NZ vs SL: New Zealand’s Kim Cotton turns into first lady to umpire in full-member males’s T20Is

New Zealand’s Kim Cotton on Wednesday grew to become the primary lady on-field umpire in a full-member males’s T20I throughout New Zealand’s second match towards Sri Lanka in Dunedin.

Cotton, 48, has beforehand officiated in 54 ladies’s T20Is, each as an on-field and TV umpire, in addition to 24 ladies’s ODIs since 2018.

Cotton first marked her presence within the males’s recreation as a TV umpire in 2020 throughout a tied contest between India and New Zealand in Hamilton.

Cotton has additionally officiated in three T20 World Cups and an ODI World Cup since 2018, together with the finals in 2020, 2022 and 2023.

Previously, Australia’s Claire Polosak had turn into the primary feminine match official in a males’s Test match when she donned the fourth umpire’s position throughout the 2021-22 Border Gavaskar Trophy Test between India and Australia in Sydney.