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In talks with PCB to narrow pay gap between male, female cricketers: Bismah Maroof
Pakistan Women's Cricket Team Captain Bismah Maroof on Saturday disclosed that she has been in talks with the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to address the significant gap between male and female payers' pay.
"We are in talks with the board and I feel they also have plans to address this issue," Maroof revealed in a post-practice session press conference.
"I cannot discuss the details of our talks as yet, but I do believe something will pan out soon," Maroof said when asked how much of a raise female players expected to get.
It has been learnt that while male cricketers in Pakistan make nearly $77,000 per annum, women only make $12,000.
"The pay gap is huge. Another problem female cricketers face is that they only get a daily allowance when playing a domestic game, and no match fee," Maroof said.
"If they are given a match fee in the future, it would make a big difference for the girls."
In lobbying for egalitarian pay, Maroof is following in the footsteps of her Indian counterpart, Mathali Raj, who was the first to question the pay gap between male and female cricketers during the 2017 Cricket World Cup.
In a 2017 news report, Indian news outlet Scroll.in had mentioned that Raj expected that India reaching the Women's World Cup final should have acted as a game-changer for women’s cricket in India.
The Indian skipper had stated that her team's success should lead to financial gains as well as the same amount of respect their male counterparts enjoy.
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The huge pay disparity between male and female green-shirt cricketers must be immediately removed because it's based on biased, unfair and discriminatory policies of PCB.
Pay increase. There will always be a gap based on demand and supply. The demand for women cricket is lower hence lower salaries. Just like demand for female models is higher hence higher salaries. Male models aren't getting even close to what females models get.
Demand and viewers determine the pay for sport and athletes. That's just business. I don't think women's cricket is watched as much as men's cricket, not even close, and that includes female fans. Women cricket team should be paid fairly but all this gender equality pay stuff is a bit of stretch.
it's all about the money, female cricket doesn't generate money equal to male cricket, so how can PCB or any other board pay them equally to male cricketers ???
Dear Bisma, Please also start a discussion with the PCB how our women cricket team will generate revenue as the men team does. You can do it - right?
First try to win some matches !
There should be a scale based pay e.g BPS-17 or above for both . problem solved
Pay should always be on performance based and also on the basis of ranking on the ICC player wise and country wise.
Pakistan male players are already over paid and there pay scale needs to bring down according to there performance. and experience .
First show results and then ask for pay rise.Also it depends on how much boards are earning from male or female cricket teams.
Play for love of game NOT money
Whilst equal pay on principal is right, it is difficult to execute given the huge mismatch in revenue generation. That said PCB should look at ways of closing the pay gap through separate sponsorship. This will encourage more women to take up the sport, improve standards which in turn will generate interest, revenue and improve the benefits to the players.
Look at the women cricket slandered any club level male team will defeat them easily. Improve your cricket first.
PCB should look in to this ,at least $35000 must be give to them annually.