The Professional Cricketers’ Association, PCA, says the increasing disparity between the top salaries of men’s and women’s players in The Hundred “cannot be allowed to continue”.
The Women’s Impact Report, released before International Women’s Day on March 8, has called for more to be done after the gap in pay between the top men’s and women’s players widened from 75-thousand pounds to 135-thousand for 2025.
In the men’s competition, top-level players will see their pay increase by 60 percent to 200-thousand pounds, compared to a 30 percent rise to 65-thousand pounds for leading women’s stars as part of an overall 25 percent rise across all salary bands.
“Considering the tournament is marketed equally amongst the men’s and women’s squads with the two teams, one club mantra, which is to be applauded, it is more than disappointing to see the gender pay gap increase,” the report from the players’ union said.
The England and Wales Cricket Board recently oversaw the sales of stakes in the eight Hundred franchises, with the teams achieving a collective value of more than 975-million pounds, bringing in about 520-million pounds to be split across the game in this country.
Given this “influx of money” through private investment, “stakeholders in the game should be doing everything possible to close this gap, especially considering the increased interest, viewership and ticket sales for women’s Hundred matches”, the report added.
The ECB said both men’s and women’s salary pots went up by about 25 percent in the latest increase and women’s salaries alone increased by 800-thousand pounds in 2023.
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