Photo: www.photosport.nzBlack 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. 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.
