The Hundred, Women: MI London vs Trent Rockets

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Market context

Polymarket prices **The Hundred, Women: MI London vs Trent Rockets** at **0% YES** today, so the contract is effectively saying a win for MI London is not being assigned any meaningful chance on-chain, despite the match being scheduled. On Polymarket, that price sits on conditional tokens settled in USDC on Polygon, so the market will move only if traders decide the matchup is more live than the current order book implies.

The historical frame is straightforward: Trent Rockets have been the stronger side in this season’s table, sitting near the top with a superior net run-rate, while MI London have struggled for results and sit much lower in the standings.[3][14] In their 2025 meeting, Trent Rockets beat MI London by six wickets, which is the kind of head-to-head result traders use when a market is this one-sided.[12] Recent Women’s Hundred results also show Trent Rockets handling mid-table opposition cleanly, while MI London have been on the wrong end of heavy defeats, reinforcing why the contract can sit at the floor even before the toss.[13][14]

For traders, the main catalysts are squad and toss updates, any late injury news, and weather or ground conditions at the Kia Oval, because those can change a short-format cricket match faster than pre-match ratings. ESPN lists this as the 25th match on 8 August 2026, and Cricbuzz shows Trent Rockets won the toss and chose to bowl, which matters because chase-friendly conditions and early swing can both reshape pricing before the first few balls are bowled.[3][7] In a market that settles on the official result, DLS, over-rate penalties, walkovers, and on-field tiebreaks all count as ordinary outcomes, so the relevant trigger is the competition’s declared winner rather than how the match looks in-play.

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Methodology

We track The Hundred, Women: MI London vs Trent Rockets across the five venues with material prediction-market liquidity. The probability shown is the live Polymarket mid; the comparison rows summarise how each venue treats the underlying contract — fees, KYC thresholds, settlement currency, deposit options. The highlighted row marks the cheapest route into Polymarket's order book.

Resolution & payout

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