On Monday, September 1, the International Cricket Council (ICC) officially announced the award amount for the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2025.
The upcoming edition of the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup will show a record-breaking prize money as the International Cricket Council has increased four times.
297 percent increase in prize money
The Women’s Cricket World Cup 2025 will begin on 30 September with the opener of India and Sri Lanka tournament, and the final is scheduled to be held on 2 November.
cricketballgame.com
India and Sri Lanka will co-hold the Marki tournament, including ACA Stadium (Guwahati), Holkar Stadium (Indore), ACA-VDCA Stadium (Visakhapatnam), R. Premadasa Stadium (Colombo, Sri Lanca), and Dye Patil Stadium (Navy).
Earlier, M. in Bengaluru. The Chinnaswamy Stadium was set to host the matches, but at the last moment, the matches were transferred to the Die Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai.
Before the commencement of the competition, the ICC has announced a record increase in the prize money for the World Cup.
The overall prize money has been determined as $ 13.88 million, the final edition of the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup has a monumental growth of $ 3.5 million to 297 percent in New Zealand in 2022.
In particular, the total award for the upcoming ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup receives the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023, with the total prize money $ 10 million. The increase in prize money align with the ICC strategy to increase the development of women’s cricket and introduce salary equality.
ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2025 winner to get $ 4.48 million
Meanwhile, the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2025 Champion will get a prize money of $ 4.48 million, which is an increase of $ 1.32 million to 239 percent to Australia in the previous version.
The World Cup runner -up will be $ 2.24 million, which will get a 273 percent increase from $ 600,000 England. In addition, teams facing defeat in the semi -finals will be rewarded by $ 1.12 million, $ 300,000.
The team ending at the fifth and sixth places will make a bag of $ 700,000 in each, and the seventh and eighth -ranked sides will get $ 280,000. In particular, each group phase participant is guaranteed to earn $ 250,000, while the team will get $ 34,314 for each group-step victory.
This announcement is a defined milestone – J Shah
In an official statement issued by the ICC, J Shah said that the increase in prize money is a defined milestone in women’s journey to cricket.
ICC President J Shah said, “This announcement is a defined milestone in the journey of women’s cricket.”
“This four -fold increase in the prize money is a historic moment for women’s cricket and reflects our clear commitment for its long -term development. Our message is simple, women cricketers should know that if they choose this game professionally, they will be treated on the equal value of men.”
J Shah said that women’s cricket is currently flying high, and the increase in prize money will inspire the next generation. He said:
“Uthan underlines our ambition to give a world -class ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup and inspire the next generation players and fans.
“Women’s cricket is on a remarkable upward trajectory, and with this step we believe that speed will accelerate. We call all stakeholders, fans, media, partners and member boards, to join women’s game champions and to ensure that it recognizes and deserves recognition.”
Also read: Virat Kohli kicks on one side because AB de Villiers chose 5 best cricketers, which he played in the Test.
