Wednesday , December 25 2024

Women's T20 Worldcup: Women will handle all responsibilities

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The ICC has made a big announcement for the upcoming Women's T20 World Cup 2024. For the first time, a panel of women officials has been formed in the T20 World Cup tournament. This time in the Women's T20 World Cup, all the responsibilities of match referee, umpire will be handled by women only.

A big decision has been taken by the ICC. For this, a total of 13 match officials including 10 umpires and three match referees have been announced. The Women's T20 World Cup 2024 will start on October 3 and the final will be played on October 20. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) will host the 2024 World Cup due to unrest in Bangladesh. The ICC moved the tournament to the UAE due to the chaos caused by the coup in Bangladesh.

Experienced umpires have also got a place in the panel of this mega tournament who already have experience of umpiring in the T20 World Cup. Claire Polosak will umpire in the T20 World Cup for the fifth time while Kim Cotton and Jacqueline Williams will umpire for the fourth time. GS Lakshmi, Shindre Fritz and Michelle Perera have been given the responsibility of match referee. GS Lakshmi has 12 years of experience.