The 2023 The Hundred season was the third season of The Hundred, a professional franchise 100-ball cricket tournament involving eight men's and women's teams located in major cities across United Kingdom.
The women's Southern Brave and the men's Oval Invincibles won the trophy for the first time.
The eight teams that competed in the 2022 season returned for a third year.
As in previous editions, eight city-based teams competed for both the men's and women's titles over a month, from 1 August to 27 August 2023. Teams were selected through the draft and retention system, which allowed franchises to retain key players from previous seasons while filling remaining slots through the draft.
Salaries for male and female competitors were frozen at 2022 levels. Men earned between ã30,000 and ã125,000, while women earned between ã7,500 and ã31,250.
The total prize fund was ã600,000. Each winning team received ã150,000, the runner-up ã75,000, and the remaining amount was distributed among players as individual awards.
The group stage consisted of 64 matches (32 men's and 32 women's), with all matches held on the same day at the same grounds, accessible with a single ticket. Each team played four matches at home and four away, facing every other team once, plus a bonus match against their nearest regional rival.
After the league stage, the top three teams advanced to the knockout stage. The second- and third-placed teams played a semi-final at The Oval in London, with the winner progressing to meet the first-placed team in the final at Lord's.
For the first time, in 2023, a women's draft was also implemented. This was the first time such a draft had ever taken place in any major women's UK sporting event.
Men's teams were allowed to retain up to ten of the previous season's men's players by negotiating new contracts directly with players until the retention window closed.
A player draft then took place in May to fill the forty-two remaining squad players, with teams taking turns to sign available players in vacant salary bands. Picks were in reverse order of where a team finished in the previous season, beginning with London Spirit and ending with Southern Brave.
The ECB announced that the availability of players who played in the 2023 Ashes series would be assessed at the end of the series.
Sky Sports showed every match in the competition live on its subscription television service, while the BBC also broadcast some matches live on free-to-air television and broadcast commentary on its radio services.
advanced to Final <br> advanced to the Eliminator
advanced to Final <br> advanced to the Eliminator
The total attendance for the men's and women's teams was 580,000. The average attendance was 9,750.