe, Ranjan Madugalle, Andy Pycroft, Richie Richardson and Javagal Srinath.
Umpires: Anil Chaudhary, Johan Cloete, Kathy Cross, Aleem Dar, Kumar Dharmasena, Marais Erasmus, Simon Fry, Chris Gaffaney, Michael Gough, Ian Gould, Richard Illingworth, Richard Kettleborough, Vineet Kulkarni, Nigel Llong, Ranmore Martinesz, CK Nandan, Bruce Oxenford, Ruchira Palliyaguruge, Claire Polosak, Paul Reiffel, Chettithody Shamshuddin, Ravi Sundaram, Rod Tucker and Joel Wilson.
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