{{short description|South African cricket umpire}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2024}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Kerrin Klaaste | image = | country = South Africa | fullname = Kerrin Klaaste | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1998|3|3|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Kimberley, Northern Cape|Kimberley]], Northern Cape, South Africa | death_date = | death_place = | batting = Right-handed | bowling = Right-arm medium fast | role = [[Umpire (cricket)|Umpire]]
| columns = 2
| column1 = [[List A cricket|WLA]] | matches1 = 15 | runs1 = 115 | bat avg1 = 8.84 | 100s/50s1 = 0/0 | top score1 = 36 | deliveries1 = 252 | wickets1 = 3 | bowl avg1 = 80.66 | fivefor1 = 0 | tenfor1 = 0 | best bowling1 = 1/18 | catches/stumpings1 = 4/–
| column2 = [[Twenty20|WT20]] | matches2 = 15 | runs2 = 84 | bat avg2 = 5.60 | 100s/50s2 = 0/0 | top score2 = 23 | deliveries2 = 215 | wickets2 = 8 | bowl avg2 = 25.62 | fivefor2 = 0 | tenfor2 = 0 | best bowling2 = 3/12 | catches/stumpings2 = 2/–
| club1 = [[Northern Cape women's cricket team|Northern Cape]] | year1 = 2012–2020
| umpire = true | t20isumpired = 4 | umpt20idebutyr = 2024 | umpt20ilastyr = | wtestsumpired = 1 | umpwtestdebutyr = 2024 | umpwtestlastyr = | wodisumpired = 12 | umpwodidebutyr = 2023 | umpwodilastyr = 2026 | wt20isumpired = 34 | umpwt20idebutyr = 2023 | umpwt20ilastyr = 2026
| fcumpired = 3 | umpfcdebutyr = 2023 | umpfclastyr = 2024 | listaumpired = 7 | umplistadebutyr = 2023 | umplistalastyr = 2025 | t20umpired = 11 | umpt20debutyr = 2024 | umpt20lastyr = 2025 | date = 9 May 2024 | source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/517/517624/517624.html CricketArchive }} '''Kerrin Klaaste''' (born 3 March 1998) is a South African [[cricket umpire]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/939203.html |title=Kerrin Klaaste |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=9 May 2024}}</ref> She is currently a member of [[Development Panel of ICC Umpires]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.swdcricket.co.za/news/article/2443 |title=SWD's Klaaste joins the International Panel of ICC Development Umpires |work=SWD Cricket |access-date=9 May 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.knysnaplettherald.com/Sport/Article/Cricket/kerrin-earns-spot-on-icc-panel-202210190537 |title=Kerrin earns spot on ICC Panel |work=Knysna-Plett Herald |access-date=9 May 2024}}</ref> She was one of the female umpires named by the ICC to stand in matches in the [[2023 Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup]] tournament.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.knysnaplettherald.com/Sport/Article/Cricket/kerrin-to-umpire-at-u19-women-s-world-cup-202212300938 |title=Kerrin to Umpire at U19 Women's World Cup |work=Knysna-Plett Herald |access-date=9 May 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/icc-announces-highest-number-of-female-match-officials-for-icc-u19-womens-t20-world-cup-2023 |title=ICC announces highest number of female match officials for ICC U19 Women’s T20 World Cup 2023 |work=International Cricket Council |access-date=9 May 2024}}</ref>
==Personal life== She was born at [[Kimberley, Northern Cape|Kimberley]], Northern Cape of South Africa and latter she moved to [[Knysna]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://gsport.co.za/cricket-umpire-kerrin-klaaste-aims-for-global-success/ |title=Umpire Kerrin Klaaste aims for global success |website=gsport.co.za |access-date=9 May 2024}}</ref>
==Career== She played for Griqualand West (currently known as [[Northern Cape women's cricket team|Northern Cape]]) in domestic cricket.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/517/517624/517624.html |title=Player profile: Kerrin Klaaste |work=CricketArchive |access-date=9 May 2024}}</ref> She became the first female umpire to win the South Western Districts Cricket Umpires’ Association (SWDCUA) Umpire of the Season award.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.clubcricket.co.za/latestnews/kerrin-klaaste-makes-history-by-winning-swdcua-umpire-of-the-season-award/ |title=Kerrin Klaaste Makes History By Winning SWDCUA Umpire Of The Season Award |work=Club Cricket SA |access-date=9 May 2024}}</ref>
In October 2022, she was first time added to the ICC's Development panel.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sasportspress.co.za/kerrin-klaaste-appointed-to-international-panel-of-international-cricket-council-icc-development-umpires |title=KERRIN KLAASTE APPOINTED TO INTERNATIONAL PANEL OF INTERNATIONAL CRICKET COUNCIL (ICC) DEVELOPMENT UMPIRES |work=SA Sports Press |access-date=9 May 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.knysnaplettherald.com/Sport/Article/Cricket/kerrin-called-up-to-icc-umpires-panel-202210130451 |title=Kerrin called up to ICC Umpires Panel |work=Knysna-Plett Herald |access-date=9 May 2024}}</ref> In June 2023, Klaaste was promoted to CSA Reserve Umpire Panel by [[Cricket South Africa]] (CSA).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricket.co.za/csa-appoints-first-female-to-elite-umpires-panel/ |title=CSA Appoints First Female to Elite Umpires Panel |work=Cricket South Africa |access-date=9 May 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.swdcricket.co.za/news/article/2592 |title=Kerrin Klaaste Promoted to CSA Reserve Umpires Panel |work=South Western Districts Cricket|access-date=9 May 2024}}</ref>
