White Ferns all-rounder Sophie Devine is the big winner from the Hundred auction overnight, going for the highest price at £210,000 ($476,000).
After a bidding war, Devine was picked up by the Welsh Fire for the joint-highest price of the night along with Australian Beth Mooney, who was picked bythe Trent Rockets.
Ten players were given contracts over more than £100,000 in the Hundred auction, a competition where five years ago the highest salary was £15,000 ($34,000).
Last year the top salary was £65,000 ($147,000).
In November, Devine was also picked up in the Indian Premier League by the Gujarat Giants for $389,700 (US$223,000).
The former White Ferns captain returns to the White Ferns squad for this month’s T20 series against South Africa.
Devine is set to make her return to the side for the first time since the World Cup in India in October, as the White Ferns continue their preparation to defend their title at the Twenty20 World Cup in England later this year.
Devine, Suzie Bates, Georgia Plimmer and Flora Devonshire were all unavailable for the recent series against Zimbabwe.
