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Counties warned to spend ringfenced cash on women’s cricket or risk losing it

  • £1.5m cash boost handed to all 10 tier one sides
  • Counties treatment of women’s sides under scrutiny

Counties hosting professional women’s teams will be strictly monitored to ensure the England and Wales Cricket Board’s multimillion-pound investment is being used to achieve gender equality, Beth Barrett-Wild, the ECB’s director of the women’s professional game has said.

Should counties fail to deliver an equitable environment they would risk having their funding withdrawn. A national women’s player and staff survey is being introduced to encourage whistleblowing as the ECB seeks to ensure that the £1.5m provided to 10 of the first-class counties is being invested appropriately.

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Source: Cricket - The Guardian

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