Sue Redfern is to develop into the primary feminine umpire to face in a males’s first-class match in England and Wales.
Redfern will umpire Glamorgan’s County Championship match towards Derbyshire at Sophia Gardens, beginning on Tuesday.
Capped 21 occasions by England within the Nineties, Redfern has since develop into a trailblazing determine for feminine umpires.
“It has been an ambition of mine for a very long time and, whereas it’s a new problem that may check me, I do know that I’m prepared for it,” she stated.
“I’ve labored laborious to earn this chance and I stay up for taking the subsequent step in my profession. I hope my journey may also be an inspiration to others.”
Cardiff can also be the place Redfern made historical past two years in the past by turning into the primary feminine umpire to officiate in a house England males’s match, when she was the fourth umpire in a T20 towards Sri Lanka.
Earlier this summer time, she grew to become the primary feminine to umpire in a T20 Blast match when she officiated the sport between Gloucestershire and Middlesex.
Redfern has additionally umpired at world tournaments together with the 2022 Commonwealth Video games, three ICC Ladies’s T20 World Cups and two ICC Ladies’s World Cups.
She was named within the Skilled Umpires’ Group final 12 months, enabling her to umpire in first-class cricket in England.