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The Hundred 2023

Dates	1 – 27 August 2023
Administrator(s)	England and Wales Cricket Board
Cricket format	100-ball cricket
Tournament format(s)	Group stage and knockout
Host(s)	United Kingdom
Champions	W: Southern Brave (1st title) M: Oval Invincibles (1st title)
Participants	W: 8 M: 8
Matches	68 W: 34 M: 34
Player of the series	W: Marizanne Kapp (Oval Invincibles) M: Jamie Overton (Manchester Originals)
Most runs	W: Danni Wyatt (Southern Brave) (295) M: Jos Buttler (Manchester Originals) (391)
Most wickets	W: Georgia Adams (Southern Brave) (16) M: Tymal Mills (Southern Brave) (16)
Official website	The Hundred
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The Hundred 2023 was the third season of The Hundred, a professional franchise 100-ball cricket tournament involving eight men's and women's teams located in major cities across United Kingdom.

Salaries for male and female competitors were frozen at 2022 levels, with men paid between £30,000 and £125,000 and women paid between £7,500 and £31,250.

Prize money was £600,000, with each winning team receiving £150,000 and each runner-up £75,000. The rest of the money went as prizes to players.

Teams

The eight teams that competed in the 2022 season returned for a third year. They are all franchises, operating separately from the existing county cricket clubs, with each representing a large area of England and Wales.

Team	Venue	Women's Coach	Men's Coach	Ground
Birmingham Phoenix	Edgbaston, Birmingham	Ben Sawyer	Daniel Vettori
London Spirit	Lord's, London	Ashley Noffke	Trevor Bayliss
Manchester Originals	Old Trafford, Manchester	Stephen Parry	Simon Katich
Northern Superchargers	Headingley, Leeds	Danielle Hazell	James Foster
Oval Invincibles	The Oval, London	Jonathan Batty	Tom Moody
Southern Brave	Rose Bowl, Southampton	Charlotte Edwards	Stephen Fleming
Trent Rockets	Trent Bridge, Nottingham	Jon Lewis	Andy Flower
Welsh Fire (Welsh: Tân Cymreig)	Sophia Gardens, Cardiff	Gareth Breese	Michael Hussey

Tournament structure

As with the previous iterations of this competition, eight city-based teams competed for the men's and women's titles over a month between 1 August and 27 August 2023.

The eight city-based teams competed over 64 matches in the group stage (32 men's, 32 women's). All of the men's and women's matches were held on the same day at the same grounds, with one ticket giving access to both contests.

Each team played four matches at home and four matches away. This included one match against every other side in the competition and then a bonus match against their nearest regional rivals.

After the league stage was completed the top three teams competed in the knockout stage to decide the ultimate champions. The second and third teams met in a semi-final at The Oval in London. The winner of the semi-final then meet the team that finished top of the league in the final at Lord's.

Squads

Women

For the first time, in 2023, a women's draft was also implemented. This was the first time such a draft had ever taken place in any major women's UK sporting event.

Men

Men's teams were allowed to retain up to ten of the previous season's men's players by negotiating new contracts directly with players until the retention window closed.

A player draft then took place in May to fill the forty-two remaining squad players, with teams taking turns to sign available players in vacant salary bands. Picks were in reverse order of where a side finished in the previous season, beginning with London Spirit and ending with Southern Brave.

Players who played in the 2023 Ashes series will be assessed at the end of the series, and their availability for The Hundred decided accordingly,” an ECB spokesperson said.

Replacements

On 28 July the ECB confirmed a number of replacements:

Birmingham Phoenix:

• Tanveer Sangha to replace Shadab Khan from 14 August
• Nathan Ellis to replace Tim Southee from 21 August
• Ellyse Perry withdrew through injury

London Spirit:

• Dan Worrall replaced Olly Stone

Manchester Originals:

• Ben Raine replaced Fred Klaassen
• Zaman Khan to replace Josh Little from 16 August with Little returning for the playoff stage

Northern Superchargers:

• Jemimah Rodrigues replaced Heather Graham
• Phoebe Litchfield replaced Alyssa Healy

Oval Invincibles:

• Spencer Johnson replaced Ihsanullah
• Jimmy Neesham to replace Heinrich Klaasen from 20 August
• Hannah Rainey replaced Beth Langston

Southern Brave:

• Mitchell Santner to replace Tim David from 20 August

Trent Rockets:

• Ish Sodhi to replace Rashid Khan from 10 August

Welsh Fire:

• Ben Green replaced Ollie Pope
• Chloe Skelton replaced Georgia Davis

Format

One-hundred-ball cricket is a form of limited overs cricket, played by two teams each playing a single innings made up of 100 balls.Games last approximately two and a half hours.

