2023 The Hundred season
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| Dates | 1 – 27 August 2023 |
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| Administrator(s) | England and Wales Cricket Board |
| Cricket format | 100-ball cricket |
| Tournament format(s) | Group stage and knockout |
| 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 |
The 2023 The Hundred season 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.[1]
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.[2] [3]
Teams
Venues in England and Wales
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 | .jpg) |
| Manchester Originals | Old Trafford, Manchester | Stephen Parry | Simon Katich |  |
| Northern Superchargers | Headingley, Leeds | Danielle Hazell | James Foster | _019.jpg) |
| 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.[4]
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.[5]
| Semifinal | Final | ||||||||
| First-placed team | |||||||||
| Second-placed team | Winner of semi-final | ||||||||
| Third-placed team | |||||||||
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.[6]
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.[7]
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.[8]
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.[9]
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.[10]
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
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Southern Brave (C) | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0.681 |
| 2 | Northern Superchargers | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0.357 |
| 3 | Welsh Fire | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0.602 |
| 4 | Trent Rockets | 8 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | −0.003 |
| 5 | Oval Invincibles | 8 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | −0.366 |
| 6 | London Spirit | 8 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0.341 |
| 7 | Manchester Originals | 8 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 | −0.778 |
| 8 | Birmingham Phoenix | 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −0.923 |
advanced to Final
advanced to the Eliminator
Men
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oval Invincibles (C) | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0.563 |
| 2 | Manchester Originals | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0.521 |
| 3 | Southern Brave | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0.061 |
| 4 | Welsh Fire | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | −0.055 |
| 5 | Trent Rockets | 8 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0.184 |
| 6 | Birmingham Phoenix | 8 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 | −0.087 |
| 7 | London Spirit | 8 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 | −0.658 |
| 8 | Northern Superchargers | 8 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 5 | −0.707 |
advanced to Final
advanced to the Eliminator
Group fixtures (W)
Southern Brave 157/6 (100 balls) | v | Trent Rockets 130/7 (100 balls) |
- Trent Rockets won the toss and elected to field.
- Points: Southern Brave 2, Trent Rockets 0.
v | ||
- No toss.
- No play was possible due to rain.
- Points: Welsh Fire 1, Manchester Originals 1.
v | ||
- No toss.
- No play was possible due to rain.
- Points: London Spirit 1, Oval Invincibles 1.
Birmingham Phoenix 110/8 (100 balls) | v | Northern Superchargers 112/3 (78 balls) |
- Northern Superchargers won the toss and elected to field.
- Points: Northern Superchargers 2, Birmingham Phoenix 0.
Welsh Fire 165/3 (100 balls) | v | Southern Brave 161/4 (100 balls) |
- Southern Brave won the toss and elected to field.
- Points: Welsh Fire 2, Southern Brave 0.
v | ||
- No toss.
- No play was possible due to rain.
- Points: Manchester Originals 1, London Spirit 1.
v | ||
- No toss.
- No play was possible due to rain.
- Points: Birmingham Phoenix 1, Trent Rockets 1.
Southern Brave 102/5 (100 balls) | v | Northern Superchargers 100/8 (100 balls) |
- Southern Brave won the toss and elected to field.
- Points: Southern Brave 2, Northern Superchargers 0.
Oval Invincibles 80 (98 balls) | v | Welsh Fire 81/7 (80 balls) |
- Welsh Fire won the toss and elected to field.
- Points: Welsh Fire 2, Oval Invincibles 0.
Birmingham Phoenix 87 (96 balls) | v | Manchester Originals 91/5 (99 balls) |
- Manchester Originals won the toss and elected to field.
- Points: Manchester Originals 2, Birmingham Phoenix 0.
London Spirit 104/5 (85 balls) | v | Southern Brave 108/5 (82 balls) |
- 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 134/4 (100 balls) | v | Trent Rockets 125/7 (100 balls) |
- Northern Superchargers won the toss and elected to bat.
- Points: Northern Superchargers 2, Trent Rockets 0.
Oval Invincibles 128/7 (100 balls) | v | Manchester Originals 123/9 (100 balls) |
- Manchester Originals won the toss and elected to field.
