The Hundred: Southern Brave vs Welsh Fire

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Market context

The Hundred fixture between Southern Brave and Welsh Fire is still close enough to justify a live, execution-led approach rather than a blunt pre-match view. The crowd-implied **28% yes** sits below a simple coin-flip baseline, which is consistent with a market where Southern Brave have recently held the edge in the matchup: they beat Welsh Fire by four runs in 2025 and by 42 runs in 2024, giving a two-year head-to-head of consecutive Brave wins[1][2].

For traders running conditional orders or automated triggers, the main utility is to track the starting XI, toss outcome, and any last-minute bowling or batting changes before lock. In The Hundred, the winner is decided by the published match result, with on-field rulings such as DLS, DRS, penalties, or a tiebreak used as ordinary settlement outcomes, so the key dependency is whether the match is completed and officially recorded rather than how neatly it unfolds. Recent scorecards also show this fixture can be one-sided when Southern Brave get on top early, which matters for models that price first-innings strength and defendability more heavily than raw win probability[1][2]. If the match is interrupted or shortened, the usual tactical question is whether Welsh Fire can still force a chaseable total or whether Brave’s recent control of the matchup carries through to a reduced-overs setting[3].

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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

Settlement runs on-chain. Polymarket's contract logic separates YES and NO shares as conditional tokens; at resolution the winning share lifts to $1.00 and the losing one to $0. The outcome input comes from the UMA Optimistic Oracle, which secures against bad resolution with a bond + dispute window.

Once finalised, the smart contract pays USDC to the holders' wallets within minutes — no withdrawal fees beyond Polygon network gas. Kalshi settles in USD via CFTC clearance, Betfair in account currency net of commission, Manifold in play-money mana with no cash-out.

FAQ

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Is this market available outside the US?

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What's the difference between YES and NO shares?

A YES share pays $1.00 if the event happens, $0 otherwise. A NO share pays $1.00 if the event doesn't happen. The market price between 0¢ and 100¢ is the implied probability.

What does Polymarket cost to trade?

Polymarket itself charges 0% — the only cost is the Polygon network fee, typically under $0.01 per transaction. Off-chain venues like Kalshi or Betfair charge 2-7% commission.

How reliable are the quoted odds?

The YES/NO percentages are the live mid-prices of the Polymarket order book. On deep markets they move every few seconds; on thinner ones you'll see short plateaus.