It will be the first ICC event where women cricketers will receive the same prize money as their male counterparts
The winner of this edition will take home $2.34 million as prize money, runner-up will have $1.17 million, and the semifinalists will secure $675,000 million
It’s a massive 225 per cent increase from the previous edition
Each of the ten participating teams will receive $112,500
In July 2022, New Zealand’s cricket board announced same match fee for all contracted men and women cricketers, becoming the first board to do so
Few months down the line, BCCI also announced the same decision in the October of 2022
England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) also joined in the decision of giving the same match fee to men and women cricketers in August 2023
Cricket Australia (CA) and the Australian Cricketers’ Association (ACA) declared a 66 per cent pay rise for female players in April, 2023
However, same match fee does not entirely translate to parity. A huge gap still remains in the figures of central contract
It is to be noted that number of matches played in men’s cricket are usually higher than that of women’s cricket