- Points: Oval Invincibles 2, Manchester Originals 0.
Birmingham Phoenix 134/4 (100 balls) | v | Welsh Fire 137/7 (100 balls) |
- Birmingham Phoenix won the toss and elected to field.
- Points: Welsh Fire 2, Birmingham Phoenix 0.
- Shabnim Ismail took a hat-trick.
Northern Superchargers 143/4 (100 balls) | v | Oval Invincibles 129/5 (100 balls) |
- Northern Superchargers won the toss and elected to bat first.
- Points: Northern Superchargers 2, Oval Invincibles 0.
London Spirit 124/4 (100) | v | Trent Rockets 127/5 (86) |
- Trent Rockets won the toss and elected to field first.
- Points: Trent Rockets 2, London Spirit 0.
Welsh Fire 144/5 (100 balls) | v | Southern Brave 145/8 (100 balls) |
- Southern Brave won the toss and elected to field.
- Points: Southern Brave 2, Welsh Fire 0.
Northern Superchargers 133/5 (100 balls) | v | Manchester Originals 108/7 (80 balls) |
- 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.
Oval Invincibles 142/5 (100 balls) | v | Birmingham Phoenix 132/6 (100 balls) |
- Birmingham Phoenix won the toss and elected to field.
- Points: Oval Invincibles 2, Birmingham Phoenix 0.
Welsh Fire 181/3 (100 balls) | v | Trent Rockets 140/5 (100 balls) |
- Welsh Fire won the toss and elected to bat.
- Points: Welsh Fire 2, Trent Rockets 0.
London Spirit 118/9 (100 balls) | v | Oval Invincibles 97 (100 balls) |
- Oval Invincibles won the toss and elected to field.
- Points: London Spirit 2, Oval Invincibles 0.
Southern Brave 132/4 (100 balls) | v | Birmingham Phoenix 129/8 (100 balls) |
- Southern Brave won the toss and elected to bat.
- Points: Southern Brave 2, Birmingham Phoenix 0.
Manchester Originals 107/5 (100 balls) | v | Trent Rockets 110/1 (64 balls) |
- Manchester Originals won the toss and elected to bat .
- Points: Trent Rockets 2, Manchester Originals 0.
London Spirit 135/7 (100 balls) | v | Northern Superchargers 136/6 (99 balls) |
- Northern Superchargers won the toss and elected to field.
- Points: Northern Superchargers 2, London Spirit 0.
Trent Rockets 134/6 (100 balls) | v | Birmingham Phoenix 131/4 (100 balls) |
- Trent Rockets won the toss and elected to bat.
- Points: Trent Rockets 2, Birmingham Phoenix 0.
Oval Invincibles 130/6 (100 balls) | v | Southern Brave 132/3 (96 balls) |
- Oval Invincibles won the toss and elected to bat.
- Points: Southern Brave 2, Oval Invincibles 0.
Northern Superchargers 107/8 (100 balls) | v | Manchester Originals 108/7 (99 balls) |
- Northern Superchargers won the toss and elected to bat.
- Points: Manchester Originals 2, Northern Superchargers 0.
Welsh Fire 161/4 (100 balls) | v | London Spirit 138/7 (100 balls) |
- London Spirit won the toss and elected to field.
- Points: Welsh Fire 2, London Spirit 0.
Oval Invincibles 156/6 (100 balls) | v | Trent Rockets 152/8 (100 balls) |
- Oval Invincibles won the toss and elected to bat.
- Points: Oval Invincibles 2, Trent Rockets 0.
Northern Superchargers 144/4 (100 balls) | v | Welsh Fire 128/8 (100 balls) |
- Northern Superchargers won the toss and elected to bat.
- Points: Northern Superchargers 2, Welsh Fire 0.
Manchester Originals 118/4 (100 balls) | v | Southern Brave 121/2 (72 balls) |
- Southern Brave won the toss and elected to field.
- Points: Southern Brave 2, Manchester Originals 0.
London Spirit 172/5 (100 balls) | v | Birmingham Phoenix 99 (76 balls) |
- Birmingham Phoenix won the toss and elected to field.