The format of the game is:

• 100 balls per innings.
• A change of ends after 10 balls.
• Bowlers deliver either five or 10 consecutive balls.
• Each bowler can deliver a maximum of 20 balls per game.
• Each bowling side gets a strategic time-out of up to two and a half minutes.
• A 25-ball powerplay start for each team in which only two fielders are allowed outside the 30-yard circle.
• No-balls are worth two runs and a free hit.
• Slow over-rates are penalised by one fewer fielder being permitted outside the ring for the final over.
• To constitute a match, a minimum of 25 balls has to be bowled to the side batting second, unless a result has been achieved earlier.
• Two points awarded for a win and one point in the event of a tie or no result.
• In the knockout stages, if a match is tied, then a "Super 5" will be played, with the winner being the team which scores the most runs from a further five balls.

Broadcasting

Sky Sports showed every match in the competition live on its subscription television service, while the BBC also broadcast some matches live on free-to-air television and broadcast commentary on its radio services.

Standings

Women

  advanced to Final
  advanced to the Eliminator

Men

  advanced to Final
  advanced to the Eliminator

Group fixtures (W)

• Trent Rockets won the toss and elected to field.
• Points: Southern Brave 2, Trent Rockets 0.

• No toss.
• No play was possible due to rain.
• Points: Welsh Fire 1, Manchester Originals 1.

• No toss.
• No play was possible due to rain.
• Points: London Spirit 1, Oval Invincibles 1.

• Northern Superchargers won the toss and elected to field.
• Points: Northern Superchargers 2, Birmingham Phoenix 0.

• Southern Brave won the toss and elected to field.
• Points: Welsh Fire 2, Southern Brave 0.

• No toss.
• No play was possible due to rain.
• Points: Manchester Originals 1, London Spirit 1.

• No toss.
• No play was possible due to rain.
• Points: Birmingham Phoenix 1, Trent Rockets 1.

• Southern Brave won the toss and elected to field.
• Points: Southern Brave 2, Northern Superchargers 0.

• Welsh Fire won the toss and elected to field.
• Points: Welsh Fire 2, Oval Invincibles 0.

• Manchester Originals won the toss and elected to field.
• Points: Manchester Originals 2, Birmingham Phoenix 0.

• Southern Brave won the toss and elected to field.
• The match was reduced to 85 balls per side due to rain.
• Points: Southern Brave 2, London Spirits 0.

• Northern Superchargers won the toss and elected to bat.
• Points: Northern Superchargers 2, Trent Rockets 0.

• Manchester Originals won the toss and elected to field.
• Points: Oval Invincibles 2, Manchester Originals 0.

• Birmingham Phoenix won the toss and elected to field.
• Points: Welsh Fire 2, Birmingham Phoenix 0.
• Shabnim Ismail took a hat-trick.

• Northern Superchargers won the toss and elected to bat first.
• Points: Northern Superchargers 2, Oval Invincibles 0.

• Trent Rockets won the toss and elected to field first.
• Points: Trent Rockets 2, London Spirit 0.

• Southern Brave won the toss and elected to field.
• Points: Southern Brave 2, Welsh Fire 0.

• Northern Superchargers won the toss and elected to bat.
• Manchester Originals were set a revised target of 113 runs from 80 balls due to rain.
• Points: Northern Superchargers 2, Manchester Originals 0.

• Birmingham Phoenix won the toss and elected to field.
• Points: Oval Invincibles 2, Birmingham Phoenix 0.

• Welsh Fire won the toss and elected to bat.
• Points: Welsh Fire 2, Trent Rockets 0.

• Oval Invincibles won the toss and elected to field.
• Points: London Spirit 2, Oval Invincibles 0.

• Southern Brave won the toss and elected to bat.
• Points: Southern Brave 2, Birmingham Phoenix 0.

• Manchester Originals won the toss and elected to bat .
• Points: Trent Rockets 2, Manchester Originals 0.

• Northern Superchargers won the toss and elected to field.
• Points: Northern Superchargers 2, London Spirit 0.

• Trent Rockets won the toss and elected to bat.
• Points: Trent Rockets 2, Birmingham Phoenix 0.

• Oval Invincibles won the toss and elected to bat.
• Points: Southern Brave 2, Oval Invincibles 0.

• Northern Superchargers won the toss and elected to bat.
• Points: Manchester Originals 2, Northern Superchargers 0.

• London Spirit won the toss and elected to field.
• Points: Welsh Fire 2, London Spirit 0.

• Oval Invincibles won the toss and elected to bat.
• Points: Oval Invincibles 2, Trent Rockets 0.

• Northern Superchargers won the toss and elected to bat.
• Points: Northern Superchargers 2, Welsh Fire 0.

• Southern Brave won the toss and elected to field.
• Points: Southern Brave 2, Manchester Originals 0.

• Birmingham Phoenix won the toss and elected to field.
• Points: London Spirit 2, Birmingham Phoenix 0.

