Kathy Cross

Kathy Cross
Personal information
Born (1957-07-28) 28 July 1957
Taumarunui, King Country, New Zealand
Role Wicketkeeper, Umpire
Umpiring information
LA umpired 5 (2004–2007)
T20 umpired 1 (2007–2007)
Source: Cricket Archive, 28 February 2013

Kathleen "Kathy" Cross (born 28 June 1957) is a New Zealand cricket umpire.

Biography

Cross was born in Taumarunui in the west of the north Island of New Zealand. She is a member of the Ngāti Maniapoto iwi.[1][2]

Umpiring career

After giving up playing, Cross began umpiring cricket during the 1998/99 cricket season.[3]

Cross was the New Zealand representative for the 2000 Women's Cricket World Cup.[2]

In 2002, she became the first woman to be selected in a Test match umpiring team when she was named as fourth umpire for a match between New Zealand and England in Wellington.[4]

Cross is now the 'first woman' to be selected to the International Cricket Council (ICC) Associate and Affiliate panel of international umpires.[5] In October 2016 she was selected as one of the eight umpires to stand in matches in the 2016 ICC World Cricket League Division Four tournament.[6] In January 2017, she was one of four female umpires named by the ICC to stand in matches in the 2017 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier.[7]Cross has been an umpire in 22 Women's Cricket World Cup matches,the most by any umpire in the history of Women's Cricket World Cup[8]

References

  1. ↑ "Kathy Cross". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 28 February 2013.
  2. 1 2 McConnell, Lynn (5 September 2000). "Wellington woman to umpire in Women's World Cup". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 February 2013.
  3. ↑ "Kathy Cross - Wellington Umpire" (PDF). Cricket Wellington Annual Report 2011-12. Cricket Wellington. Retrieved 28 February 2013.
  4. ↑ Stern, John (23 March 2002). "Woman on the verge of history". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 February 2013.
  5. ↑ "Kathy Cross first woman umpire on ICC panel". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
  6. ↑ "Los Angeles gets ready to host ICC WCL Division 4 event". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
  7. ↑ "Four female officials appointed for next month’s ICC Women’s World Cup Qualifier in Colombo". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
  8. ↑ "Cricket Records | Records | Women's World Cup | Most matches as an umpire | ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2017-07-24.
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