HISTORY will be made on Sunday when New South Wales take on Cricket Australia XI in the JLT One-Day Cup, with umpire Claire Polosak to make her List A debut.

In doing so, Polosak will become the first ever female on-field umpire in Australian men’s domestic cricket.

The appointment continues the 29-year-old’s rapid rise. A member of Cricket Australia’s development umpire panel since the 2015-16 season, Polosak was a third umpire during 2015’s Matador Cup, and umpired matches at this year’s Women’s World Cup and last year’s Women’s World T20.

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Last summer she became the first female to umpire an Australian domestic final when she officiated the Women’s National Cricket League decider, and has been working with Cricket New South Wales as its umpire educator and female umpire engagement officer since 2016.

“If you were to ask my 16-year-old self if I thought this would have happened when I first started umpiring, I definitely would not have thought I would be umpiring a men’s domestic match,” Polosak said in a release on Wednesday.

“To be entrusted with this opportunity is humbling. With my role at Cricket New South Wales working in female umpire engagement, I realise what I do can be incredibly important for other women.

“We need to see more female umpires officiating at all levels of the game, as this allows others to see there is a path to follow. Hopefully other female umpires will realise that umpiring cricket at the elite level is a real possibility and that they can be involved.”

Originally published as Aussie men’s cricket set for its first female umpire