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Finn Allen
Finnley Hugh Allen (born 22 April 1999) is a New Zealand International cricketer, who has played for the New Zealand cricket team since March 2021.[1] He plays domestic cricket for Auckland, having previously played for Wellington, and has played in a variety of T20 franchise leagues. Domestic and franchise careerAllen made his Twenty20 debut for Auckland in the 2016–17 Super Smash on 3 January 2017.[2] Prior to his Twenty20 debut, he was named in New Zealand's squad for the 2016 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.[3] Allen made his List A debut for Auckland in the 2017–18 Ford Trophy on 17 February 2018.[4] He made his first-class debut for Auckland in the 2017–18 Plunket Shield season on 9 March 2018.[5] In September 2018, he was named in the Auckland Aces' squad for the 2018 Abu Dhabi T20 Trophy.[6] In November 2019, in a tour match for the New Zealand XI against England, Allen scored an unbeaten century.[7] In June 2020, Allen was offered a contract by Wellington ahead of the 2020–21 domestic cricket season,[8][9] coming into his own as the tournament leading run-scorer (512, SR 194) as Wellington defended their Super Smash title. Opening partner Devon Conway (455) was second.[10] In March 2021, he was signed by Royal Challengers Bangalore as Josh Philippe's replacement for the 2021 Indian Premier League.[11] In February 2022, Allen was bought by the Royal Challengers Bangalore in the auction for the 2022 Indian Premier League tournament.[12] In April 2022, he was signed by Yorkshire to play in the T20 Blast in England.[13] In August 2024, Allen signed a two-year deal with the Perth Scorchers in the Big Bash League ahead of the 2024-25 season.[14] He started his stint poorly, with a string of single-figure scores, before finding form mid-tournament with a couple of hard-hitting fifties.[15] International careerIn December 2017, Allen was named in New Zealand's squad for the 2018 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.[16] He scored the first century of the tournament, with 115 not out against the West Indies on the opening day of the competition.[17] In New Zealand's second game of the tournament, against Kenya, Allen scored a half-century off just 19 balls, the joint-second quickest in Under 19 ODI history.[18] He was the leading run-scorer for New Zealand in the tournament, with 338 runs.[19] In March 2021, Allen was named in New Zealand's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for their series against Bangladesh.[20] He made his T20I debut for New Zealand on 28 March 2021, against Bangladesh,[21] scoring 71 in 29 balls in his 3rd game, opening with Martin Guptill.[22] In August 2021, Allen was named in New Zealand's One Day International (ODI) squad for their tour of Pakistan.[23] In June 2022, Allen was named in New Zealand's ODI squads for their tours of Ireland and Scotland.[24] He made his ODI debut on 10 July 2022, for New Zealand against Ireland.[25] On 27 July, in New Zealand's first match against Scotland, Allen scored his first century in T20I cricket.[26] In January 2024, Allen scored 137 from 62 balls against Pakistan to surpass Brendon McCullum's New Zealand T20I record.[27] With 16 sixes, Allen also drew level with Afghan Hazratullah Zazai to become the joint record holder for the most sixes scored by one player in an innings[28] He was declared player of the match and player of the series for his efforts.[29] In May 2024, he was named in New Zealand's squad for the 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup tournament.[30] In August 2024, Allen declined a New Zealand Cricket central contract in order to pursue international franchise opportunities.[31] References
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