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

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.

Click here to read article