The Hundred, Women: London Spirit vs Birmingham Phoenix

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Market context

Polymarket is pricing this London Spirit women v Birmingham Phoenix women contract at **100% YES**, which on Polygon means traders are treating a Spirit win as effectively locked into the USDC-settled conditional token. The match is scheduled for The Hundred, Women at Lord’s, and on today’s live listing Phoenix won the toss and chose to bowl, but that has not shifted the market away from a fully resolved outcome in Spirit’s favour.[3]

That reading fits the recent and historical match-up. London Spirit have beaten Birmingham Phoenix repeatedly in The Hundred, including by 88 runs in 2025, the largest margin of victory in the competition, and by 20 runs at Lord’s in 2024.[4][5] In the current 2026 season, Spirit also beat Phoenix by 32 runs at Lord’s, with Marizanne Kapp starring in an innings that underlined the gap between the sides.[2] For a Polymarket user, the practical lesson is that a 100% price usually reflects either a result already known to the market or a near-certain settlement assumption, not just a strong pre-match edge.

The main catalysts to watch are straightforward: the official scorecard, any abandonment, and whether playing conditions force an on-field decision such as a Super Over if the match is tied. Polymarket’s rules treat DLS/DRS outcomes, over-rate penalties, and forfeits as ordinary wins, so the only meaningful downside to a YES position would be a non-standard edge case that leaves no valid winner before the settlement window closes. BBC Sport’s 2026 coverage confirms the women’s fixture is part of the same Lord’s programme and time slot, which matters because schedule changes or rain interruptions can still alter how quickly the market resolves.[6]

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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 Alternative 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.

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