Only one MI London team is actually struggling, and the other one is quietly having a strong Hundred campaign. The men sit third after three matches, two wins from three, including a last-ball chase against Southern Brave. The women are bottom of the table, no wins from three, a run of defeats that keeps getting narrower without ever actually breaking their way. Same franchise, same rebrand from Oval Invincibles, two completely different seasons running side by side in the same competition.
MI London Men’s and Women’s Hundred 2026
Curran’s side opened with a seven-wicket win over Sunrisers Leeds, Nicholas Pooran making 58 not out off 22 balls, Sam Curran adding 60 not out at the other end, and Richard Gleeson taking 4 for 25 with the new ball. A last-ball win over Southern Brave followed on July 27, with Jacks striking 54 off 41 to complete the chase.
Two wins from three, third in the table, is a genuinely strong start for a squad still adjusting to new ownership and a new badge on the shirt. The women’s campaign has produced the opposite story from almost the same opening fixtures against the same opponents.
Team | Played | Won | Lost | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
MI London Men | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6th, in knockout contention |
MI London Women | 4 | 0 | 3 | 4th, kept off bottom by net run rate |
The Men’s Rebuild Is Actually Working
Oval Invincibles became MI London for 2026 following the IPL ownership injection, and the squad retained its core rather than rebuilding from scratch around new signings. Sam Curran leads a group that includes Will Jacks (£250k), James Vince (£190k), Nicholas Pooran (£175k), Rashid Khan (£175k) and Trent Boult (£100k), five players who already knew the dressing room before the rename took effect.
That continuity shows in how quickly they found form, particularly Pooran’s opening-day innings and Jacks’ match-winning 54 off 41 in the win over Southern Brave. Third place with five group matches still to play is a genuinely viable route into Finals Day at Lord’s.
Everything That’s Gone Wrong for the Women
Three matches, zero wins, is the blunt version of MI London women’s start to the tournament. Against Sunrisers Leeds, MI London women scored 107 for 8, Hayley Matthews making 33 off 22 balls while six other batters were dismissed in single figures around her. Welsh Fire beat them by 60 runs next, bowling them out for 117 after Grace Potts took 3 for 24 through the middle overs of the innings. The Southern Brave defeat was the tightest of the three, a one-run loss in a chase of 127 that turned on Hollie Armitage’s dismissal at the worst possible moment.
A Pattern of Strong Starts, Weak Finishes
The same fault line runs through all three defeats so far this campaign. Against Sunrisers, a 56-run opening stand gave way to just 51 runs off the remaining 63 balls of the innings. Against Southern Brave, Danni Wyatt-Hodge’s determined 52 not out off 42 deliveries couldn’t lift the required rate once the early powerplay overs had ended, a pattern of promising starts fading into slow middle overs rather than collapsing outright under pressure.
It’s a fixable problem in theory, since the top order is clearly scoring the runs, but four matches without turning a strong start into a finish is now a trend rather than simple bad luck.
The Run-In for Both Squads
Finals Day is at Lord’s on August 16, giving both MI London sides roughly four group matches left to shape their route there before the tournament ends. The men’s task is straightforward enough: hold third, keep the top order fluent and let the results carry them into the knockout stage. The women’s task is far more urgent, since zero points collected from three matches in a seven-match group stage turns the next four remaining fixtures into effective must-win matches for the rest of the campaign.
As of August 2, they haven’t yet played their August 7 fixture, their next real chance to convert a strong top order into an actual result, and the gap between MI London men’s and women’s Hundred 2026 form lines will only widen further if that pattern repeats again.
Which MI London team turns its season around first, the men chasing a maiden Hundred title or the women chasing their first win of the campaign? Drop your prediction in the comments below.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Where do MI London’s men sit in the Hundred 2026 table?
They’re third, with two wins from three matches. Their form includes an opening win over Sunrisers Leeds and a last-ball chase against Southern Brave on July 27.
Where do MI London’s women sit in the Hundred 2026 table?
They’re bottom of the table with zero wins from three. Their closest loss came by a single run against Southern Brave, in a chase of 127.
Who captains the MI London men’s side this season?
Sam Curran leads the men’s team in 2026. He scored 60 not out in the tournament opener and anchors a bowling attack built around Richard Gleeson and Trent Boult.
Who is captaining MI London’s women in the Hundred 2026?
Hollie Armitage captains the women’s side. Her dismissal mid-chase against Southern Brave proved the turning point in their narrowest defeat of the campaign so far.
How many group matches are left before the Hundred knockouts?
Each side has roughly four group matches remaining. The group stage runs seven matches per team before Finals Day arrives at Lord’s on August 16.