Cricket Australia (CA) has released the Match Officials Appointments for the first rounds of the Sheffield Shield and T20 Spring Challenge.
The 2024-25 Sheffield Shield gets underway this week with the defending champions Western Australia taking on Queensland at the WACA Ground in Perth. New South Wales face South Australia at Cricket Central in Sydney, whilst the two southern states Victoria and Tasmania meet at the CitiPower Centre, St Kilda. Members of CA’s Contracted Umpire Panel will oversee the Sheffield Shield competition which will also be overseen by CA’s National Match Referee Panel.
The newly minted T20 Spring Challenge also commences this week with the entire competition played in Adelaide and Sydney. All WBBL clubs plus the ACT Meteors will compete for the inaugural title with the Final being held at Cricket Central on Sunday 20th October. CA’s State & Territory Umpire Panel (STUP) members from South Australia and New South Wales will officiate on-field with CA’s Match Referees also overseeing this competition.
Match Official Appointments can be found here.