- Points: London Spirit 2, Birmingham Phoenix 0.
Group fixtures (M)
Trent Rockets 133/8 (100 balls) | v | Southern Brave 127 (99 balls) |
- Southern Brave won the toss and elected to field.
- Points: Trent Rockets 2, Southern Brave 0.
Welsh Fire 94/3 (40 balls) | v | Manchester Originals 85/4 (40 balls) |
- 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.
London Spirit 131 (100 balls) | v | Oval Invincibles 132/7 (99 balls) |
- Oval Invincibles won the toss and elected to field.
- Points: Oval Invincibles 2, London Spirit 0.
Birmingham Phoenix 84/5 (62 balls) | v | |
- Northern Superchargers won the toss and elected to field.
- No further play was possible due to rain.
- Points: Birmingham Phoenix 1, Northern Superchargers 1.
Southern Brave 147/8 (100 balls) | v | Welsh Fire 145/7 (100 balls) |
- Welsh Fire won the toss and elected to field.
- Points: Southern Brave 2, Welsh Fire 0.
Manchester Originals 138/5 (100 balls) | v | |
- London Spirit won the toss and elected to field.
- No further play was possible due to rain.
- Points: Manchester Originals 1, London Spirit 1.
v | ||
- No toss.
- No play was possible due to rain.
- Points: Birmingham Phoenix 1, Trent Rockets 1.
Northern Superchargers 201/3 (100 balls) | v | Southern Brave 141/5 (100 balls) |
- Southern Brave won the toss and elected to field.
- Points: Northern Superchargers 2, Southern Brave 0.
Oval Invincibles 138/6 (100 balls) | v | Welsh Fire 138/7 (100 balls) |
- Welsh Fire won the toss and elected to bat.
- Points: Welsh Fire 1, Oval Invincibles 1.
Manchester Originals 160/8 (100 balls) | v | Birmingham Phoenix 111 (98 balls) |
- Birmingham Phoenix won the toss and elected to field.
- Points: Manchester Originals 2, Birmingham Phoenix 0.
Southern Brave 34/3 (26 balls) | v | |
- 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.
Northern Superchargers 142/5 (100 balls) | v | Trent Rockets 139/7 (100 balls) |
- Trent Rockets won the toss and elected to field.
- Points: Northern Superchargers 2, Trent Rockets 0.
Oval Invincibles 186/5 (100 balls) | v | Manchester Originals 92 (89 balls) |
- Manchester Originals won the toss and elected to field.
- Points: Oval Invincibles 2, Manchester Originals 0.
Birmingham Phoenix 112/7 (100 balls) | v | Welsh Fire 116/4 (85 balls) |
- Birmingham Phoenix won the toss and elected to bat.
- Points: Welsh Fire 2, Birmingham Phoenix 0.
Oval Invincibles 185/5 (100 balls) | v | Northern Superchargers 176/8 (100 balls) |
- Oval Invincibles won the toss and elected to bat.
- Points: Oval Invincibles 2, Northern Superchargers 0.
London Spirit 195/4 (100 balls) | v | Trent Rockets 193/5 (100 balls) |
- Trent Rockets won the toss and elected to field.
- Points: London Spirit 2, Trent Rockets 0.
Welsh Fire 87 (100 balls) | v | Southern Brave 91/1 (59 balls) |
- 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 182/6 (90 balls) | v | Northern Superchargers 141/9 (90 balls) |
- 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.
Birmingham Phoenix 160/8 (100 balls) | v | Oval Invincibles 119 (99 balls) |
- Oval Invincibles won the toss and elected to field.
- Points: Birmingham Phoenix 2, Manchester Originals 0.
Trent Rockets 152/6 (100 balls) | v | Welsh Fire 148/6 (100 balls) |
- Welsh Fire won the toss and elected to field.
- Points: Trent Rockets 2, Welsh Fire 0.
Oval Invincibles 189/4 (100 balls) | v | London Spirit 187/7 (100 balls) |
- Oval Invincibles won the toss and elected to bat.
