Anna Harris turned the second youngest umpire to officiate in a significant ICC event when she took the sphere throughout the 2023 T20 Women’s World Cup encounter between Sri Lanka and South Africa in Cape Town. South Africa’s Lauren Agenbag remains to be the youngest after she umpired throughout T20 WC 2020. The British umpire was a part of the all-female panel which was picked for the competitors and throughout the match on Friday, 17 on-field gamers have been older than her. Anna Harris, who’s at present finding out medication and dealing as a healthcare employee, additionally turned the youngest ever umpire to officiate in a world match on the age of twenty-two again in 2021.

Harris was joined by Yvonne Dolphin-Cooper in an ECB Premier League match in May 2021 – the primary time when two ladies officers have been on discipline for a match. During a latest interview, the 24-year-old made it clear that using two ladies officers should be normalised on the cricket discipline.

While this was a outstanding accomplishment, Harris notes: “The main response from people when Yvonne and I were standing together was ‘well why hasn’t it happened sooner? Why are we making such a big deal out of two women standing together. It should be normal’,” she advised NationwideWorld.

“Attitudes are shifting and that is the biggest step. It’s about making some brave decisions and I think we’ve got the right people in the organisation to now make some brave decisions.”

“I’m excited to satisfy Meg Lanning. She’s been an inspiration for me and for a lot of – she’s simply all class,” Harris added.

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