The Hundred will award a trophy to the top combined team across the men's and women's formats for the first time this weekend.
The fan-named Hundred Helix trophy will go to the team who have earned the most points across the two competitions, which have been played alongside each other since 2021. This concept has sparked debate about whether a similar combined award could work in other sports.
Hundred CEO Tom Harrison spoke about the idea of combining men's and women's trophies in other sports. While no decision has been made, Harrison suggests that it could work in sports like the Premier League and Women's Super League.
Arsenal would come out on top in a combined 2025-26 Premier League and WSL table, thanks to their seven-point advantage over Manchester City at the end of the Premier League season.
The Gunners get over the line by three points, with a formidable strikeforce of Erling Haaland and Khadija Shaw netting a combined total of 48 league goals last season. Despite a 10th-placed finish in the Premier League, Chelsea are fourth thanks to finishing third in the WSL.
The idea of a combined trophy has also been applied to the Six Nations, where France top the combined table for 2026. Les Bleus lost just two matches across both competitions, racking up eight wins and 21 points in each.
England's flawless record in the women's Six Nations is only enough for second in the combined table due to just a single win in the men's competition. The idea of a combined trophy is not just limited to team sports, with golf also being considered.
Europe's two-point victory in the 2025 Ryder Cup isn't enough to get them over the line, with the US just edging it thanks to their three-point win in the Solheim Cup in 2024.
The Hundred's experiment with a combined men's and women's trophy has sparked interesting discussions about the possibility of combining trophies in other sports. While no concrete decisions have been made, it's clear that the idea is gaining traction.
Source: BBC Sports