England Women's Cricket Team gets massive wage boost, to be paid equal as men's team

England's women cricketers will be at par with the men's cricketers in terms of match fees, the English Cricket Board has announced. ECB will increase the match fees to restore parity between both sets of players. England will be the fourth country after New Zealand, India and South Africa to implement this move.

3 things you need to know

• Australia claimed the Women's seven match Ashes series
• England will host Sri Lanka for a three match T20I series
• The Ashes series was reportedly attended by over 100,000 people

England Women's players to get equal match fees

A recommendation has been made by the Independent Commission for Equity in Cricket to bring in a sea of changes in women's cricket and the increase will take place imminently starting from the T20I series against Sri Lanka. The brilliant success of the recently held Ashes series is also one of the reasons behind this resounding step.

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Richard Gould, the ECB's chief executive officer, released a statement.

"This summer's thrilling Metro Bank Women's Ashes series demonstrated how women's cricket is continuing to grow at pace in this country, with record attendances and TV viewing. Growing the women's and girls' game is a key priority for us, and in recent years we have considerably increased investment both in building a domestic women's structure to produce the players of the future, and in increasing player rewards.

The English and Wales Cricket Board in a statement said:

"In the years ahead, we will continue to invest ahead of revenues. We are currently considering all the recommendations made by the Independent Commission for Equity in Cricket, but equalising match fees is one immediate step we are pleased to make now. We all want cricket to be the team sport of choice for female athletes, and with the investments we are making - and increasingly lucrative opportunities around the world - we are seeing cricketers become some of the highest earning female athletes in UK team sports. However, we know there is still much further to go as we ultimately strive for equality across the game.

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"As we continue to grow women's cricket, we will continue to focus on making considered investments that stretch far and wide across the women's cricket structures, delivering a thriving, profitable and future-proofed game."