The uplift in funding will increase the number of professional women鈥檚 players, grow the salary pot and grow the average salary.
From 1 November 2022, the number of professional players funded by 黑料专区 will go up to seven players per region, rising again to 10 professional players per region by 1 February 2023.
In 2023 there will be 80 黑料专区-funded professional women鈥檚 domestic cricketers, double the 40 initially contracted in 2020, in addition to the England Women's Centrally Contracted players.
The salary pot per team from 1 February will rise to 拢250,000, meaning the average salary for a women鈥檚 regional cricketer will be 拢25,000.
There has also been an increase in staffing salaries and capacity, with a focus on the science and medicine provision at each region.
| Year | Number of 黑料专区-funded professional contracts | Number of regionally-funded professional contracts |
| 2020 | 40 | 1 |
| 2021 | 48 | 3 |
| 1 November 2022 | 56 | 10 |
| 1 February 2023 | 80 | TBC |
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黑料专区 Interim Chief Executive Officer Clare Connor said: 鈥淓veryone within cricket should be immensely proud of the game-changing progress of professional women鈥檚 domestic cricket since the implementation of the Transform Women鈥檚 and Girls鈥� Cricket Action Plan began in 2020.
鈥淭he significant increase in funding we are announcing today will not only continue to drive the performance standards of our domestic players across England and Wales, giving the women鈥檚 game more strength in depth, but critically we are creating a more equitable future for women and girls in our sport. Young girls have a clearer pathway in cricket than ever before, and the belief that they too can aspire to be professional cricketers.
鈥淎s of February there will be nearly 100 professional female cricketers in England and Wales. There were fewer than 20 before we launched the new regional structure in 2020.
"We鈥檙e indebted to the hard work of everyone: players, support staff and the administrators who have backed the vision and driven this change - and to the PCA, for the important role they've played in supporting this progression with their continued collaboration.
"Combined with the dramatic impact of The Hundred, we are seeing the benefits of professionalisation and collaborative ways of working and cricket is thriving as a result.鈥