- Points: Oval Invincibles 2, London Spirit 0
Birmingham Phoenix 119/8 (100 balls) | v | Southern Brave 120/6 (94 balls) |
- Birmingham Phoenix won the toss and elected to bat.
- Points: Southern Brave 2, Birmingham Phoenix 0.
Manchester Originals 181/6 (100 balls) | v | Trent Rockets 171/5 (100 balls) |
- Trent Rockets won the toss and elected to field.
- Points: Manchester Originals 2, Trent Rockets 0.
London Spirit 160/6 (100 balls) | v | Northern Superchargers 147/7 (100 balls) |
- Northern Superchargers won the toss and elected to field.
- Points: London Spirit 2, Northern Superchargers.
Trent Rockets 162/6 (100 balls) | v | Birmingham Phoenix 116/9 (100 balls) |
- Birmingham Phoenix won the toss and elected to field.
- Points: Trent Rockets 2, Birmingham Phoenix 0.
Oval Invincibles 139/7 (100 balls) | v | Southern Brave 131/7 (100 balls) |
- Oval Invincibles won the toss and elected to bat.
- Points: Oval Invincibles 2, Southern Brave 0.
Manchester Originals 164/6 (100 balls) | v | Northern Superchargers 83 (76 balls) |
- 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 109/9 (100 balls) | v | Welsh Fire 110/4 (93 balls) |
- London Spirit won the toss and elected to bat.
- Points: Welsh Fire 2, London Spirit 0.
Trent Rockets 148/7 (100 balls) | v | Oval Invincibles 151/5 (92 balls) |
- Trent Rockets won the toss and elected to bat.
- Points: Oval Invincibles 2, Trent Rockets 0.
Northern Superchargers 158/7 (100 balls) | v | Welsh Fire 159/2 (90 balls) |
- Northern Superchargers won the toss and elected to bat.
- Points: Welsh Fire 2, Northern Superchargers 0.
Manchester Originals 130/8 (100 balls) | v | Southern Brave 134/4 (95 balls) |
- Southern Brave won the toss and elected to field.
- Points: Southern Brave 2, Manchester Originals 0.
Birmingham Phoenix 180/5 (100 balls) | v | London Spirit 108 (89 balls) |
- London Spirit won the toss and elected to field.
- Birmingham Phoenix 2, London Spirit 0.
Knockout stages
Women
| Eliminator | Final | ||||||||
| 1 | Southern Brave | 139/6 (100 balls) | |||||||
| 2 | Northern Superchargers | Rainout (NR) | 2 | Northern Superchargers | 105 (94 balls) | ||||
| 3 | Welsh Fire | 104/2 (75 balls) | |||||||
Eliminator
Welsh Fire 104/2 (75 balls) | v | |
- 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
Southern Brave 139/6 (100 balls) | v | Northern Superchargers 105 (94 balls) |
- Northern Superchargers won the toss and elected to field.
Men
| Eliminator | Final | ||||||||
| 1 | Oval Invincibles | 161/5 (100 balls) | |||||||
| 2 | Manchester Originals | 201/3 (96 balls) | 2 | Manchester Originals | 147/6 (100 balls) | ||||
| 3 | Southern Brave | 196/1 (100 balls) | |||||||
Eliminator
Southern Brave 196/1 (100 balls) | v | Manchester Originals 201/3 (96 balls) |
- Manchester Originals won the toss and elected to field.
Final
Oval Invincibles 161/5 (100 balls) | v | Manchester Originals 147/6 (100 balls) |
- Manchester Originals won the toss and elected to field.
Statistics
Most runs
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Most wickets
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Attendances
The total attendance for the men's and women's teams was 580,000.[17]
| # | Men's team | Average attendance |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | London Spirit | 14,267 |
| 2 | Trent Rockets | 12,492 |
| 3 | Oval Invincibles | 10,345 |
| 4 | Southern Brave | 9,653 |
| 5 | Birmingham Phoenix | 9,122 |
| 6 | Manchester Originals | 8,234 |
| 7 | Northern Superchargers | 7,654 |
| 8 | Welsh Fire | 6,456 |
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