Women’s winner to get a windfall

London: The eight top teams of the world will be vying for a winner’s prize of $660,000 in the ICC women’s World Cup, which will be held in the United Kingdom from June 24 to July 23. The ICC had earlier in May announced that the total prize money for the tournament would be $2 million, 10 times of the amount at stake in the 2013 edition. The prize money filters down the ladder with the runner-up winning $330,000 and the losing semi-finalists getting $165,000 each. Teams exiting at the group stage will get $30,000 each while each win in the group stage will earn a side $20,000. The teams will get to tune up for the pinnacle tournament with the warm-up matches which commences on Monday with hosts England XI taking on Sri Lanka XI in Chesterfield and India XI playing New Zealand XI in Derbyshire.