Southern Brave is a franchise 100-ball cricket side based in the city of Southampton. The team represents the historic counties of Hampshire and Sussex in the newly founded The Hundred competition,[1] which took place for the first time during the 2021 English and Welsh cricket season. Both the men's side and the women's side play at the Rose Bowl, Hampshire.
History
In May 2019, the England and Wales Cricket Board applied to trademark six of the Hundred's eight team names, including Southern Brave.[2] While the tournament had often been described as "city-based" in early reports,[3] or that the names would have no geographical element,[4] Southern Brave were not the only team to have a regional name.