Role Wicketkeeper, Umpire LA umpired 5 (2004–2007) | T20 umpired 1 (2007–2007) Name Kathy Cross | |
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Born 28 July 1957 (age 67) ( 1957-07-28 ) | ||
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Kathleen "Kathy" Cross (born 28 June 1957) is a New Zealand cricket umpire.
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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.
Umpiring career
After giving up playing, Cross began umpiring cricket during the 1998/99 cricket season.
Cross was the New Zealand representative for the 2000 Women's Cricket World Cup.
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.
Cross is now the 'first woman' to be selected to the International Cricket Council (ICC) Associate and Affiliate panel of international umpires. 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. 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.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