Cricket Scotland introducing paid contracts for Women's team

Scotland are currently ranked 14th in the ICC Women's T20I Team rankings and they missed out on qualifying for the upcoming Women's T20 World Cup in South Africa. But this announcement towards making the game far more professional for women is a big step towards equality and enhancing the quality of the sport and the players in their nation.

"This builds on the move to pay equal match fees to the men’s and women’s players introduced in 2021 and will enable a number of players to devote more time to training and practice and is a start to putting the women’s game onto a fully professional footing," Cricket Scotland said in a statement.

Anjan Luthra, the Chair of Cricket Scotland, called this a "watershed moment for the sport of cricket in Scotland."

"The investment announced today into the women's game is an important building block in our desire to make cricket in Scotland a fully inclusive sport where there is no place for racism, discrimination or inequalities.

"We have an opportunity to create a bold new vision for our Scottish cricket and we are committed to doing so by driving positive change at every level within our sport."