Finn Allen lit up MLC 2025 for the San Francisco Unicorns, smashing 333 runs at a remarkable strike rate of 225.00. His record-breaking 151 off 51 balls featured 19 sixes, setting new MLC and men's T20 records.
From a New Zealand teen who hit a century on his U19 World Cup debut to a record-breaking T20 opener: 137 for the Black Caps, 151 in Oakland and the fastest World Cup hundred.
2018 — 2026 · in 4 chaptersA century in the 2018 Under-19 World Cup opener started it. He topped the 2020-21 Super Smash runs with Wellington's title side and made his New Zealand T20I debut in March 2021.
3 moments ▾Allen made 115 not out off 100 balls as New Zealand chased 234 against defending champions West Indies, winning by eight wickets at Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui, and taking Player of the Match. It was the first century of the tournament.
WikipediaWellington beat Canterbury by five wickets in the final at the Basin Reserve to win the 2020-21 title. Allen finished as the tournament's leading run-scorer with 512 runs.
WikipediaAllen made his T20I debut against Bangladesh at Seddon Park, Hamilton, a 66-run New Zealand win. Four days later he hit 71 off 29 balls in the third T20I at Eden Park and was Player of the Match.
WikipediaHis 137 against Pakistan in Dunedin became New Zealand's highest T20I score, his 101 took the Unicorns to the 2024 MLC final, and he then chose franchise cricket over a central contract.
3 moments ▾Allen hit 137 off 62 balls with 16 sixes in Dunedin, the highest T20I score by a New Zealand man (past Brendon McCullum) and joint-most sixes in an innings. New Zealand made 224/7 and won by 45 runs; he was Player of the Series as they won 4-1.
WikipediaAllen hit 101 off 53 balls, the Unicorns' first MLC century, as they defended 200/6 to beat Texas Super Kings by 10 runs in the Challenger and reach the final. He was Player of the Match; they lost the final to Washington Freedom on 28 July.
San Francisco UnicornsIn August 2024 Allen declined a New Zealand Cricket central contract to pursue franchise opportunities around the world.
WikipediaHis 151 off 51 balls in the 2025 MLC opener set a T20 record of 19 sixes and the league's fastest century, as the Unicorns won their first home game at the Oakland Coliseum.
1 moment ▾Allen made 151 off 51 balls, with a 34-ball hundred, the fastest in MLC history, and 19 sixes, the most in a T20 innings. The Unicorns made 269/5 and beat Washington Freedom by 123 runs in their first home game at the Oakland Coliseum.
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That day: 1 more from teammate →A 33-ball hundred in the T20 World Cup semi-final and a maiden IPL century for Kolkata, then another season opening for the Unicorns, who topped the MLC table.
4 moments ▾Allen was 100 not out off 33 balls at Eden Gardens, the fastest T20 World Cup century and the first in a World Cup knockout. New Zealand chased South Africa's 169/8 in 12.5 overs, won by nine wickets and reached the final.
WikipediaAllen made 100 not out off 47 balls as Kolkata Knight Riders chased 143 in 14.2 overs and beat Delhi Capitals by eight wickets at the Arun Jaitley Stadium. It was his first IPL century and he was Player of the Match.
WikipediaAllen hit 45 off 18 balls at Oakland as the Unicorns chased 191 and won by eight wickets with 29 balls left. His opening stand with Lhuan-dre Pretorius set an MLC record powerplay of 103, and the win took San Francisco top of the table.
San Francisco UnicornsAllen opened in all 12 Unicorns matches, about 190 runs in total (the 11 other innings sum to 190; he fell within the first three balls of the Qualifier, when the Unicorns were 3/2). Best were 65 off 31 and Player of the Match against Seattle Orcas on 11 July, and 45 off 18 against Washington Freedom on 28 June. The Unicorns finished in the top two of the regular-season table, lost the Qualifier to LA Knight Riders by 7 runs (15 July, Oakland) and the Challenger to Washington Freedom by 7 runs (16 July, Oakland), so missed the final.
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