Claire Polosak

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Claire Polosak
Personal information
Full name
Claire Antonia Polosak
Born (1988-04-07) 7 April 1988 (age 35)
Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia
Role Umpire
Umpiring information
ODIs  umpired1 (2019)
T20Is  umpired12 (2022)
WTests  umpired2 (2021–2024)
WODIs  umpired31 (2016–2024)
WT20Is  umpired53 (2015–2024)
Source: ESPN Cricinfo, 7 February 2024

Claire Antonia Polosak (born 7 April 1988) is an Australian cricket umpire. [1] [2] Polosak is a school teacher by profession. [3] She was one of the four female umpires named by the ICC to stand in matches in the 2017 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier. [4]

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Career

On 8 October 2017, she became the first woman to stand as an on-field umpire in a men's domestic fixture in Australia, in the match between New South Wales and Cricket Australia XI in the 2017–18 JLT One-Day Cup. [5] [6] On 11 January 2018, she became the first woman to umpire a match involving the England men's cricket team, when she stood in a one-day warm up match between England and a Cricket Australia XI. [7]

She was one of the twelve on-field umpires for the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20. [8] She was also one of the eight on-field umpires for the 2019 ICC World Cricket League Division Two tournament in Namibia. [9] She was appointed as one of the on-field umpires for the final, becoming the first woman to stand in a men's One Day International (ODI) match. [10] In May 2019, the International Cricket Council named her as one of the eight women on the ICC Development Panel of Umpires. [11] [12] In August 2019, she was named as one of the umpires to officiate in matches during the 2019 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier tournament in Scotland. [13] In February 2020, the ICC named her as one of the umpires to officiate in matches during the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup in Australia. [14]

On 28 November 2020, Polosak and Eloise Sheridan were the on-field umpires for the final of the 2020–21 Women's Big Bash League season, the first time two female umpires officiated in a national final. [15] She became the first female to be involved as an umpire in a men’s Test match in January 2021, when she was the fourth umpire in the third Test on India's tour to Australia in 2020–21. [16]

In February 2022, she was named as one of the on-field umpires for the 2022 Women's Cricket World Cup in New Zealand. [17] [18] On 9 September 2022, she stood in her first Twenty20 International (T20I) match on 9 September 2022, between Cook Islands and Samoa. [19]

On 15 November 2023 Polosak became the first woman to umpire a Sheffield Shield match when she officiated in the match between Western Australia and South Australia at the WACA Ground. [20] [21]

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  2. ↑ Claire Polosak  at CricketArchive (subscription required)
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