The Hundred: London Spirit vs Southern Brave

Platform comparison

Market context

London Spirit host Southern Brave at Lord’s in a short-format Hundred match, with the result to be settled by the final score or, if needed, the competition’s on-field tiebreak rules. The crowd price of 0% YES implies the market is effectively treating this as an unavailable or deeply mispriced outcome rather than a normal pre-match forecast, so a programmatic trader would first verify whether the market is stale, suspended, or awaiting a feed update before routing any orders.

Recent head-to-head data gives the main frame for calibration. London Spirit beat Southern Brave by 47 runs in the 2025 men’s meeting at Lord’s, after posting 186/4, while Southern Brave had won the earlier 2024 contest by seven wickets at Utilita Bowl and also had a washed-out meeting in 2023[2][9][14]. ESPN’s 2026 match page also lists the same venue and season, with Southern Brave winning the toss and choosing to field, and it notes an unchanged Spirit XI alongside a late Southern Brave change, including Moeen Ali arriving as an injury replacement[7][15]. That makes toss, late team-sheet updates, and any last-minute injury replacement particularly relevant for automated pricing or copy-trading logic.

For a hands-on workflow, the key dependencies are the published toss, confirmed playing XIs, and whether the match actually reaches a completed result, since DLS, penalties, or a Super Over all resolve as ordinary wins under the market rules[3][10]. A trader using conditional orders would typically watch the live score feed from ESPN Cricinfo or ESPN match pages, then compare in-play momentum with the historical Lord’s pattern: Spirit can win big when their top order fires, but Brave’s chasing strength has often made them efficient in tight Hunded contests[2][8][12].

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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 Review 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.

FAQ

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How fast are USDC deposits?

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