Australian women cricketers get hefty pay rise
The Hindu
Australia’s women cricketers secured a huge pay increase on April 3, 2023, with the top contracted player on course to earn more than Aus$1 million
Australia’s women cricketers secured a huge pay increase on April 3, 2023, with the top contracted player on course to earn more than Aus$1 million (US$666,000) a year.
Payments for professional women will rise 66% 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.
The next six contracted players will earn an average Aus$500,000.
Those who do not play for Australia, but compete in the Women’s National Cricket League and WBBL, will be paid more than Aus$151,000 annually.
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