Gender pay gap: England & Wales Cricket Board figures show 38% gap

The mean, or average, is the sum of the salaries of all employees at a company divided by the total number of employees. The mean pay gap is the difference between this figure for males and females.

The median is the figure in the middle when all wages are ordered from lowest to highest. The median pay gap is the difference between the middle male wage and middle female wage.

Public sector organisations have to publish a snapshot of their employee pay as of 31 March 2017, with the date set at 5 April 2017 for private businesses.

At the ECB, the average hourly pay gap of 38% means that for every £100 earned by men, women earned £62.

The report listed several key factors for the imbalance such as the inclusion of the wages of centrally contracted England players in the figures.

This will have a significant influence because of the large disparity between what male and female internationals are paid. In contrast, the FA do not pay the wages of the England men’s team.

The ECB also cited the “historic trend towards employing ex-players in senior management, coaching and operational roles” and the fact that currently all first-class umpires in the domestic game are male.