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Men’s and women’s cricket World Cup winners will now share the same prize money. Following its annual conference in Durban today, the ICC confirmed equal prize money for both men’s and women’s competitions, giving the women’s game a huge boost. The Under-19 World Cups are also covered by the decision.
Men and Women to get equal fees in world cups
“This is a significant moment in the history of our sport, and I am delighted that men’s and women’s cricketers competing at ICC global events will now be rewarded equally,” said ICC chair Greg Barclay. The ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup will now carry the same prize money as winning the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup, and the same is true for T20 World Cups and U-19s. Since 2017, we have increased prize money at women’s events every year with a clear focus on reaching equal prize money.
Men’s and women’s cricket teams will share the same prize money for victories in individual matches, second-place finishes, semi-final appearances, etc. at equivalent World Cups.
Australia got US$1 million as prize money for winning the Women’s T20 World Cup earlier this year. In November 2022, England won the corresponding men’s title and US$1.6 million in prize money.
Slow overrates won’t cause players to lose their entire match cost
The ICC also set a 50% cap on over-rate fines during the World Test Championship. Every extra player that their team has will result in a 5% fine of their cost, up to a maximum of 50%. The Chief Executives’ Committee (CEC) of the ICC made the choice.
“Even if the over rate is slow, there won’t be an over-rate penalty if a team is dismissed before the new ball is required at 80 overs. The current 60-over threshold is replaced by this, according to the ICC website.
Men’s Cricket Committee head and CEC member Sourav Ganguly stated, “The Men’s Cricket Committee felt strongly that over-rate penalties in the form of WTC points deductions should remain but recommended that players shouldn’t have 100% of their match fee at risk.” “We think this strikes a balance between preserving over-rates and making sure we’re not discouraging players from playing Test cricket,” the statement continued.
