Who will be the top batter in The Hundred Men’s Competition 2024?

Let’s take a look at contenders for the top batter in The Hundred Men’s Competition 2024, running from July 23 to August 18.

The Hundred Men’s 2024, a city-based cricket competition organized by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), is in its fourth edition since beginning in 2021. The tournament began on July 23 with defending champions Oval Invincibles facing Birmingham Phoenix at Kennington Oval, London, and will conclude with the final on August 18 at Lord’s, London.

Throughout the league stage, which runs until August 15, each team will play eight matches, encountering six different teams once and their local rival twice. Points are awarded as follows: two points for a win and one for a tie. The top team in the league advances directly to the final, while the second and third-placed teams compete in an Eliminator on August 17 at Kennington Oval for a place in the final.

The Hundred Men’s Competition has had different champions each year. Southern Brave won the inaugural season in 2021 by defeating Birmingham Phoenix. Trent Rockets secured the title in 2022 by overcoming Manchester Originals. In 2023, Oval Invincibles claimed the championship, leaving Manchester Originals as runners-up once more.

Five matches have been played in the 2024 edition of the men’s Hundred and only two batters have managed to score a half century. Let’s take a look at the top batters in the tournament’s history and the top betting options for the 2024 competition.

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Top batter in The Hundred Men’s Competition History

Check out the list of the top batters in the history of The Hundred Men’s Competition as of 28th July 2024.

Manchester Originals’ opening batter Phil Salt currently holds the top spot on the list of the highest run-getters in The Hundred men’s competition. He has scored 707 runs from 28 innings at an average of 26 while striking at 161. He has registered four half centuries in the league.

Dawid Malan, who played for Trent Rockets for three seasons, has moved to Oval Invincibles in this edition. He sits second on the batting chart with 643 runs at an average of 34 while striking at 141. Malan holds the record for the most number of fifties in the men’s Hundred, having crossed the mark seven times.

Will Jacks, one of the most valuable players in the Oval Invincibles side, has the third most runs in the men’s competition. He has smashed 640 runs in 24 innings at a strike rate of 164 while averaging 28. Jacks is one of the only three batters to have registered a century in the tournament.

Jos Buttler is one of the best white-ball batters in the world and it’s only natural he is on this list. The England captain has scored 632 runs from 17 innings at an average of 39.5 and strike rate of 142, including five half centuries. Buttler won’t be able to add to his tally as he was ruled out of this season with an injury.

Birmingham Phoenix all-rounder Liam Livingstone occupies fifth place on the run-scoring chart with 625 runs from 23 innings at an average of 33 while striking at 150. Livingstone has four half centuries to his credit.

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Top run-scorers at present in The Hundred Men’s Competition 2024

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Who will be the best batter in The Hundred Men’s Competition 2024?

Looking at the betting markets, let’s have a look at the top contenders to be the highest run-scorer in The Hundred men’s competition 2024.

James Vince

James Vince is amongst the most consistent batters in England’s domestic circuit. He has scored 612 runs from 25 innings in The Hundred till date, averaging 28 at a strike rate of 140, including five half centuries.

His form in the group stage of the Vitality Blast wasn’t great, managing only 283 runs at an average 26 but he started this tournament with an excellent 56 off 35 against London Spirit. You can bet on Vince to be the top batter of the tournament at the odds of 6.00 on 20Bet.

Dawid Malan

One of England’s senior batters Dawid Malan has been in pretty good form, scoring 420 runs from 12 games in the Vitality Blast at an average of 42 while striking at 135. He made three half centuries in the competition.

Malan is the second leading run-getter in The Hundred men’s competition with 643 runs at an average of 34 and strike rate of 141. Betting on Malan to be the top batter in the tournament would fetch you great returns at the odds of 8.00 on 20Bet.

Phil Salt

Phil Salt is the top run-scorer in the history of The Hundred men’s competition with 707 runs at an average of 26 and strike rate of 161. He had a terrible start to the season, getting dismissed for a duck against Welsh Fire. Recently he smashed 70 off 42 deliveries versus Nottinghamshire.

Salt had a pretty good campaign in the T20 World Cup, scoring 188 runs in seven innings at 37 average and 159 strike rate. You can back Salt to be the top batter at the odds of 9.00 on 20Bet.

Among other contenders, Tom Banton, who smashed 66 off 38 in the first game of the season, has 11.01 odds to top the batting chart. Sam Hain, the second highest run-scorer in the Vitality Blast with 554 runs at 69 average, scored 49 off 28 in the first game and has the odds of 15.01 to be the top batter.

Looking at all the options in play, we expect Dawid Malan to end up at the top of the runs tally. Bet on Malan to be the top batter in The Hundred men’s competition 2024.