Ex-international Sue Redfern will umpire a County Championship match in Britain. -AAP Image
Sue Redfern will become the first woman to stand as an umpire in a men's first-class cricket match in England and Wales next week.
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Redfern, who played 21 times for England from 1995-99, has been appointed for the County Championship fixture between Glamorgan and Derbyshire, starting on Tuesday.
Two years ago, she was the first woman to officiate at a home England men's match - as the fourth official for the T20 international against Sri Lanka.Â
She was the first woman to umpire a T20 Blast game when Gloucestershire played Middlesex in Bristol this season.
"That has been an ambition of mine for a long time and, while it is a new challenge that will test me, I know that I am ready for it," Redfern said.
Redfern was the first woman to be awarded a full-time contract by the England and Wales Cricket Board last year.
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