Each regular player will get USD 750 per month per player, Sri Lanka Cricket announced in a release on Tuesday. Each reserve player in the squad will receive 25 per cent of the match fee
Sri Lanka's Chamari Athapaththu reacts while walking back to the pavilion after her dismissal during the Group A T20 women's World Cup cricket match between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka at Newlands Stadium in Cape Town. Pic/AFP
The Executive Committee of Sri Lanka Cricket has decided to raise the match fee of the senior women's national players for white-ball cricket from US dollar 250 to USD 750 for the year 2023.
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"The Executive Committee of Sri Lanka Cricket decided to raise the match fees of the National Women's Players for the year 2023 during a meeting held on January 31, 2023. As a result, match fees for both formats of white-ball cricket have increased from USUSD 250 to USUSD 750 per match, per player," Sri Lanka Cricket informed in a release on Tuesday.
Each regular player will get USD 750 per month per player, Sri Lanka Cricket announced in a release on Tuesday. Each reserve player in the squad will receive 25 per cent of the match fee.
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"Furthermore, for each match won by the team, whether in a bilateral or international tournament, each player will receive a USUSD 250 winning bonus," the release said.
The move is part of Sri Lanka Cricket's efforts towards further enhancing women's cricket in the country and empowering female cricketers. The decision is effective as of January 1, 2023.
The team is doing well in recent times with the Sri Lanka women's team upsetting hosts South Africa in the opening match of the ICC Women's T20 World Cup.
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