New Zealand trio earn replacement contracts in The Hundred

Lockie Ferguson and Matt Henry will replace Shaheen Shah Afridi and Haris Rauf at Welsh Fire from August 15 while Tim Southee will cover for Nathan Ellis at London Spirit from August 21

New Zealand internationals Lockie Ferguson, Matt Henry and Tim Southee will feature in the latter stages of The Hundred after picking up replacement deals.

Ferguson and Henry will replace Shaheen Shah Afridi and Haris Rauf at Welsh Fire from August 15, with the Pakistan duo departing for a series against Afghanistan and the Asia Cup.

Shaheen and Rauf have taken eight wickets combined for Welsh Fire to date and will be hugely missed at Sophia Gardens.

^{Shaheen Shah Afridi will be missed by Welsh Fire [Ryan Hiscott/Getty Images]}

^{Nathan Ellis will miss the backend of the tournament for London Spirit [David Rogers/Getty Images]}

Southee, meanwhile, will don London Spirit colours in place of Nathan Ellis from August 21. Ellis has been selected for Australia's white-ball tour against South Africa.

Ferguson recently represented Los Angeles Knight Riders in MLC, taking three wickets in two matches, and is no stranger to English conditions after previously enjoying stints with Yorkshire and Derbyshire in the Blast and Manchester Originals in The Hundred.

Henry has been taking wickets for fun for Somerset in first-class and T20 cricket, taking a competition-leading 31 wickets as they won the T20 Blast.

As for Southee, he has taken 284 wickets with an economy of 8.23 across 242 T20 appearances.