The Hundred: Birmingham Phoenix vs Sunrisers Leeds

Platform comparison

Market context

Birmingham Phoenix men’s match against Sunrisers Leeds at Edgbaston has already been settled on the field, with Sunrisers winning by 45 runs after posting 169 for 7 and bowling Phoenix out for 124.[2][10][14] The crowd-implied 0% YES price is therefore consistent with a completed fixture: once the result is in the scorecard, there is no remaining sports-path for the market to resolve towards a Phoenix win, unless the market design is being checked against a stale tape rather than live play.[2][14]

For traders who model these markets programmatically, the useful historical frame is that The Hundred match prices usually follow team strength, venue, and immediate form until the result lands, then collapse sharply to the settled side; Edgbaston has also produced competitive totals rather than persistent low-scoring chaos, with recent Phoenix–Sunrisers meetings tending to swing on whether Phoenix can handle Sunrisers’ batting depth.[7][8] The comparable women’s game on the same day also went Sunrisers’ way by nine wickets, reinforcing that both sides arrived with very different short-term trajectories.[3][4]

The practical catalysts to watch in a live workflow are the official score feed, toss confirmation, and any late scorecard corrections, because DLS/DRS, over-rate penalties, forfeits or walkovers are all treated as ordinary wins under the market rules. BBC’s live page listed the Edgbaston start time at 18:30 UK time, and both BBC and ESPN reported the same fixture as part of the 2026 men’s competition, so automated tools should prioritise the primary match report and innings status rather than pre-match previews once play has begun.[7][9][16]

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Methodology

This page is a comparison snapshot: one live quote, four reference venues with their key attributes, and a single execution path — every trade button routes to Polymarket Bot UK, which mirrors the Polymarket order book directly.

Resolution & payout

At resolution the UMA oracle takes over: a proposer posts the outcome with a bond, any token holder can dispute within two hours. Without dispute the result is accepted and the smart contract distributes USDC instantly.

On Kalshi (CFTC-regulated) resolution runs through their in-house clearing engine in USD. Betfair Exchange settles after match end in the account's local currency. Manifold pays no cash — only its in-platform "mana" currency.

UK Frequently Asked Questions

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