2023 The Hundred season

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.^[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]}

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

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

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]

Women's squads

Birmingham Phoenix	London Spirit	Manchester Originals	Northern Superchargers	Oval Invincibles	Southern Brave	Trent Rockets	Welsh Fire
Abigail Freeborn Abtaha Maqsood Amy Jones Charis Pavely Chloe Brewer Davina Perrin Ellyse Perry Emily Arlott Erin Burns Evelyn Jones Hannah Baker Issy Wong Katie Levick Sophie Devine Sterre Kalis	Alice Monaghan Amelia Kerr Charlie Dean Chloe Hill Danielle Gibson Grace Harris Grace Scrivens Heather Knight Lauren Filer Niamh Holland Richa Ghosh Sarah Glenn Sophie Luff Sophie Munro Tara Norris	Amara Carr Amanda Wellington Ami Campbell Deandra Dottin Eleanor Threlkeld Emma Lamb Fi Morris Kathryn Bryce Katie George Laura Jackson Laura Wolvaardt Liberty Heap Mahika Gaur Phoebe Graham Sophie Ecclestone	Alice Davidson-Richards Alyssa Healy Aylish Cranstone Bess Heath Georgie Boyce Georgia Wareham Grace Ballinger Grace Hall Heather Graham Hollie Armitage Jemimah Rodrigues Kate Cross Leah Dobson Linsey Smith Lucy Higham Marie Kelly Phoebe Franklin Phoebe Litchfield	Alice Capsey Beth Langston Claudie Cooper Cordelia Griffith Dane van Niekerk Eva Gray Kira Chathli Lauren Winfield-Hill Lizzie Scott Mady Villiers Marizanne Kapp Paige Scholfield Ryana MacDonald-Gay Sophia Smale Suzie Bates Tash Farrant	Chloe Tryon Danni Wyatt Danielle Gregory Ellie Anderson Freya Kemp Georgia Adams Kalea Moore Lauren Bell Maia Bouchier Maitlan Brown Mary Taylor Rhianna Southby Seren Smale Smriti Mandhana Anya Shrubsole	Alana King Alexa Stonehouse Bryony Smith Cassidy McCarthy Emma Jones Fran Wilson Grace Potts Harmanpreet Kaur Jo Gardner Josie Groves Katherine Sciver-Brunt Kirstie Gordon Lizelle Lee Naomi Dattani Nat Sciver-Brunt Nat Wraith	Alex Griffiths Alex Hartley Claire Nicholas Ella McCaughan Emily Windsor Freya Davies Georgia Davis Georgia Elwiss Hayley Matthews Kate Coppack Laura Harris Sarah Bryce Shabnim Ismail Sophia Dunkley Tammy Beaumont

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]

Men's squads

Birmingham Phoenix	London Spirit	Manchester Originals	Northern Superchargers	Oval Invincibles	Southern Brave	Trent Rockets	Welsh Fire
Moeen Ali (c) Adam Milne Ben Duckett Benny Howell Chris Benjamin Chris Woakes Dan Mousley Henry Brookes Jacob Bethell Jamie Smith Kane Richardson Liam Livingstone Miles Hammond Shadab Khan Tanveer Sangha Tom Helm Will Smeed	Dan Lawrence (c) Adam Rossington Chris Wood Daniel Bell-Drummond Daryl Mitchell Jordan Thompson Liam Dawson Mark Wood Mason Crane Matt Critchley Matthew Wade Michael Pepper Nathan Ellis Olly Stone Ravi Bopara Zak Crawley Tim Southee	Jos Buttler (c) Ashton Turner Ben Raine Fred Klaassen Jamie Overton Josh Little Josh Tongue Laurie Evans Max Holden Mitchell Stanley Paul Walter Phil Salt Richard Gleeson Tom Hartley Tom Lammonby Usama Mir Wayne Madsen Zaman Khan	Tom Banton (c) Adam Hose Adam Lyth Adil Rashid Bas de Leede Ben Stokes Brydon Carse Callum Parkinson David Wiese Harry Brook Matthew Potts Matthew Short Ollie Robinson Reece Topley Saif Zaib Wayne Parnell	Sam Billings (c) Adam Zampa Danny Briggs Gus Atkinson Heinrich Klaasen James Neesham Jason Roy Jordan Cox Nathan Sowter Ross Whiteley Sam Curran Spencer Johnson Sunil Narine Tawanda Muyeye Tom Curran Tom Lawes Will Jacks Zak Chappell	James Vince (c) Alex Davies Chris Jordan Craig Overton Devon Conway Finn Allen George Garton Jafer Chohan James Fuller Joe Weatherley Jofra Archer Leus du Plooy Matthew Fisher Mitchell Santner Rehan Ahmed Tim David Tymal Mills	Lewis Gregory (c) Alex Hales Brad Wheal Colin Munro Daniel Sams Dawid Malan Joe Root John Turner Imad Wasim Ish Sodhi Luke Wood Matt Carter Rashid Khan[10] Sam Cook Sam Hain Samit Patel Tom Kohler-Cadmore Tom Moores	Tom Abell (c) Ben Green Chris Cooke Dan Douthwaite David Payne David Willey George Scrimshaw Glenn Phillips Haris Rauf Jake Ball Jonny Bairstow Luke Wells Ollie Pope Roelof van der Merwe Shaheen Afridi Stephen Eskinazi

On 28 July the ECB confirmed a number of replacements:^[11]

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:^[12]

• 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

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.^[13]

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.

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.

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

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

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	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)

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	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)

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• Men's Series home at ESPN Cricinfo