Polosak recently became the first woman to umpire an Australian men's List A cricket match in the domestic one-day cup competition - something "a girl from Goulburn" never expected.

But her journey hasn't always been a smooth one, with the 29-year-old once forced to deal with sexism and negative stereotyping by a male cricket coach in England.

She had been regularly umpiring a boys team in England before "all of a sudden" she stopped being told about the games.

It hurt when she found out why - the coach was sick of being told a woman was a better umpire than he was.

"At the time it shook me a little bit. But with resilience and knowing this was something I wanted to do regardless, it kept me working harder towards my end goal," Polosak said.

"It has not always been easy paving a path. I'm not ashamed to admit I have had low points and battled anxiety before umpiring games because of the self-stigma and pressure I put on myself.

"I've had to overcome personal and professional barriers continually... and doing that can affect your mental wellbeing if you don't build the mental muscle."

She calls it "bounce-backability" - it helps her realise making a mistake while umpiring is "not the end of the world".

Polosak is the first to admit she loves having a laugh amidst the high-pressure environment of umpiring, saying "if you can't crack a smile or enjoy yourself, you're not in the right profession".

Now Cricket NSW's female umpire engagement officer, Polosak encourages business and sport associations to put procedures in place that empower youth and build mental resilience.

Recovre, a JLT Group company and official risk partner of Cricket Australia, do just that, specialising in workplace wellbeing programs led by a team of allied health and workplace health and safety (WHS) professionals.

The former high school teacher pushed past all the issues she faced to make history in Australian cricket, but the "trailblazer" tag is still one that she's "slowly getting used to".

"It's not really my personality to put myself out there in that way," Polosak said.

"But I do understand the importance of my role and what I've been lucky to achieve, and what I'm doing now with trying to get more females into umpiring.

"Trailblazer yes, role model yes, I'm slowly getting used to that term."

Umpiring has given Polosak opportunities "people would give their back teeth for", having dismissed batsmen and called "no-ball" in New Zealand, Thailand, Samoa, India, England and Sri Lanka.

Different countries have thrown up different challenges, but since she's been home in Australia Polosak has felt nothing but support.

With all appointments in Sydney and Cricket Australia competitions based on merit, she's treated just like any other, and that's just show Polosak likes it.