Kathy Cross

Kathleen Cross (born 28 June 1957) is a New Zealand former cricket umpire who stood in sixty-nine international matches.^[1][2] In 2018, Cross retired from international umpiring at the end of the Women's Twenty20 International series between New Zealand and the West Indies.^[3]

Kathy Cross

Personal information
Full name	Kathleen Cross
Born	(1957-07-28) 28 July 1957 (age 67) Taumarunui, King Country, New Zealand
Role	Umpire
Umpiring information
WODIs umpired	51 (2000–2017)
WT20Is umpired	19 (2013–2018)
LA umpired	5 (2004–2007)
T20 umpired	2 (2007–2015)
Source: Cricinfo, 15 January 2022

Early life

Kathleen Cross was born in Taumarunui in the Manawatū-Whanganui region, New Zealand. She is a member of the Ngāti Maniapoto iwi.^[4][5]

Umpiring career

After giving up playing, Cross began umpiring cricket during the 1998/99 cricket season.^[6]

Cross was the New Zealand representative for the 2000 Women's Cricket World Cup.^[5]

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.^[7]

Cross was now the first woman to be selected to the International Cricket Council (ICC) Associate and Affiliate panel of international umpires.^[8] She was one of the eight umpires to stand in matches in the 2016 ICC World Cricket League Division Four tournament.^[9] 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.^[10] Cross has been an umpire in 22 Women's Cricket World Cup matches, the most by any umpire in the history of the Women's Cricket World Cup.^[11]

On 16 March 2018, in the Women's Twenty20 International fixture between New Zealand and the West Indies at the Bay Oval, in Mount Maunganui, she stood in her final match as an umpire before retiring.^[1]

References

1. "ICC congratulates Kathy Cross on a fine career". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
2. "The curious case of Kathy Cross: The umpire New Zealand cricket would not pick". Stuff. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
3. "Pioneering umpire Kathy Cross to retire". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 14 March 2018.
4. "Kathy Cross". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 28 February 2013.
5. McConnell, Lynn (5 September 2000). "Wellington woman to umpire in Women's World Cup". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 February 2013.
6. "Kathy Cross - Wellington Umpire" (PDF). Cricket Wellington Annual Report 2011-12. Cricket Wellington. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 February 2013. Retrieved 28 February 2013.
7. Stern, John (23 March 2002). "Woman on the verge of history". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 February 2013.
8. "Kathy Cross first woman umpire on ICC panel". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
9. "Los Angeles gets ready to host ICC WCL Division 4 event". International Cricket Council. Archived from the original on 21 October 2016. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
10. "Four female officials appointed for next month's ICC Women's World Cup Qualifier in Colombo". International Cricket Council. Archived from the original on 28 January 2017. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
11. "Cricket Records | Records | Women's World Cup | Most matches as an umpire | ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo. Retrieved 24 July 2017.