Australian women cricketers get hefty pay rise
Updated On: 04 April, 2023 07:20 AM IST | AFP
Payments for professional women will rise 66 per cent under a new five-year deal between Cricket Australia and the Australian Cricketers’ Association.
Meg Lanning
Australia’s women cricketers secured a huge pay increase Monday, with the top contracted player on course to earn more than Aus$1 million (Rs 5.57 crore or US$666,000) a year. Payments for professional women will rise 66 per cent under a new five-year deal between Cricket Australia and the Australian Cricketers’ Association.
They will share in a pool worth Aus$133 million, up from Aus$80 million in the previous agreement, rewarding not only members of Australia’s world champion team but significantly increasing the value of Big Bash League and state contracts.
According to the deal, the top CA contract holder who also has a WBBL contract—believed to be national captain Meg Lanning—could now earn more than Aus$800,000 a year. That could break the Aus$1 million mark with further earnings in India’s Women’s Premier League and The Hundred in England. “I am particularly pleased this MOU [memorandum of understanding] represents another major step forward in the rise of women’s cricket,” said CA chief Nick Hockley.
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