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The PCA has released a groundbreaking Women’s Impact Report ‘Accelerating Action for Players’ at an event to celebrate International Women’s Day, which is marked on Saturday 8 March.

#AccelerateAction in Sport celebrated the important date in the calendar at the iconic Nursery Pavilion at Lord’s on Thursday 6 March.

In partnership with the ECB, the event supported the theme of this year’s International Women’s Day – #AcclerateAction. The idea being to bring about urgency in closing the gap between men’s and women’s sport and speed up the process of gender equity.

Opened with a welcome from PCA Chief Executive, Daryl Mitchell, the event included a session hosted by PCA Director of Player Rights and Women’s Cricket, Emma Reid with England’s Kate Cross, who discussed the Women’s Impact Report ‘Accelerating Action for Players’.

The report details the recent advancements in the women’s game and future ambitions of the Association. An overview of progress is detailed alongside a timeline of key events, as the report explains the employment improvements, from first-year rookies to experienced England internationals.

The report, which includes welcomes from England captain Heather Knight and Durham’s Katie Levick, highlights a number of measurables, such as the domestic remuneration pot rising from £720,000 in 2021 to £4 million and starting salaries equalised with the men’s players. The England remuneration pot has quadrupled and across England, domestic and The Hundred there has been a 430% increase in overall remuneration.

It also portrays areas where improvements are still needed such as in The Hundred where the disparity between the men’s and women’s top salaries has increased.

By utilising a combination of the PCA’s Women’s Players’ Committee, pre-season meetings and player surveys as well as the PCA Summit to shape the PCA’s position, significant success has been achieved since the publication of the PCA’s equity report, the Fairer Future paper that was created in May 2021.

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