England Cricket Board Announces Equal Match Fee For Women’s, Men’s | Cricket News

After a profitable girls’s multi-format Ashes sequence that noticed report crowds within the stadium, England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) introduced a rise in match charges for the ladies’s aspect that may carry them on par with the lads’s workforce.

“Following record-breaking crowds of 110,000 at this summer’s Women’s Ashes series, the ECB today announces it is increasing match fees for England Women to bring them in line with England Men’s match fees,” mentioned an announcement from ECB.

England set new girls’s worldwide attendance information at Edgbaston, The Oval and Lord’s and bought out matches at Taunton, Bristol and Hampshire of their sequence in opposition to Australia.

England Women’s captain, Heather Knight, proclaimed the sequence as “the best there has ever been in the history of the women’s game.”

The sequence resulted in a 8-8 draw and Australia retained the Ashes. While Australia received the one-off Test and acquired these essential 4 factors, England received each white-ball sequence by 2-1 and acquired two factors per win.

The improve takes impact instantly, starting with this week’s white-ball sequence in opposition to Sri Lanka.

The extra funding follows will increase to home wage pots this 12 months and salaries for ladies’s gamers in The Hundred greater than doubled final 12 months. With elevated incomes alternatives in competitions all over the world, the game at present gives a number of the finest incomes alternatives amongst feminine workforce sports activities.

Richard Gould, ECB Chief Executive Officer, mentioned: “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. 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 Cricket, but equalising match fees is one immediate step we are pleased to make now. 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. However, we know there is still much further to go as we ultimately strive for equality across the game.”

“As we continue to grow women’s cricket, we will continue to focus on making considered investments that stretch far and wide across the women’s cricket structures, delivering a thriving, profitable and future-proofed game,” he concluded.

Heather Knight, England Women’s Captain, mentioned:

“It is really important that we continue to drive the women’s game forward and it is fantastic to see equal match fees for England Women and England Men.”

“The direction of travel for the women’s game has always been the most important thing, creating a sustainable product that people want to watch and play, and I’m sure this will make cricket an increasingly attractive sport to girls and young women as we continue to grow the game.”

“I would also like to thank the PCA (Professional Cricketers’ Association) and England Women’s Player Partnership for their support in representing the players and the growth of the professional game,” she concluded.

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