CAN WOMEN CRICKETER JUST NEW PAY EARN MORE?
ELYSEE PERRY HELLO WORLD! YES. Sydney: Top Australian women cricketers could earn more than A$1 million ($666,600) per year with increases with just new pay deal topped up by cash earned in India´s Women Premier League ( WPL) and Hundreds in England, Cricket Australia ( CA). The five-year deal includes a headline funding increases of 66% for the women with a player who hold a top tier contract and also plays in the women's Big Bash League now able to earn A$800,000 a year. " I am particularly pleased this (deal ) represents another major step forward in the rise of women's cricket, " CA chief executive Nick Hockley said. " Cricket now clearly offers the best earning opportunities of any team sport for elite female sportspeople." The Memorandum of Understanding, agreed between CA and the Australian Cricketers' Association ( ACA), also included an increase of 25% in the minimum and average CA contracts for women. Worth The Moolah: Ellyse Perry The con...