“Members of the Australia women’s cricket team will be among the country’s highest-paid female athletes as part of a restructure of the Cricket Australia contract system. The leading players could earn up to $80,000 over the next year as part of the new payment programme, with the top player retainer having increased from $15,000 to $52,000 and the minimum retainer having been boosted from $5000 to $25,000.”
Full article can be found here.
Still not paid nearly enough though - those girls put their heart and soul into their cricket. Just like the guys. And they deserve just as much.
ALL HAIL GENDER EQUALITY!!!!!!!
Tagged as: #you go australia!