Group fixtures (M)

• Southern Brave won the toss and elected to field.
• Points: Trent Rockets 2, Southern Brave 0.

• Manchester Originals won the toss and elected to field.
• The match was reduced to 40 balls per side due to rain.
• Points: Welsh Fire 2, Manchester Originals 0.

• Oval Invincibles won the toss and elected to field.
• Points: Oval Invincibles 2, London Spirit 0.

• Northern Superchargers won the toss and elected to field.
• No further play was possible due to rain.
• Points: Birmingham Phoenix 1, Northern Superchargers 1.

• Welsh Fire won the toss and elected to field.
• Points: Southern Brave 2, Welsh Fire 0.

• London Spirit won the toss and elected to field.
• No further play was possible due to rain.
• Points: Manchester Originals 1, London Spirit 1.

• No toss.
• No play was possible due to rain.
• Points: Birmingham Phoenix 1, Trent Rockets 1.

• Southern Brave won the toss and elected to field.
• Points: Northern Superchargers 2, Southern Brave 0.

• Welsh Fire won the toss and elected to bat.
• Points: Welsh Fire 1, Oval Invincibles 1.

• Birmingham Phoenix won the toss and elected to field.
• Points: Manchester Originals 2, Birmingham Phoenix 0.

• London Spirit won the toss and elected to field.
• The Match was reduced to 50 balls per side due to rain.
• No further play was possible due to rain.
• Points: Southern Brave 1, London Spirit 1.

• Trent Rockets won the toss and elected to field.
• Points: Northern Superchargers 2, Trent Rockets 0.

• Manchester Originals won the toss and elected to field.
• Points: Oval Invincibles 2, Manchester Originals 0.

• Birmingham Phoenix won the toss and elected to bat.
• Points: Welsh Fire 2, Birmingham Phoenix 0.

• Oval Invincibles won the toss and elected to bat.
• Points: Oval Invincibles 2, Northern Superchargers 0.

• Trent Rockets won the toss and elected to field.
• Points: London Spirit 2, Trent Rockets 0.

• Southern Brave won the toss and elected to field.
• Points: Southern Brave 2, Welsh Fire 0.
• Tymal Mills (Southern Brave) took a hat-trick.

• Manchester Originals won the toss and elected to bat.
• The match was reduced to 90 balls due to rain.
• Points: Manchester Originals 2, Northern Superchargers 0.

• Oval Invincibles won the toss and elected to field.
• Points: Birmingham Phoenix 2, Manchester Originals 0.

• Welsh Fire won the toss and elected to field.
• Points: Trent Rockets 2, Welsh Fire 0.

• Oval Invincibles won the toss and elected to bat.
• Points: Oval Invincibles 2, London Spirit 0

• Birmingham Phoenix won the toss and elected to bat.
• Points: Southern Brave 2, Birmingham Phoenix 0.

• Trent Rockets won the toss and elected to field.
• Points: Manchester Originals 2, Trent Rockets 0.

• Northern Superchargers won the toss and elected to field.
• Points: London Spirit 2, Northern Superchargers.

• Birmingham Phoenix won the toss and elected to field.
• Points: Trent Rockets 2, Birmingham Phoenix 0.

• Oval Invincibles won the toss and elected to bat.
• Points: Oval Invincibles 2, Southern Brave 0.

• Manchester Originals won the toss and elected to bat.
• Calvin Harrison took the best figures in The Hundred history.
• Points: Manchester Originals 2, Northern Superchargers 0.

• London Spirit won the toss and elected to bat.
• Points: Welsh Fire 2, London Spirit 0.

• Trent Rockets won the toss and elected to bat.
• Points: Oval Invincibles 2, Trent Rockets 0.

• Northern Superchargers won the toss and elected to bat.
• Points: Welsh Fire 2, Northern Superchargers 0.

• Southern Brave won the toss and elected to field.
• Points: Southern Brave 2, Manchester Originals 0.

• London Spirit won the toss and elected to field.
• Birmingham Phoenix 2, London Spirit 0.

Knockout stages

Women

Eliminator

• Welsh Fire won the toss and elected to bat.
• The match was reduced to 95 balls per side due to rain.
• No further play was possible due to rain.
• Northern Superchargers advanced to final due to better position in the group stage.

Final

• Northern Superchargers won the toss and elected to field.

Men

Eliminator

• Manchester Originals won the toss and elected to field.

Final

• Manchester Originals won the toss and elected to field.

Statistics

Most runs

Most wickets

Attendances

The total attendance for the men's and women's teams was 580,000.

References

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20. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1331250/the-hundred-cricket-attendance/

External links

• Official website
• Women's Series home at ESPN Cricinfo
• Men's Series home at ESPN Cricinfo

• The Hundred (cricket) seasons
• 2023 in English cricket
• 2023 in English women's cricket