Australian women cricketers offered huge pay increasePHOTOSPORT Australian captain Meg Lanning in action against New Zealand in the women's ODI cricket match at Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui, recently. "Under the proposal, women will receive an immediate average pay increase of more than 125 per cent," said Cricket Australia chief executive James Sutherland. "As a result, our international women cricketers will see their average pay increase from $A79,000 to $A179,000 ($NZ195,000) as of July 1 this year. By 2021, we expect to see our international women cricketers earning an average of $A210,000." Match fees are $1595 for four-day Plunket Shield matches, $745 for a 50-over match, and $520 for a T20 game.

Source: Stuff March 21, 2017 03:56 UTC