The Hundred, Women: Trent Rockets vs London Spirit

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Market context

Trent Rockets Women and London Spirit Women are scheduled to meet in The Hundred, with the market resolving to the published final result on ESPNcricinfo. In practical terms, the contract is binary: a completed Rockets win, Spirit win, or an official tie-no-result outcome depending on the scorecard and competition ruling, with any on-field tiebreak treated as the winner for settlement. [1]

The current **0% YES** price is consistent with how this fixture has usually been read historically if the match has not yet been confirmed as settled in the cricket data feed, but comparable past meetings show Trent Rockets have had the stronger recent head-to-head profile. BBC Sport’s scorecard for a prior women’s Hundred meeting shows Trent Rockets beat London Spirit by **31 runs**, while video coverage from a later match also described a Rockets win over Spirit by **33 runs**. [2][3]

For traders, the main catalysts are the final team sheets, toss, and any weather or scheduling disruption that could affect whether the match is completed in full. Because settlement depends on the official result on ESPNcricinfo rather than exchange opinion, late changes in playing conditions, a washout, or a shortened match decided under competition rules can move the market sharply even without a dramatic shift in cricketing quality. On-chain, the main practical angle is that any exposure is ultimately a USDC-settled binary outcome, so price can stay pinned near zero until the result is formally published and the market infrastructure updates.

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Methodology

This page reads The Hundred, Women: Trent Rockets vs London Spirit on-chain. Polymarket's quote comes directly from the Polygon order book — the only comparable venue with on-chain settlement. Kalshi (USD, off-chain), Betfair (GBP/EUR, off-chain) and Manifold (play-money) are listed alongside for venue context. Every CTA routes to BTC Prediction, which mirrors the Polymarket order book directly.

Resolution & payout

Settlement is on-chain via UMA Optimistic Oracle. A proposer posts the outcome with a bond, a two-hour dispute window opens, then the smart contract lifts winning conditional tokens to 1 USDC and sends payments to holders' wallets automatically. No withdrawal fees beyond Polygon gas.

Off-chain venues (Kalshi, Betfair, Smarkets) settle in local fiat through bank-side clearing — faster than SWIFT, slower than on-chain. Manifold pays no real cash.

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