Jacqueline Williams

Kim Cotton and Jacqueline Williams have been named the on-field umpires for Sunday's ICC Women's T20 World Cup final in Cape Town. Five-time champions Australia and hosts South Africa will lock horns in the tournament finale. New Zealander Cotton will oversee her second consecutive Women's T20 World Cup final.

Nitin Menon is the lone Indian in the ICC's list of umpires for the upcoming Women's T20 World Cup in Australia, where an unprecedented six women will be in the match officials team for the tournament.

South Africa pacer Shabnim Ismail has been reprimanded by the ICC for using inappropriate language during the Women's Cricket World Cup semi-final against England in Christchurch on Thursday. According to an ICC release, Ismail was found to have breached Article 2.5 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel.

The ICC has named four women in a strong field of nine umpires to officiate in next month's ICC Women's World Cup Qualifier 2017 in its continued efforts and commitment to the overall growth and development of women's cricket.

The West Indies were fined 40 per cent of their match fee for maintaining a slow over-rate against England in the first Women's ODI in Antigua on Sunday. Denavon Hayles of the ICC International Panel of Match Referees imposed the sanction after the West Indies were ruled to be two overs short of the target after time allowances were taken into consideration.

Qatar-based Shivani Mishra, who hails from Gorakhpur, was given the responsibility to umpire the Legends League cricket match played at Ekana International stadium here on Sunday. Shivani is the first Asian woman to get an opportunity to officiate in a men's cricket match.

In a significant first for world cricket, the ICC on Friday named an all-female panel of match officials, including the Indian trio of GS Lakshmi, Vrinda Rathi and Janani Narayanan, for the upcoming Women's T20 World Cup in South Africa.

India's GS Lakshmi, the first woman ever in the ICC international panel of match referees, will be the match referee for the Women's World Cup final between England and Australia here on Sunday. Lakshmi also has the distinction of being the first woman match referee in men's ODIs, having stood in the role during the World Cup League 2 in the UAE in December 2020.

West Indies took a 2-0 lead over England in their five-match Twenty20 series after winning the second game by 10 runs on Thursday on the back of Brandon King's sublime knock of 82 in St George's, Grenada.

England's women's cricket team has been fined a percentage of their match fee due to a slow over-rate during their first T20 International against India, where they suffered a significant 97-run defeat. The penalty issued by the ICC after the hosts were found to be two overs short of the required number.

India's GS Lakshmi,51, 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. She has now become the first woman to be appointed to ICC's international panel of match referees and will be eligible to officiate in international games with immediate effect.

During the T20 World Cup 2024 match in Dubai, New Zealand batter Amelia Kerr was controversially declared not out after India's Harmanpreet Kaur attempted a run-out. Despite Kerr being short of her crease, the on-field umpires ruled it a dead ball as the end of the over had been signalled. This led to significant protests from the Indian team.

New Zealand captain Sophie Devine attributed their big win over India in the Women's T20 World Cup opener to breaking India's momentum through a run-out controversy and respecting umpire judgments. Despite a contentious call involving Amelia Kerr, New Zealand's stellar bowling dismissed India's top order early, leading to a 58-run victory.