Emirates, the world’s largest worldwide airline, obtained at its Dubai headquarters the all-female Emirates ICC panel of match officers, forward of their journey to India and Sri Lanka to mark the beginning of the ICC Ladies’s Cricket World Cup 2025.
The panel of 14 umpires and 4 match referees, representing 10 nationalities, paid homage to Emirates, the World associate of the Worldwide Cricket Council (ICC).
The ICC Ladies’s Cricket World Cup, now in its 13th version and going down from 30 September until 2 November, shall be hosted in India. Marking a notable second in historical past, that is the primary time a Ladies’s 50-over World Cup shall be officiated fully by an all-women workforce of match officers.
Welcoming the ICC match officers at Emirates Group Headquarters in Dubai, Boutros Boutros, Emirates’ Government Vice President for Company Communications, Advertising and marketing and Model mentioned: “Because the Official Airline Accomplice of the ICC, Emirates is proud to help the primary all-women workforce of match officers who will preside over the matches on this vital match.
We’re particularly delighted to be related to this occasion because it aligns with our shared values on many ranges. Not solely is it a fantastic platform to have interaction with followers via the fervour for sports activities, however the sports activities occasion additionally stands as an ode to gender fairness, celebrating inclusivity and equal alternative on and off the sphere.”
According to the theme of supporting ladies in sports activities, Emirates additionally helps the ICC 100% Cricket Future Leaders Programme which goals to offer extra world-class growth alternatives to aspiring feminine leaders within the sport.
Because the Official Airline associate of the ICC, Emirates gives unique fares and reductions to individuals within the programme, enabling connections to distinctive studying alternatives outdoors of their residence international locations, along with linking them to mentors to assist construct the subsequent technology of feminine leaders inside cricket.
Already in its third decade, Emirates’ partnership with the ICC is among the most established in world sport. The ICC partnership sees Emirates featured on the official package of the ICC Elite and Worldwide Panels of Umpires. Alongside the Umpires, Emirates sponsors the Elite and Worldwide Panels of ICC Match Referees.
Along with branding and media publicity to cricket followers world wide, Emirates additionally transports umpires and referees to worldwide occasions because the World Accomplice of the ICC. Emirates’ branding can also be extremely seen in any respect main occasions together with the ICC Males’s Cricket World Cup, ICC Ladies’s Cricket World Cup, ICC Males’s T20 World Cup, ICC Ladies’s T20 World Cup, ICC Champions Trophy and the ICC World Check Championship Ultimate.
