Tuesday 21 January 2020

Jacqueline Williams of Jamaica becomes the 1st woman third Umpire in men’s T20I

Jacqueline Williams of Jamaica becomes the 1st woman third Umpire in men’s T20I

Jacqueline  is a Jamaican cricket umpire.

She stood as an umpire in the 2015 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier tournament.

In 2016, she became the first female umpire to stand in the domestic 50-over competition in the West Indies, when she was one of the on-field umpires between Trinidad & Tobago and ICC Americas in the 2015–16 Regional Super50 tournament.

During the 2016 ICC World Cricket League Division Five tournament in Jersey, she was the third umpire during the fixture between Oman and Nigeria on 22 May.

Her colleague, Sue Redfern, was one of the on-field umpires, meaning that it was the first time two female umpires had officiated in a men's match in an ICC tournament

In January 2020, Williams was named as the third umpire for the first T20I between the West Indies and Ireland, becoming the first woman to officiate as a third umpire in a men's international cricket match

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