Equal Hundred pay realistic: PCA chief Daryl Mitchell

London, April 3 -- Equalising pay between women and men in The Hundred is a realistic ambition, according to Professional Cricketers' Association chief executive Daryl Mitchell.

The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has not implemented a recommendation from the Independent Commission for Equity in Cricket for equal pay in the competition by this year.

Indeed, the pay gap between top men's and women's players has widened from £75,000 to £135,000, a move that "looks bad", according to former England women's captain Heather Knight.

But there is optimism the pay gap will close after sales of stakes in the eight Hundred teams were agreed in February, the BBC reported.

"There is work to do on the commercialisation of women's s...