Shivani Mishra (born 14 January 1973) is an Indian-born international

cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...

umpire and referee who is currently based in

Qatar Qatar (, ; ar, قطر, Qaṭar ; local vernacular pronunciation: ), officially the State of Qatar,) is a country in Western Asia. It occupies the Qatar Peninsula on the northeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula in the Middle East; it sh ...

, working with the

Qatar Cricket Association Qatar Cricket Association is the official Sport governing body, governing body of the sport of cricket in Qatar. Its current headquarters is located in Doha, Qatar. Qatar Cricket Association is Qatar's representative at the International Cricket ...

. She is an

ACC ACC most often refers to: * Atlantic Coast Conference, an NCAA Division I collegiate athletic conference located in the US *American College of Cardiology, A US-based nonprofit medical association that bestows credentials upon cardiovascular spec ...

-affiliated Level 3 Coach, Level 2 Umpire and ICC-affiliated Match Referee. Additionally, she is an ICC Asia Coach Educator. She has officiated cricket matches as an umpire in Qatari local matches such as Men's Division Matches and also International matches such as the ICC Men's T20 Qualifier conducted in Kuwait. On 20 January 2019, Shivani became the first female on-field umpire, to officiate in a men's T20I. She was the first Asian woman to be a part of the ICC Development Panel for umpires. She coached Qatar Women's Cricket Team and imparted cricket education in various courses run by QCA. In May 2019, the

International Cricket Council The International Cricket Council (ICC) is the world governing body of cricket. Headquartered in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, its members are List of International Cricket Council members, 108 national associations, with 12 List of Internation ...

named her as one of the eight women on the ICC Development Panel of Umpires.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mishra, Shivani 1973 births Living people Indian cricket coaches Indian cricket umpires People from Lucknow Indian emigrants to Qatar Indian expatriates in Qatar Women cricket umpires

See also

References