England women's match fees increased to match men's by England and Wales Cricket Board

England's men and women volition beryllium paid the aforesaid wealth successful lucifer fees for internationals with contiguous effect.

It said women were paid 25% of men's fees for white-ball and 15% for Tests by the England and Wales Cricket Board.

England skipper Heather Knight said the alteration was "fantastic to see".

"It's truly important that we proceed to thrust the women's crippled forward," she added.

"The absorption of question for the women's crippled has ever been the astir important thing, creating a sustainable merchandise that radical privation to ticker and play, and I'm definite this volition marque cricket an progressively charismatic athletics to girls and young women arsenic we proceed to turn the game."

The determination besides follows this summer's women's Ashes series, which attracted record-breaking crowds.

ECB main enforcement Richard Gould said: "We are presently considering each the recommendations made by the Independent Commission for Equity successful Cricket, but equalising lucifer fees is 1 contiguous measurement we are pleased to marque now.

"We each privation cricket to beryllium the squad athletics of prime for pistillate athletes, and with the investments we are making - and progressively lucrative opportunities astir the satellite - we are seeing cricketers go immoderate of the highest earning pistillate athletes successful UK squad sports.

"However, we cognize determination is inactive overmuch further to spell arsenic we yet strive for equality crossed the game."

More to follow.