England’s women cricketers are to receive the same match fees as the men. The England and Wales Cricket Board has decided to reflect the surging popularity of women’s sport – and adopt one of the key recommendations of the landmark report published in June by the Independent Commission for Equity in Cricket – by moving a step closer to equal pay.
In doing so, the ECB follows a national trend – the Football Association has paid men and women the same appearance money since January 2020 – and an international one, after both New Zealand and India announced similar moves in 2022. The change will take immediate effect with the women involved in the T20 against Sri Lanka at Hove on Thursday paid the same as the men who started their T20 series against New Zealand in Durham on Wednesday.
