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All-woman panel to officiate at 2025 women's ODI World Cup
The Island
|September 12, 2025
On Thursday, the ICC announced the panel of four match referees and 14 umpires, featuring women from nine countries for the tournament that runs from September 30 to November 2.
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The match referees are Trudy Anderson (New Zealand), Shandre Fritz (South Africa), GS Lakshmi (India) and Michell Pereira (Sri Lanka).
The on-field and TV umpires are Sue Redfern (England), Claire Polosak and Eloise Sheridan (Australia), Candace la Borde and Jacqueline Williams (West Indies), Kim Cotton (New Zealand), Sarah Dambanevana (Zimbabwe), Shathira Jakir Jesy (Bangladesh), Kerrin Klaaste and Lauren Agenbag (South Africa), N Janani, Vrinda Rathi and Gayathri Venugopalan (India) and Nimali Perera (Sri Lanka).
Among them, Polosak, Williams and Redfern will be appearing in their third women's ODI World Cups, while Agenbag and Cotton will be at their second.
The panel will also have the most number of women umpires and match referees in a global ICC tournament, five more than the 13 at the 2024 T20 World Cup in the UAE.
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