She was stood as an umpire in first [[Women's Twenty20 International]] (WT20I) in the [[2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier|2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Africa Region Division Two Qualifier]], between [[Malawi women's national cricket team|Malawi]] and [[Lesotho women's national cricket team|Lesotho]] on 2 September 2023.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1394918.html |title=2nd Match, Group A, Gaborone (Oval 2), September 02, 2023, ICC Women's T20 World Cup Africa Region Division Two Qualifier |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=9 May 2024}}</ref><ref name="KK">{{cite web|url=https://www.knysnaplettherald.com/Sport/Article/Cricket/she-ll-be-the-judge-202310191201 |title=She'll be The Judge |work=Knysna-Plett Herald |access-date=9 May 2024}}</ref> She was featured as umpire in first [[Women's One Day International]] (WODI) in between [[South Africa women's national cricket team|South Africa]] and [[New Zealand women's national cricket team|New Zealand]] when [[New Zealand women's cricket team in South Africa in 2023–24|New Zealand tour to South Africa]] on 28 September 2023.<ref name="KK" /> She was featured in [[List A cricket|List A]] matches in the [[2023 CSA One-Day Cup]] and she stood in her first List A match on 16 September 2023, between [[South Western Districts (cricket team)|South Western Districts]] and [[Knights (cricket team)|Knights]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/1296/1296453.html |title=South Western Districts v Free State, CSA Provincial One Day Challenge 2023/24 |work=CricketArchive |access-date=9 May 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1394710.html |title=1st Match, Oudtshoorn, September 16, 2023, CSA Provincial One-Day Challenge Division Two |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=9 May 2024}}</ref> She stood in her maiden [[first-class cricket]] match on 9 November 2023, between Knights and [[Northern Cape (cricket team)|Northern Cape]] in the [[2023–24 CSA 4-Day Series]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.knysnaplettherald.com/Sport/Article/Cricket/kerrin-ticks-off-another-box-202311161218 |title=Kerrin Ticks Off Another Box |work=Knysna-Plett Herald |access-date=9 May 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1394662.html |title=4th Match, Kimberley, November 09 – 12, 2023, CSA 4-Day Series Division 2 |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=9 May 2024}}</ref> She stood in her first [[Twenty20]] match on 12 March 2024, between South Western Districts and [[Easterns (cricket team)|Easterns]] in the [[2024 CSA Provincial T20 Cup (March)|2024 CSA Provincial T20 Cup]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/1334/1334024.html |title=South Western Districts v Easterns, CSA Provincial T20 Cup 2023/24 |work=CricketArchive |access-date=9 May 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1394553.html |title=7th Match, Oudtshoorn, March 12, 2024, CSA Provincial T20 Cup |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=9 May 2024}}</ref> She also stood as an on-field umpire in [[2024 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier]] Final, which was held between Scotland and Sri Lanka, on 7 May 2024.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1425660.html |title=Final (N), Abu Dhabi, May 07, 2024, ICC Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=9 May 2024}}</ref>
In September 2024, she first time stood as an on-field umpire in [[Twenty20 International|men's T20I]] between [[Malawi national cricket team|Malawi]] and [[Lesotho national cricket team|Lesotho]] in [[2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Africa Sub-regional Qualifier A]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/t20-world-cup-sub-regional-africa-qualifier-a-2024-1450709/lesotho-vs-malawi-1sr-match-1450751/full-scorecard |title=Malawi vs Lesotho, Dar-es-Salaam, September 21, 2024, ICC Men's T20 World Cup Sub Regional Africa Qualifier Group A |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=21 September 2024}}</ref>
==See also== * [[List of Twenty20 International cricket umpires]]
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{cricinfo|id=939203}} * {{cricketarchive|id=517624}}
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