England’s men and women international cricketers will be paid the same money in match fees
The groundbreaking move came aftersaw sold out matches at Taunton, Bristol and Southampton and set attendance records at Edgbaston, the Oval and Lord’s. The new pay deal takes immediate effect and begins with the team’s white-ball series against Sri Lanka on Thursday.
“This summer’s thrilling Women’s Ashes series demonstrated how women’s cricket is continuing to grow at pace in this country, with record attendances and TV viewing,” said Richard Gould, the ECB chief executive. “Growing the women’s and girls’ game is a key priority for us, and in recent years we have considerably increased investment both in building a domestic women’s structure to produce the players of the future, and in increasing player rewards.
“In the years ahead, we will continue to invest ahead of revenues. We are currently considering all the recommendations made by the Independent Commission for Equity in“We all want cricket to be the team sport of choice for female athletes, and with the investments we are making – and increasingly lucrative opportunities around the world – we are seeing cricketers become some of the highest earning female athletes in UK team sports.
The England captain Heather Knight added: “It’s really important that we continue to drive the women’s game forward and it’s fantastic to see equal match fees for England women and England men.
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