The Economics of Gender and Sport: A Quantitative Analysis of Women's Cricket

The Economics of Gender and Sport: A Quantitative Analysis of Womens Cricket is a book that examines the different forms of cricket and seeks to answer questions such as how well female cricketers play, how well they are paid, who the superstars are, and how competitive womens cricket is. It also examines more general issues that affect mens cricket, with the over-arching theme of inequality. The chapters discuss inequality in the distribution of luck, access inequality, tournament outcomes, the quality of umpiring, remunerations, and performance between players. The volume will find an audience among advanced students and researchers in sports economics, sports-related and gender studies, and lovers of cricket who wish to read about the game in terms that are more than simply anecdotal.

Format: Hardback
Length: 156 pages
Publication date: 26 August 2022
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

While women's cricket, and women's sport in general, has gained enormously in popularity in terms of both spectators and TV audiences, comparatively little is known about it and its participants, and there are few, if any, quantitative assessments of the game. The Economics of Gender and Sport: A Quantitative Analysis of Women's Cricket fills that gap. The work analyses the different forms of cricket - Test cricket, One-day, T20 – and is based on the latest sets of available data. It seeks to answer questions such as how well female cricketers play, how well they are paid, who the superstars are, and how competitive women's cricket is. It also examines more general issues that affect men's cricket too, with the overarching theme of this book being inequality. First, the chapters discuss inequality in the distribution of luck. The book discusses the importance of luck in cricket and suggests a way of distinguishing between luck and ability in determining match outcomes. Second, there is access inequality, which means that players from certain groups have an advantage in terms of being chosen to play in representative teams. Third, there is inequality in tournament outcomes, and this carries implications for the degree of competitive balance in contests between teams. Fourth, there is the issue of inequality in the quality of umpiring in men's and women's cricket. Fifth, there is inequality between men and women in their respective remunerations as cricketeers. Lastly, there is inequality in performance between players: the book explains how batting and bowling averages can be adjusted to better reflect player performance. The volume will find an audience among advanced students and researchers in sports economics, sports-related and gender studies. More generally, it will appeal to lovers of sports and anyone interested in understanding the economics of gender and sport.

Weight: 480g
Dimension: 234 x 156 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032109589