(Reuters) - The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said on Thursday that 41 domestic women's cricketers had signed full-time professional contracts following a recruitment process in eight of its regions.
Several uncontracted women cricketers had been denied what was to be their only source of income earlier this year after the launch of The Hundred competition was postponed to 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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