Sue Redfern Explained

Sue Redfern
Fullname:Suzanne Redfern
Female:true
Birth Date:26 October 1977
Birth Place:Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England
Batting:Left-handed
Bowling:Left-arm medium
Role:Bowler, umpire
Country:England
International:true
Testdebutdate:24 November
Testdebutyear:1995
Testdebutagainst:India
Testcap:119
Lasttestdate:15 July
Lasttestyear:1999
Lasttestagainst:India
Odidebutdate:18 July
Odidebutyear:1995
Odidebutagainst:Netherlands
Odicap:66
Lastodidate:11 July
Lastodiyear:1999
Lastodiagainst:India
Club1:East Midlands
Year1:1992–1996
Club2:Derbyshire
Year2:1997–2001
Club3:Staffordshire
Year3:2003–2008
Columns:4
Column1:WTest
Matches1:6
Runs1:146
Bat Avg1:29.20
100S/50S1:0/0
Top Score1:30
Deliveries1:858
Wickets1:6
Bowl Avg1:64.50
Fivefor1:0
Tenfor1:0
Best Bowling1:2/27
Catches/Stumpings1:5/–
Column2:WODI
Matches2:15
Runs2:31
Bat Avg2:15.50
100S/50S2:0/0
Top Score2:27
Deliveries2:615
Wickets2:16
Bowl Avg2:18.18
Fivefor2:0
Tenfor2:0
Best Bowling2:4/21
Catches/Stumpings2:3/–
Column3:WFC
Matches3:9
Runs3:231
Bat Avg3:23.0
100S/50S3:0/0
Top Score3:30
Deliveries3:1,140
Wickets3:9
Bowl Avg3:55.88
Fivefor3:0
Tenfor3:0
Best Bowling3:2/27
Catches/Stumpings3:6/–
Column4:WLA
Matches4:92
Runs4:1,468
Bat Avg4:27.18
100S/50S4:1/7
Top Score4:125
Deliveries4:3,321
Wickets4:75
Bowl Avg4:20.52
Fivefor4:0
Tenfor4:0
Best Bowling4:4/18
Catches/Stumpings4:32/6
Umpire:true
Wtestsumpired:3
Umpwtestdebutyr:2021
Umpwtestlastyr:2023
Wodisumpired:30
Umpwodidebutyr:2017
Umpwodilastyr:2024
Wt20isumpired:51
Umpwt20idebutyr:2018
Umpwt20ilastyr:2024
Fcumpired:2
Umpfcdebutyr:2023
Umpfclastyr:2024
Listaumpired:5
Umplistadebutyr:2022
Umplistalastyr:2023
T20umpired:5
Umpt20debutyr:2023
Umpt20lastyr:2024
Date:30 January 2024
Source:https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/sue-redfern-53705 Cricinfo

Suzanne Redfern MBE (born 26 October 1977) is an English cricket umpire and former cricketer. She played for the England women's team between 1995 and 1999, including at the 1997 World Cup.

Cricket career

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.[1] Her international career began in July 1995, at the age of 17, when she played European Championship matches against the Netherlands, Denmark, and Ireland.[2] Her Test debut came later in the year, against India.[3] 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.[4]

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.[2] [3]

Umpiring career

After retiring as a cricketer, Redfern took up umpiring, initially standing only in local competitions.[5] 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.[6] Later in the year, it was announced that she would stand at the 2015 World Twenty20 Qualifier in Thailand.[5]

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.[7] 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.[7]

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.[8] She became the first woman to have played in a Women's Cricket World Cup and then stand in a tournament as an umpire.[9]

In October 2018, she was named as one of the twelve on-field umpires for the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20.[10] In May 2019, the International Cricket Council named her as one of the eight women on the ICC Development Panel of Umpires.[11] [12] 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.[13] 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.[14] 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.[15]

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.[16] [17]

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.[18] 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.[19]

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.[20] [21]

Notes and References

  1. https://cricketarchive.com/Players/8/8462/8462.html Sue Redfern
  2. https://cricketarchive.com/Players/8/8462/Womens_ODI_Matches.html Women's ODI matches played by Sue Redfern
  3. https://cricketarchive.com/Players/8/8462/Womens_Test_Matches.html Women's ODI matches played by Sue Redfern
  4. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/64/64484.html England Women v South Africa Women
  5. 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"
  6. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/1471/1471611/Reserve_Umpire_in_Womens_ODI_Matches.html Sue Redfern as reserve umpire in women's ODI matches
  7. Web site: Female umpires make history in men's ICC tournament . 23 May 2016 . ESPN Cricinfo.
  8. Web site: Four female officials appointed for next month's ICC Women's World Cup Qualifier in Colombo . International Cricket Council . 25 January 2017 . 28 January 2017 . 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 . dead .
  9. Web site: Sue Redfern set to make history . International Cricket Council. 23 June 2017.
  10. Web site: 11th team for next month's ICC Women's World T20 revealed . International Cricket Council . 25 October 2018.
  11. Web site: ICC welcomes first female match referee and boosts numbers on development panel . International Cricket Council . 14 May 2019.
  12. Web site: GS Lakshmi becomes first woman to be ICC match referee . ESPN Cricinfo . 14 May 2019.
  13. Web site: Match official appointments and squads announced for ICC Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier 2019 . International Cricket Council . 21 August 2019.
  14. Web site: ICC announces Match Officials for all league matches . International Cricket Council . 12 February 2020.
  15. Web site: Sue Redfern to become first female to officiate in England men's home international on Wednesday . Sky Sports . 23 June 2021.
  16. Web site: Eight women among 15 Match Officials named for ICC World Cup 2022 . Women's CricZone . 22 February 2022.
  17. Web site: Match officials chosen for ICC Women's Cricket World Cup 2022 . International Cricket Council . 22 February 2022.
  18. News: Sue Redfern set to be first woman to umpire first-class match in England . BBC . 10 April 2022.
  19. News: Nicholson . Raf . Nicholson . Exclusive by Raf . 2023-09-04 . Umpires were paid three times more for men’s Hundred games than women’s . en-GB . The Guardian . 2023-09-04 . 0261-3077.
  20. Web site: Redfern to add another first by standing in County Championship fixture . ESPNcricinfo . 26 September 2023.
  21. Web site: Derbyshire v Glamorgan, September 26 - 29, 2023, County Championship Division Two . ESPNcricinfo . 26 September 2023.