The Hundred: Finn Allen attracts top price for a Kiwi in auciton

Finn Allen received the highest price for a New Zealand player. Photo / Photosport

By RNZ

Black Caps opener Finn Allen has received the top price for a New Zealand player in the men’s auction for The Hundred cricket competition in Britain.

Allen, who had the top strike rate at the recent T20 World Cup, was bought by the Trent Rockets for $364,000.

He is joined at the Rockets by Matt Henry who was bought for $170,000, while Mitchell Santner was a direct signing for the Nottingham based team.

The Manchester Super Giants bought Allen’s fellow opener Tim Seifert for $227,000.

New Zealand bowlers were popular in the auction, with Lockie Ferguson going to Welsh Fire for $227,000, Trent Boult to MI London for $227,000 and Adam Milne to London Spirit for $113,000.

Rachin Ravindra was retained by the Welsh Fire, while Daryl Mitchell went unsold.

Spinner Abrar Ahmed was bought by Sunrisers Leeds to allay concerns that Pakistan players would be ignored by franchises affiliated to the Indian Premier League.

Abrar was bought for $432,000 by Leeds, the franchise entirely controlled by the owners of Sunrisers Hyderabad and based at Headingley.

Uncapped English 21-year-old spinner James Coles pipped more established names to fetch $888,000, the biggest price of the auction.

The Hundred, matches of which consist of 100 deliveries for each team, starts in July.