ADAM COLLINS

Apoint of interest for Wisden Almanack nerds each April is scanning towards the back of the 1,500-page tome for the Unusual Occurrences section. When published in 2020, there is a very reasonable chance that a paragraph will be devoted to Mary Waldron.
To elaborate, in July this year, Waldron – elevated to Ireland’s senior panel of umpires last month – will officiate in a men’s Interpro game, which since last year has carried first-class status. The quirk: she will be standing in that game while still an active international player herself, the Dublin...