ICC Announce Big Money Hike For Women's ODI World Cup

In a landmark move, the ICC has announced a substantial prize money pool for the upcoming Women's ODI World Cup in India, scheduled to take place from September 30 to November 2. The total sum of USD 13.88 million is nearly four times what the ICC gave away at the last edition of this tournament in 2022, played in New Zealand (USD 3.5 million).

More crucially, this sum exceeds the amount set aside as prize money for the 2023 Men's ODI World Cup - USD 10 million.

ICC Chair Jay Shah Reacts

"This announcement marks a landmark move in the history of Women's cricket". ICC Chair Jay Shah stated. "This move shows our commitment to help Women's cricket in the long term. Our message is clear & simple, we want the Women cricketers to be paid at par with the Men's cricketers".

ICC has increased prize money for each stage of the tournament as well as the guaranteed purse. The winner of the World Cup will now receive USD 4.48 million. That is a big jump from what Australia's women's team got in 2022 - USD 1.32 million - and an improvement on what their men's side received for upstaging India in Ahmedabad in 2023 - USD 4 million.

The runners-up in the upcoming tournament will receive USD 2.24 million, which is a big jump from what England got (USD 600,000) in 2022. The two losing semi-finalists will each receive USD 1.12 million - up from the previous sum of USD 300,000.

For every group-stage victory, the winners will get USD 34,314. The teams that end fifth and sixth will get USD 700,000 each, while those finishing seventh and eighth will take home USD 280,000. Each participating team is guaranteed a sum of USD 250,000.

The eight-team event, scheduled to be hosted in India & Sri Lanka, will begin from September 30.