Muristek
Wellington, March 29
Discussions are on to "bridge the gap between women and men's prize money" in cricket's global competitions, ICC's chief executive Geoff Allardice has said.
The game's apex body plans to bring in parity in prize money for finishing positions in its men's and women's tournaments in the next eight-year cycle, from 2024 to 2031.
Allardice made the statement after it was pointed out that the winners of the ongoing Women's ODI World Cup in New Zealand will be richer by just one-third of the prize money won by the 2019 men's World Cup winners.
"One of the things that we did at the start of the cycle was we projected through this event cycle — most of the ICC's finances are done with an eight-year view — and what we've been trying to do over this cycle is bridge the gap between the women's prize money and the men's prize money," Allardice said. "We are about to start discussions around the next cycle and one of the starting points for that discussion is going to be trying to get parity for the finishing positions of teams in women's events and comparable men's events. So we're not there yet, but we're on the journey to getting towards prize money parity." — PTI
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