'Super special' Allen can light up big occasion for New Zealand
Opener Finn Allen has long been regarded as the hardest hitter of a cricket ball in New Zealand and his performance in taking his side to the T20 World Cup final showed just why.
Opener Finn Allen has long been regarded as the hardest hitter of a cricket ball in New Zealand and his performance in taking his side to the T20 World Cup final showed just why.
On a night built for heroes, Finn Allen produced an innings for the ages, smashing an unbeaten 100 off just 33 balls to send New Zealand storming into the T20 World Cup final with a crushing nine-wicket win over South Africa, sealing the chase with a staggering 43 balls to spare.
Just a week after being omitted from New Zealand’s T20I squad for the tri-series against Zimbabwe and South Africa, Devon Conway has been called back into the team to replace the injured Finn Allen. Allen suffered a foot injury while playing for the San Francisco Unicorns in Major League Cricket (MLC) 2025.
New Zealand's openers went on a six-hitting blitz on Tuesday to thrash Pakistan by five wickets and go 2-0 up in their Twenty20 series.