{"id":12668,"date":"2024-01-23T01:05:51","date_gmt":"2024-01-23T01:05:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/the-hundred-womens-salary-increase-is-a-step-in-the-right-direction-says-kate-cross\/"},"modified":"2024-01-23T01:05:52","modified_gmt":"2024-01-23T01:05:52","slug":"the-hundred-womens-salary-increase-is-a-step-in-the-right-direction-says-kate-cross","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/the-hundred-womens-salary-increase-is-a-step-in-the-right-direction-says-kate-cross\/","title":{"rendered":"The Hundred: Women’s salary increase is a ‘step in the right direction’, says Kate Cross"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Alex Hartley and Kate Cross represented Welsh Fire and Northern Superchargers in last year’s Hundred<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The salary increases in The Hundred women’s competition are a “step in the right direction” with room to “keep chipping away” at improvements, says Kate Cross. <\/span><\/p>\n

England bowler Cross was in the top bracket for runners-up Northern Superchargers last season.<\/span><\/p>\n

“It is obviously unbelievable,” Cross said on the <\/span>BBC’s No Balls podcast. <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

“\u00a350,000 to play domestic women’s cricket in the UK is mad. It is significantly more than the bottom paid men’s player now too.” <\/span><\/p>\n

In the first year of The Hundred in 2021, the top women’s players earned \u00a315,000 while the lowest-paid men’s players earned \u00a330,000. <\/span><\/p>\n

But Cross and No Balls co-host Alex Hartley, who played for Welsh Fire before retiring at the end of last year’s tournament, said there are still areas for improvement around the lowest-paid women’s players, whose pay has increased from \u00a37,500 to \u00a38,000. <\/span><\/p>\n

“Before anyone comes at me with negative views, I think it’s great,” said Cross.<\/span><\/p>\n

“My thing is that we just keep putting money in the pockets of the same players that keep getting money put into their pockets.<\/span><\/p>\n

“I’m sure at some stage there would have been a discussion around a table at the ECB [England and Wales Cricket Board] and that they need to lure players over with money, but they were luring those players over anyway.<\/span><\/p>\n

“It’s just got to keep going in the right direction and it is. The men’s salary is capped but \u00a38,000 for the women’s lowest-paid player, when the men’s is getting \u00a330,000, is a big difference.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Hopefully, we can just keep these little wins and keep chipping away.” <\/span><\/p>\n

In 2023, all of the players in the top salary bracket were either overseas players or England internationals. <\/span><\/p>\n

Women’s cricket’s domestic set-up is not fully professional, with 80 players contracted by their regional teams and 18 players on full England central contracts. <\/span><\/p>\n

The average yearly salary for a women’s regional cricketer is \u00a325,000. Some of those who play in The Hundred but are without a domestic contract are still in education or have other jobs. <\/span><\/p>\n

“When I saw that the bottom one is \u00a38,000 now, I thought surely the top one could go up to maybe \u00a340,000 and you filter it down,” Hartley added.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Then the players in the bottom bracket and the girls that are having to take time off work and all sorts to play, are able to earn a bit more money.<\/span><\/p>\n

“The headline is ‘how good is it that women are now earning this?’ – but it is actually only two players per team.” <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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