Sue Redfern

Born in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, Redfern began her county career with East Midlands in 1992, switching to Derbyshire in 1997 and Staffordshire in 2003, finally retiring after the 2008 season.[https://cricketarchive.com/Players/8/8462/8462.html Sue Redfern] – CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 November 2015. Her international career began in July 1995, at the age of 17, when she played European Championship matches against the Netherlands, Denmark, and Ireland.[https://cricketarchive.com/Players/8/8462/Womens_ODI_Matches.html Women's ODI matches played by Sue Redfern] – CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 November 2015. Her Test debut came later in the year, against India.[https://cricketarchive.com/Players/8/8462/Womens_Test_Matches.html Women's ODI matches played by Sue Redfern] – CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 November 2015. Redfern's best performance for England came in a five-match One Day International (ODI) series against South Africa in August 1997. She was named player of the series, having taken nine wickets at an average of just 10.44, including 4/21 from ten overs in the first fixture.[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/64/64484.html England Women v South Africa Women], South Africa Women in British Isles 1997 (1st ODI) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 November 2015.

At the 1997 World Cup in India, Redfern played in only four of her team's seven matches, taking three wickets. Her final matches for England came at the age of 21, in July 1999, when she played in a single Test and a single ODI against India.

After retiring as a cricketer, Redfern took up umpiring, initially standing only in local competitions.[http://www.icc-cricket.com/news/2015/media-releases/90722/icc-appoints-four-female-umpires-for-icc-womens-world-twenty20-qualifier "ICC appoints four female umpires for ICC Women’s World Twenty20 Qualifier"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151126081603/http://www.icc-cricket.com/news/2015/media-releases/90722/icc-appoints-four-female-umpires-for-icc-womens-world-twenty20-qualifier |date=26 November 2015 }} – International Cricket Council. Retrieved 26 November 2015. In July 2015, she was part of the umpiring team for an ODI between Australia and England (part of the 2014–16 ICC Women's Championship), serving as fourth umpire.[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/1471/1471611/Reserve_Umpire_in_Womens_ODI_Matches.html Sue Redfern as reserve umpire in women's ODI matches] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160308064747/http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/1471/1471611/Reserve_Umpire_in_Womens_ODI_Matches.html |date=8 March 2016 }} – CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 November 2015. Later in the year, it was announced that she would stand at the 2015 World Twenty20 Qualifier in Thailand.

During the 2016 ICC World Cricket League Division Five tournament in Jersey, she was one of the on-field umpires during the fixture between Oman and Nigeria on 22 May.{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1018567.html |title=Female umpires make history in men's ICC tournament |access-date=23 May 2016 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}} Her colleague, Jacqueline Williams, was the third umpire, making it the first time that two female umpires had officiated in a men's match in an ICC 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.{{cite web |url=http://www.icc-cricket.com/news/2017/media-releases/97600/four-female-officials-appointed-for-next-months-icc-womens-world-cup-qualifier-in-colombo |title=Four female officials appointed for next month's ICC Women's World Cup Qualifier in Colombo |work=International Cricket Council |access-date=25 January 2017 |archive-date=28 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170128122048/http://www.icc-cricket.com/news/2017/media-releases/97600/four-female-officials-appointed-for-next-months-icc-womens-world-cup-qualifier-in-colombo |url-status=dead }} She became the first woman to have played in a Women's Cricket World Cup and then stand in a tournament as an umpire.{{cite web|title=Sue Redfern set to make history |url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/422570 |work=International Cricket Council|access-date=23 June 2017}}

In October 2018, she was named as one of the twelve on-field umpires for the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20.{{cite web |url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/media-releases/887510 |title=11th team for next month's ICC Women's World T20 revealed |work=International Cricket Council |access-date=25 October 2018}} In May 2019, the International Cricket Council named her as one of the eight women on the ICC Development Panel of Umpires.{{cite web|url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/media-releases/1219995 |title=ICC welcomes first female match referee and boosts numbers on development panel |work=International Cricket Council |access-date=14 May 2019}}{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/26742660/gs-lakshmi-becomes-first-woman-icc-match-referee |title=GS Lakshmi becomes first woman to be ICC match referee |work=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=14 May 2019}} In August 2019, she was named as one of the umpires to officiate in matches during the 2019 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier tournament in Scotland.{{cite web|url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/media-releases/1319297 |title=Match official appointments and squads announced for ICC Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier 2019 |work=International Cricket Council |access-date=21 August 2019}} In February 2020, the ICC named her as one of the umpires to officiate in matches during the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup in Australia.{{cite web |url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/media-releases/1607955 |title=ICC announces Match Officials for all league matches |work=International Cricket Council |access-date=12 February 2020}} In June 2021 she was fourth umpire for the first match of the three match T20I series between England and Sri Lanka men, played at Cardiff, becoming the first woman to officiate an England men's home match.{{cite web|url=https://www.skysports.com/cricket/news/12173/12339308/sue-redfern-to-become-first-female-to-officiate-in-england-mens-home-international-on-wednesday |title=Sue Redfern to become first female to officiate in England men's home international on Wednesday |work=Sky Sports |access-date= 23 June 2021}}

In July 2021, she was an on field umpire in the inaugural game of The Hundred (cricket) in the Oval Invincibles vs Manchester Originals women's teams. In February 2022, she was named as one of the on-field umpires for the 2022 Women's Cricket World Cup in New Zealand.{{cite web|url=https://www.womenscriczone.com/icc-match-officials-world-cup-new-zealand |title=Eight women among 15 Match Officials named for ICC World Cup 2022 |work=Women's CricZone |access-date=22 February 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/2497729 |title=Match officials chosen for ICC Women's Cricket World Cup 2022 |work=International Cricket Council |access-date=22 February 2022}}

She was named in 2022 as a member of the ECB's Professional Umpires' Team, meaning that she would become the first woman to umpire in men's first-class cricket in England.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/60746745 |title=Sue Redfern set to be first woman to umpire first-class match in England |work=BBC |access-date=10 April 2022}} In 2023 she was still the only woman to umpire in men's first-class cricket in England, receiving a significantly higher fee than when umpiring in women's cricket. She was also the only woman umpire to be a full-time employee of the ECB, paid around £40,000 annually plus match fees; all other women umpires are classed as self-employed with an annual retainer of £2,500- £4,000 and paid substantially lower match fees.{{Cite news |last=Nicholson |first=Raf |last2=Nicholson |first2=Exclusive by Raf |date=2023-09-04 |title=Umpires were paid three times more for men’s Hundred games than women’s |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/sep/04/umpires-paid-three-times-more-for-mens-hundred-games-than-womens |access-date=2023-09-04 |issn=0261-3077}}

In September 2023 she became the first female umpire to stand in a first-class match in England and Wales. She umpired in the match between Glamorgan and Derbyshire at Sophia Gardens.{{cite web |title=Redfern to add another first by standing in County Championship fixture |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/sue-redfern-standing-umpire-county-championship-1399550 |website=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=26 September 2023}}{{cite web |title=Derbyshire v Glamorgan, September 26 - 29, 2023, County Championship Division Two |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/county-championship-division-two-2023-1347098/glamorgan-vs-derbyshire-1347203/full-scorecard |website=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=26 September 2023}}

In September 2024 she was named as part of an all-female officiating group for the 2024 ICC Women's T20 World Cup.{{cite web|url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/tournaments/womens-t20-worldcup/news/all-female-panel-of-match-officials-announced-for-women-s-t20-world-cup-2024 |title=All-female panel of match officials announced for Women’s T20 World Cup 2024 |work=International Cricket Council |access-date=3 October 2024}}

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