When Claire Polosak stands on the pitch as an umpire for an ODI match between Namibia and Oman today, she will be creating history.
It will be the first time a woman will officiate a men’s One Day International.
Polosak will be the umpire for World Cricket League Division 2 between the two nations, who secured ODI status recently.
Polosak was given the news of her appointment on 26th and extremely elated, she told ICC:
It’s really to do with the partners you work with all the way through. Right from my local association – NSW umpires and scorers – as well as parents and my partner, Evans, my husband, without whose support there’s no way I’d be here today.
While further adding:
We go out there to umpire. Not to get a final appointment, but to be a part of a team, to be involved in the game.