Black Caps batter Tim Seifert MVP in The Hundred
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Black Caps opener-wicketkeeper Tim Seifert put on a match-winning performance in the final of the English men's 'The Hundred' league.
Seifert smashed72 from 38 balls to steer the Manchester Super Giants to a five-wicket win over the Trent Rockets in a final at Lord's which featured four Black Caps internationals.
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The innings was earned him the player of the match award and he was also crowned player of the tournament.
The Rockets posted 158-8 off their 100 balls, with opener Finn Allen scoring 15 from 13 balls and Mitchell Santner 20 not out from 16 balls with one six and one four.
However Seifert unleashed from the outset of an innings which featured seven sixes and four fours, although his side stumbled before doing enough to win with two balls to spare at 162-5.
Fellow Black Cap Micheal Bracewell was out for a duck for the Super Giants.
Allrounder Santner was the tightest bowler in the final, conceding just eight runs from his 15 balls as the brakes went on Manchester's innings late in the chase.
Seifert scored 394 runs in the tournament - the second most by any player behind Australian Mitchell Marsh's 416 for Sunrisers Leeds - at an average of 49.25 and strike rate of 168.37.
The 31-year-old finished his campaign in red-hot form, scoring 62 not out, 55, 80 not out, 0 and 72 in his last five innings.
