Australia’s Claire Polosak is set to become the first female match official in a men’s Test match when she takes up the fourth umpire’s role in the third Test between India and Australia starting here from Thursday.
The 32-year-old from New South Wales has already earned the distinction of being the first woman on-field umpire in a men’s ODI match in International Cricket Council (ICC)’s Division 2 league between Namibia and Oman played at Windhoek in 2019.
In the India-Australia Test match, the on-field umpires will be former pacers Paul Reiffel and Paul Wilson while the TV Umpire will be Bruce Oxenford. The match referee is David Boon of Australia.
As per ICC rules for Test matches, the fourth umpire is appointed by the home cricket board from their nominees to the international panel of ICC umpires and from the host country.
Polosak, who is a resident of New South Wales’s Goulburn city, has also had the distinction of being the first female match official in a men’s List A game in Australia.
