ICC open 'to bridge gap between women and men's prize money,' says CEO

By: WE Staff | Wednesday, 30 March 2022

Discussions are on to “bridge the gap between women and men’s prize money” in cricket’s global competitions, the ICC’s chief executive Geoff Allardice has said.

“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.”

“We’re coming from a long way back and we’re making progress in that (prize money disbursement) area. In terms of where we’re at, I mean, the tournaments have got a different number of teams; they’re different lengths.

“What we’re trying to come up with for the next cycle when we’ve got the opportunity to model out our finances (and) our prize money distribution afresh is being able to get a parity (and) that we will address the issues that you raise,” Allardice said.

“We would make the arrangements around the tournaments here but the ability for mothers to be able to continue to play cricket and raise young families is something that I think each of the members is checking in their own way and it’s good to see the progress made in that area,” he said.

“We’ve got a series of meetings at the end of this at the end of this tournament back in Dubai next week. And I’m sure that that will be one of the issues that will be raised at the you know in the debrief of this tournament.”