Pak vs NZ: Finn Allen T20-100 in 48 balls, smashes 16 huge sixes

New Zealand cricket batsman Finn Allen played a marvelous inning in the T20 here at University Oval Cricket stadium in New Zealand, He completed his century playing  48 balls in the third T20 that was played against Pakistan, he hit 16 sky-high sixes and played an amazing inning of 137 runs just in 62 balls.

After winning toss Pakistan T20 captain Shaheen Afridi decide to bowl first, and New Zealand batsman came to bat first utilised home ground advantage very well , Finn Allen started his run with straight 4 and the confidence in his body language shown was hint to Pakistani bowlers that it is his day , he was flowing and swinging his bat with full flow , every shot he picked for, gone to boundary line either in huge sixes or fours .

Finn Allen touches 2 milestone

Allen also equalled the world record set by Hazratullah Zazai of Afghanistan of 16 sixes in a T20I innings and posted the highest score by a New Zealander in T20Is, beating Brendon McCullum’s 123.

Two of Allen’s sixes carried more than 100 meters (107 & 105), one passing over the crossbar and between the uprights of the rugby ground adjacent to the University Oval. Three were hit so far out of the ground that the ball could not be found and had to be replaced.

Finn Allen took charge against Harris Rauf

He took in charge against Pakistan’s quick sensation Harris Rauf , In his second over he smashed 28 runs with 3 huge sky scraping sixes and fours .On his particular toll on Haris Rauf, who conceded only two runs from his first over but 28 runs and 23 runs from his next two overs. Rauf and Allen are teammates at the San Francisco Unicorns in Major League Cricket.

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Who is Finn Allen

Allen first T20 hundred came against Scotland at Edinburgh in July 27, 2022 where he scored 101 runs in 56 balls , he came as T20 hitter but soon he lost his shine and after playing series against India he was dropped , even he lost his place in World Cup squad , he worked really hard got his momentum and proved his worth against Pakistan pace attack , this T20 series has been lot credit to uplift his cricketing career.

Pak Vs New Zealand Game summary

Haris Rauf picked up a couple of wickets for Pakistan while every other bowler chipped in with one each but all of them were pretty expensive. While chasing, it was once again Babar Azam who tried his best but chasing a score of over 200 was never going to be easy, and that too without much support from the others

Pakistan needed a quick start, but Saim Ayub was dismissed after hitting a few lusty blows. It was then the two experienced players Mohammad Rizwan and Babar Azam who steadied things for a bit with a 39-run stand before the former got out. There were some cameos in the middle order, but once again no one could convert their starts and failed to support Babar, who fought a lone battle, notching up his third fifty in a row.

However, he too perished trying to take on the attack as the asking rate kept going up. Mohammad Nawaz played a quick-fire knock towards the end, but that was never going to be enough as they ultimately fell short by 45 runs.

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