The Hundred
England's 100-ball competition for men and women.
- First held 2021
- 6 editions
- Reigning: Manchester Super Giants
- Annual
Overview
The Hundred is the ECB's franchise league played in the 100-ball format, with separate men's and women's competitions of eight city-based teams, seven in England and one in Wales. In 2026 Manchester Super Giants won the men's title and Trent Rockets won the women's title, both for the first time.
A new city-based competition was first proposed by the ECB in September 2016, and ECB members voted 38-3 on 26 April 2017 to push ahead with it. The idea of making it a 100-ball format, rather than Twenty20, was put forward by the ECB's chief commercial officer Sanjay Patel in October 2017 because it would be simpler for new audiences to follow. The launch was delayed a year by the COVID-19 pandemic, and the first season was played in 2021.
Southern Brave won the first men's title and Oval Invincibles the first women's title, both beating opponents in the finals at Lord's on 21 August 2021. Oval Invincibles (now MI London) won three consecutive men's titles from 2023 to 2025 and two women's titles in 2021 and 2022, while Trent Rockets won the 2022 men's title and the 2026 women's title.
From 2024 the ECB moved to sell stakes in the eight franchises, with the host counties or MCC holding the majority, and investors including IPL team owners and US firms joined. Following these deals Oval Invincibles became MI London, Northern Superchargers became Sunrisers Leeds and Manchester Originals became Manchester Super Giants. 2026 was the first season in which the new TeamCos took full operational control.
How it works
Each innings is 100 balls, bowled in overs of five balls, with no bowler allowed more than four overs (20 balls). Eight teams play 32 league matches in each of the men's and women's competitions, with each team playing four home and four away games, including one against every other team plus a bonus game against its nearest regional rival. The top team goes straight to the final at Lord's, while the second and third-placed teams meet in an Eliminator at The Oval, and the winner joins the top team in the final. Men's and women's matches are held as double-headers at the same ground on the same day.
Who has won it most?
Titles won by each team across all 6 editions.
Winners by year
Newest first.
| Year | Winner | Runner-up | Host | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Manchester Super Giants | Trent Rockets | England and Wales | Manchester Super Giants won by 5 wicketsPlayer of the tournament: Tim Seifert (Manchester Super Giants)Women's winner: Trent Rockets (runner-up Sunrisers Leeds), won by 8 wickets. Women's player of the tournament: Annabel Sutherland (Sunrisers Leeds). Finals on 16 August 2026; Super Giants' first men's title and Rockets' first women's title. |
| 2025 | MI London | Trent Rockets | England and Wales | MI London won by 26 runsPlayer of the tournament: Jordan Cox (Oval Invincibles, now MI London)Women's winner: Sunrisers Leeds, then Northern Superchargers (runner-up Southern Brave), won by 7 wickets. Women's player of the tournament: Phoebe Litchfield (Northern Superchargers). Finals on 31 August 2025; MI London's men's side competed as Oval Invincibles and won a third consecutive title. |
| 2024 | MI London | Southern Brave | England and Wales | MI London won by 17 runsPlayer of the tournament: Sam Curran (Oval Invincibles, now MI London)Women's winner: London Spirit (runner-up Welsh Fire), won by 4 wickets. Women's player of the tournament: Annabel Sutherland (Northern Superchargers). Finals on 18 August 2024; MI London's men's side competed as Oval Invincibles. |
| 2023 | MI London | Manchester Super Giants | England and Wales | MI London won by 14 runsPlayer of the tournament: Jamie Overton (Manchester Originals, now Manchester Super Giants)Women's winner: Southern Brave (runner-up Sunrisers Leeds, then Northern Superchargers), won by 34 runs. Women's player of the tournament: Marizanne Kapp (Oval Invincibles). Finals on 27 August 2023; MI London's men's side competed as Oval Invincibles. |
| 2022 | Trent Rockets | Manchester Super Giants | England and Wales | Trent Rockets won by 2 wicketsPlayer of the tournament: Adam Lyth (Northern Superchargers, now Sunrisers Leeds)Women's winner: MI London, then Oval Invincibles (runner-up Southern Brave), won by 5 wickets. Women's player of the tournament: Nat Sciver (Trent Rockets). Finals on 3 September 2022; Manchester Super Giants then competed as Manchester Originals. |
| 2021 | Southern Brave | Birmingham Phoenix | England and Wales | Southern Brave won by 32 runsPlayer of the tournament: Liam Livingstone (Birmingham Phoenix)Women's winner: MI London, then Oval Invincibles (runner-up Southern Brave), won by 48 runs. Women's player of the tournament: Dane van Niekerk. Inaugural season; both finals on 21 August 2021. |
Records & facts
- Most men's titles
- MI London, formerly Oval Invincibles (3): 2023, 2024 and 2025, all consecutive
- Most women's titles
- MI London, formerly Oval Invincibles (2): 2021 and 2022
- First men's champions
- Southern Brave, who beat Birmingham Phoenix by 32 runs at Lord's on 21 August 2021
- First women's champions
- Oval Invincibles (now MI London), who beat Southern Brave by 48 runs at Lord's on 21 August 2021
- Highest men's team total (as of 4 August 2026)
- Sunrisers Leeds, 241/2 v London Spirit (4 August 2026)
- Highest women's team total (as of 4 August 2026)
- Northern Superchargers (now Sunrisers Leeds), 214/5 v London Spirit (30 August 2025)
- First hat-trick
- Imran Tahir, 5/25 for Birmingham Phoenix v Welsh Fire at Edgbaston (9 August 2021)
- Final venue
- All six men's and women's finals (2021-2026) were played at Lord's
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