NEXT month’s Women’s T20 World Cup in South Africa will have an all-female panel of match officials for the first time in the history of ICC global tournaments, it was announced yesterday.

Three match referees and 10 umpires will form the 13-strong team, with England’s Anna Harris due to make her major ICC event debut as the youngest of the panel at just 24 years old.

Sue Redfern is the other English umpire to be named, while Australian Claire Polosak has continued her record of having officiated at every Women’s World Cup since 2016.