New Zealand and San Francisco’s Finn Allen hits file 19 sixes towards Washington in 2025 Main League Cricket opener.
San Francisco Unicorns opener Finn Allen smashed a file 19 sixes in his unbelievable 151 off 51 balls towards defending champions Washington Freedom within the opening match of the brand new Main League Cricket (MLC) season.
The New Zealand worldwide opener’s knock on Thursday night at Unicorns’ Oakland Coliseum, was the Twenty20 league’s highest particular person rating since its 2023 debut season.
Allen’s six-hitting show handed the earlier file of 18 in a T20 match held by West Indian nice Chris Gayle and Estonian Sahil Chauhan, who registered the knock within the European Cricket League.
The Unicorns amassed 269-5, an MLC group file, with Allen taking 34 balls to deliver up his 100 towards a bowling assault that included fellow New Zealand internationals Ben Sears, Rachin Ravindra and Glenn Phillips.
Phillips took a catch at long-on to dismiss the 26-year-old off Mitchell Owen’s bowling within the 18th over of the innings.
Freedom, led by Australian worldwide Glenn Maxwell, have been all out for 146 in 13.1 overs in reply, struggling a complete 123-run defeat.
Allen, who was named Participant of the Match, has already smashed two centuries and 5 fifties in 52 T20 worldwide innings for the Kiwis, and hits at a strike charge of 163.
This was his twenty second fifty in home T20 cricket, the place he has additionally scored two centuries however hits at a strike charge of 173.
The Auckland-born Allen, who has but to make his Check debut, has additionally appeared in 22 one-day internationals for the Kiwis, the place he has hit 5 fifties.
