The Hundred is a professional franchise 100-ball cricket tournament involving eight men’s and eight women’s teams located in major cities across England and Wales.
The Hundred Tournament follows a different set of new formats and rules compared to the other cricket formats. All participating teams will lock horns to play eight league-stage matches where the top three of the Hundred points table will advance to the next stage.
Almost all the men’s and Women’s Hundred tournaments will take place as back-to-back double-headers at the same venue on the same day.
The Hundred Men’s Competition Winners
None of the winners of the Men’s Hundred competition have successfully defeated their title for the second consecutive time. Men’s Manchester Originals ended up as runner-up in the 2022 and 2023 seasons.
Check out the full list of The Hundred Men’s Competition Winners below with runnerup details:
| Season | Winner | Runner-up | Venue | Winning margin |
| 2021 | Southern Brave | Birmingham Phoenix | Lord’s, London | Won by 32 runs |
| 2022 | Trent Rockets | Manchester Originals | Lord’s, London | Won by 2 wickets |
| 2023 | Oval Invincibles | Manchester Originals | Lord’s, London | Won by 14 runs |
| 2024 | Oval Invincibles | Southern Brave | Lord’s, London | Won by 17 runs |
CHECK: The Hundred Women’s Competition Winners, Runner-up for All Season
The Hundred Cricket Teams
The Hundred Tournament consists of 8 teams in total which were named after the cities in England. Notably, both Men’s and Women’s teams come under the same team name.
For EX: the Men’s team is named Birmingham Phoenix Men’s while the Women’s team is named Birmingham Phoenix Women’s. Check out the Hundred competition teams below:
- Birmingham Phoenix
- Manchester Originals
- London Spirit
- Oval Invincibles
- Northern Superchargers
- Trent Rockets
- Southern Brave
- Welsh Fire
The Hundred Points Table Men’s All-Season
As of other league matches the Hundred tournament too follows the points table system to play the playoffs and final matches.
The Hundred Points Table – Men’s 2024
As per the Men’s Hundred 2024 Schedule, the first match was scheduled to be played on July 23 with the final on August 18. The hundred Points Table for the 2024 Season will be updated once after every match ends.
| Teams | Mat | Won | Lost | Tied | NR | Pts | NRR |
| Oval Invincibles (Q) | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | +1.181 |
| Birmingham Phoenix (Q) | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | +0.402 |
| Southern Brave (Q) | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | +0.595 |
| Northern Superchargers (E) | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | -0.453 |
| Trent Rockets (E) | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | +0.813 |
| Welsh Fire (E) | 8 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 | -0.215 |
| Manchester Originals (E) | 8 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -0.886 |
| London Spirit (E) | 8 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -0.975 |
The Hundred Points Table – Men’s 2023
The 2023 edition of the Hundred tournament was scheduled to be played on August 1 with the final game on August 27. Check out the points table for the 2023 season below:
| Teams | Mat | Won | Lost | Tied | NR | Pts | NRR |
| Oval Invincibles (Q) | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 13 | +0.563 |
| Manchester Originals (Q) | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | +0.521 |
| Southern Brave (Q) | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | +0.061 |
| Welsh Fire (E) | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | -0.055 |
| Trent Rockets (E) | 8 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | +0.184 |
| Birmingham Phoenix (E) | 8 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 | -0.109 |
| London Spirit (E) | 8 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 | -0.600 |
| Northern Superchargers (E) | 8 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 5 | -0.707 |
The Hundred Points Table – Men’s 2022
The 2022 edition of the Hundred tournament was scheduled to be played on August 03 with the final game on September 3. Check out the points table for the 2022 season below:
| Teams | Mat | Won | Lost | Tied | NR | Pts | NRR |
| Trent Rockets | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0.576 |
| Manchester Originals | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.908 |
| London Spirit | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.338 |
| Birmingham Phoenix | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | -0.172 |
| Oval Invincibles | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.385 |
| Northern Superchargers | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.009 |
| Southern Brave | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | -0.593 |
| Welsh Fire | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1.442 |
The Hundred Points Table – Men’s 2021
The inaugural edition of England’s 100-ball cricket match was played from July 21 with finals on August 21. In the inaugural edition of the 100-ball tournament, men’s and women’s matches were played on the same day on the same grounds.
| Teams | Mat | Won | Lost | Tied | NR | Pts | NRR |
| Birmingham Phoenix | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1.088 |
| Southern Brave | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0.034 |
| Trent Rockets | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.035 |
| Oval Invincibles | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0.123 |
| Northern Superchargers | 8 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0.51 |
| Manchester Originals | 8 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 | -0.361 |
| Welsh Fire | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | -0.827 |
| London Spirit | 8 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 3 | -0.641 |
The Hundred Cricket Rules
The Hundred Cricket rules are a bit different from the regular limited-over cricket rules. England introduced the game with simple rules but new to the cricket era. Many cricket experts feel this would bring a storm in the cricket world due to its simplified rules version.
Following are the set of rules that will be followed in the inaugural edition of the Hundred Cricket Tournament.
- It’s 100 balls per inning. Whoever scores the most runs wins.
- The fielding side change ends after 10 balls.
- Bowlers deliver either five or 10 consecutive balls. The captain decides.
- Each bowler can deliver a maximum of 20 balls per game.
- Each bowling side gets a strategic timeout of up to two and a half minutes.
- The coach can walk out to the middle of the ground and discuss tactics with their players mid-game.
- A 25-ball powerplay for each team.
- Two fielders are allowed outside of the initial 30-yard circle during the powerplay.
- A match of The Hundred will last two and a half hours.
- Simplified scoreboard
- All teams are to have 15-member squads.
- A maximum of three foreign players is allowed per squad
- At least one England Test player will have to be signed by each of the eight men’s teams.
