The Sports Desk
The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Saturday declared a record prize pool of USD 13.88 million, which makes the tournament the most valuable women’s cricket event to date, for the next edition of the Women’s ODI World Cup in 2025. This is almost a four times increase from USD 3.5 million on offer in the 2022 World Cup in New Zealand, as it is even higher than the USD 10 million prize money for the 2023 Men’s T20 World Cup in India.
The tournament winners will collect $4.48 million – 239 per cent more than Australia collected when they last claimed the title in 2012. The runners-up will pocket USD 2.24 million – a substantial leap from the USD 600,000 England received three years ago. Each of the losing semi-finalists will also take home USD 1.12 million, up from USD 300,000 previously.
No group-stage team will get less than USD 250,000 and they will get USD 34,314 per win in the group stages. In order to provide an additional incentive to make the top six, runners-up from the fifth and sixth place teams will each earn USD 700,000, with the losing finalists on the seventh and eighth place sides receiving USD 280,000 each.
Mr. Shah called the announcement a “transformational step for women’s cricket.” In a statement, he said, “Our message is simple: women cricketers must know they will be treated equally to male cricketers if they decide to take up the sport professionally. This increase in prize money reflects our commitment to make competitions more inclusive and accessible and constitutes a much-needed investment to make the game more attractive to women worldwide.”
Women’s ODI World Cup 2025 The 13th edition of the Women’s ODI World Cup will be co-hosted by India and Sri Lanka from September 30 to November 2 in 2025. Australia, the defending champions, will be aiming to defend their crown amid increasing interest worldwide in women’s cricket.
With tickets due to go on sale online later this week, hope is growing for what could be the most revolutionary Women’s World Cup yet.
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