ICC T20 Women’s World Cup Final: Check out all-female women match officials for showpiece match

Australia
defeated
India
in
the
first
semi-final
by
5
runs
to
enter
their
straight
sixth
T20
World
Cup
Final
while
South
Africa
defeated
England
by
6
runs
in
the
second
knock-out
game.
The
Proteas
qualified
for
their
first-ever
World
Cup
final.

The
global
body
has
announced
the
umpires
for
the
marquee
clash.
Kim
Cotton
will
oversee
her
second
consecutive
ICC
Women’s
T20
WC
final
in
Cape
Town.
New
Zealander
is
being
named
as
one
of
two
on-field
umpires
for
the
showpiece.

Cotton
will
be
joined
by
Jacqueline
Williams,
with
both
fresh
from
standing
in
this
week’s
thrilling
semi-finals.
Cotton
umpired
in
the
Australia-India
semi-final.
Williams
took
charge
of
the
match
between
Proteas
and
England.

The
pair
will
be
supported
by
TV
Umpire
Suzanne
Redfern,
who
carried
out
the
same
role
in
the
first
semi-final,
and
fourth
umpire
Nimali
Perera.

GS
Lakshmi
is
in
place
as
the
match
referee
for
the
final,
which
will
be
held
at
Newlands.

Australia
vs
South
Africa
Final

With
another
tense
encounter
expected
in
Cape
Town
against
the
host
nation,
Lanning
hopes
that
holding
their
nerve
in
the
tense
last-four
clash
will
serve
as
the
perfect
preparation.

“Having
been
put
in
pressure
situations
before
helps
us,
you
learn
a
lot
in
those
times
and
we
learnt
a
lot
from
the
semi-final
where
we
were
under
the
pump
a
fair
bit,”
she
said.

“It
reiterated
to
us
that
you
have
to
stay
in
the
game
and
you
have
to
be
ready
to
take
your
chances
when
you
get
them.

“We
were
able
to
do
that
the
other
day,
we
need
to
make
sure
we
are
ready
to
do
that
again
but
there’s
going
to
be
moments
when
South
Africa
will
be
on
top.

“They
will
have
the
momentum,
the
crowd
will
be
on
their
side
and
we
accept
that.

“But
when
we
get
the
chance
to
really
put
our
footprint
on
the
game
and
play
the
way
that
we
want,
we
have
to
make
sure
that
we
do
that
because
that’s
how
we’re
going
to
win
the
game.”