2025 Women’s Cricket World Cup: Record Prizes and a Promising Future
The 2025 Women’s Cricket World Cup, to be held in India and Sri Lanka, promises to be historic. The tournament, which will be played between September 30 and November 2, has announced a record prize money figure: $13.88 million. This amount far exceeds the $10 million distributed in the last men’s edition, held in 2023. The International Cricket Council (ICC) revealed that the champions will receive $4.48 million, an unprecedented sum in women’s cricket. This figure is higher than the $4 million awarded to the winners of last year’s men’s World Cup. In addition to the prizes for the champions, each victory in the group stage will award an additional $34,314. The teams that finish in fifth and sixth place will receive $700,000, while those that occupy the seventh and eighth positions will take home $280,000.This increase represents a significant jump compared to the 2022 edition in New Zealand, where a total of $3.5 million was distributed. The increase, of 297%, reflects the ICC’s strategy of equating women’s cricket with men’s in economic and visibility terms. The ICC already implemented parity in match fees in 2023, before the 2024 Women’s T20 World Cup, as part of a comprehensive strategy to reduce the gap between men’s and women’s cricket. India, along with Sri Lanka, will be the epicenter of the tournament that will celebrate its thirteenth edition. The championship will bring together eight teams in five venues. The Women’s World Cup, which has been held since 1973, is the most important international event in this discipline. Australia leads the standings with seven titles and the tournament seeks to consolidate its global appeal, at a time when women’s cricket is gaining ground with the emergence of professional leagues.“Our message is clear: players should know that they will receive the same treatment as men if they choose this sport professionally.”
Jay Shah, ICC President
