Men’s and women’s competitions in the Hundred to have equal prize money

• Each competition will be worth £300,000 in total
• ECB: ‘This is a step towards making cricket gender-balanced’

A £600,000 total prize pool will be split evenly between the men’s and women’s competitions in the Hundred this summer. The England and Wales Cricket Board has announced that both competitions will be worth £300,000 in prize money, with the winning men’s and women’s teams earning £150,000 each, the runners-up £75,000, as well an even split for various player awards.

The governing body has described the prize pool as “a step towards the long-term commitment to making cricket a gender-balanced sport”, as part of a pledge to invest £20m in the women’s game in the next two years including 40 professional contracts. The matched prize money also mirrors the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup where, like the men’s tournament in October, the winning team in Melbourne on Sunday will take home £770,000. Australia’s Big Bash League also has a total prize pot of £335,000 shared evenly across the men’s and women’s competitions.

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