Star Australian all-rounder Ellyse Perry has hailed the leadership at Cricket Australia for supporting women’s cricket as much as they do.

The prize money for ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2020 is more than 3 times than what it was in 2018, and the main reason for it is Cricket Australia. Perry believes that such announcements make the female cricketers believe that they are very important in the development of the game.

Perry told AAP, “I think that shows the leadership of Cricket Australia in terms of wanting to grow women's cricket - not just in this country, but around the world globally. For them to support us in the manner that they have, just with that prize money announcement, but I think in the last couple of years, in terms of potentially turning the game fully professional, not just for international players, but for domestic players, is brilliant.”

The 28-year-old all-rounder is of the opinion that the women’s tournaments like the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup or the Women’s Big Bash League should be commercially viable products for ICC or Cricket Australia. That would be of great help for the women’s game.

“I think that's the goal. We want competitions like the (women's) T20 World Cup, like the WBBL, to be really viable commercial products for Cricket Australia or the ICC. I guess that means that we are vital cogs in that and are remunerated as such,” she added.

(Source: AAP)