The International Cricket Council (ICC) has doubled the prize money for the winners of the Women’s Cricket World Cup to $1.32 million (£975,000/€1.15 million).
The overall prize pot has also gone up to $3.5million (£2.58 million/€3.07 million) – a 75 per cent increase from the previous edition of the 50-over tournament in 2017.
The World Cup, set to be held in New Zealand from March 4 to April 3, will offer $600,000 (£440,000/€530,000) for the runners-up and the losing semi-finalists will receive $300,000 (£220,000/€260,000) per team.
Teams who exit the tournament in the group stage are set to benefit from a $70,000 (£50,000/€ 60,000) cash prize and each team will bag $25,000 (£18,000/€22,000) for every group-stage victory.
The World Cup had initially been scheduled in 2021, but it was delayed by 12 months because of the coronavirus crisis.
Australia, Bangladesh, England, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa and the West Indies will play each other once in the round-robin group stage.
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