The Hundred: Birmingham Phoenix vs Sunrisers Leeds

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Market context

Polymarket is pricing **0% YES** on Birmingham Phoenix vs Sunrisers Leeds, which on-chain means almost no USDC is currently being assigned to the conditional token that resolves to a Phoenix win. In practical terms, traders are treating a Phoenix victory as effectively off the board unless the market reprices sharply before the August 14 settlement window closes.

The historical lens is unhelpful for Phoenix backers: Sunrisers have just beaten Birmingham in the same 2026 fixture, winning by 45 runs at Edgbaston, and that result also removed Phoenix from contention in the competition.[2][13][14] Recent comparable meetings point the same way. In the 2025 Hundred, Birmingham lost to Sunrisers by 36 runs, while the earlier 2024 meeting went Phoenix’s way by ten wickets, showing that this pairing can swing with venue, toss and batting efficiency, but the latest sample is clearly Sunrisers-favoured.[7][9] The women’s fixture on the same day also produced a Sunrisers win over Phoenix, reinforcing how one-sided the current matchday has been for Birmingham’s franchise.[1][3]

For traders, the main catalysts are confirmation of the final score, any official correction to the result, and whether the match is recorded as an ordinary win under Hundred playing conditions. The market description matters here: DLS, over-rate penalties, forfeits, walkovers, and any on-field ruling that hands a winner are treated as normal wins, and a tied match would resolve through whatever on-field tiebreak the competition provides. If a result is already official, the remaining risk is administrative rather than sporting, but any delayed scoreboard amendment or competition ruling could still affect settlement on Polygon through the conditional token outcome.

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Methodology

This page reviews The Hundred: Birmingham Phoenix vs Sunrisers Leeds across five venues. The live probability is the Polymarket mid-price, sourced directly from the on-chain Polygon order book; the comparison columns benchmark each venue on fee structure, KYC, settlement currency and payment rails. Every CTA routes to Kalshi UK, which mirrors the Polymarket order book at 0% fees.

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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Through the UMA Optimistic Oracle on Polygon: a proposer submits the outcome, a two-hour challenge window opens, and USDC payouts settle automatically once the result is final.

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