Total copy paste from cricinfo, but too good not to share:
Some stats from Sampath on Finn Allen's 19-ball fifty
Fastest in a knockout at the men's T20 World Cup (Prev: Yuvraj Singh off 20 balls vs AUS, 2007)
Fastest for NZ at the men's T20 World Cup (Prev: Glenn Phillip off 22 balls vs CAN, 2026)
Fastest vs SA at the men's T20 World Cup (Prev: Shadab Khan off 20 balls in 2022)
@Darren said in T20 World Cup:
100 off 33 balls is just incredible
Hilarious to think how good Seifert was going for his 58...also off 33 balls.
14 balls faster than the next fastest World Cup century.
Then looking at all T20 international centuries, the innings looks a bit different to the ones above it.
i dont know who edits these highlight's packages but they deserve to be flogged and fired out of a cannon.
The quick edits like its a fucking tiktok clip make it almost unwatchable.
I do like the thumbnail, fucking hilarious
Also how good was Finn, his last 44 runs coming from just 12 balls.
Just finished watching, holy shit. One of the best t20 innings ever. Take a bow Finn Allen.
@nzzp said in T20 World Cup:
170 is in the game. But one good innings and that's all she wrote
Finn Allen “hold my hat”
Game was basically won inside the first 10 overs when our bowlers had them 77/5
SA recovered well to post 169 but thats not likely to be a winning score. You need 200+ to be safe and you're not getting that when your top order is gone that early
Ok now that’s over let’s hope England can do everyone a massive favour and knock India out.
They’re a huge hurdle particularly at home.
Would be nice to win something, this makes it our 6th ICC WC final since 2015
Apart from winning the Test Champion Final its been heart break and floggings really
@MN5 said in T20 World Cup:
Ok now that’s over let’s hope England can do everyone a massive favour and knock India out.
They’re a huge hurdle particularly at home.
And they also have no chance if Finn Allen bats like that. We have to go hard or go home.
Ha - hadn't realised they were playing this last night, so a very stressless victory!
Well done to just about everyone, by the looks of things.
Pretty funny how Rachin has gone from our batsman @ 3 struggling for runs and form to be our top wicket taker in this WC, with 11 wickets. Top wicket takers overall have 13...
Any changes needed for the team ? ( if you want to change a team that dished out such a hiding )
Neesham got a wicket but he also went for 14 an over ( next worst was McConchie with nine off his single over which he also took a couple of wickets )
They probably look at Neesham for batting insurance but I'd be tempted to bring Sodhi in
It's a good pickle for the selectors to have I guess.
@MN5 Neesh is really the guy you look at - he's just too hittable. Do we need him to bat at 8 if we have McConchie and Henry?
I'd probably be looking at playing Jamieson or Duffy for him.
Unless whomever we play is absolutely stacked with right handed batsmen, playing all of Santner, Rachin and Ish is probably overkill.
England you might think about it - India probably not.
I'd lean towards Duffy coming in for Neesham.
Wonderful effort Black Caps. Proteas coached talked a big game before the match. Black Caps delivered on the field.
I don’t think worrying about carrying an extra batter is relevant unless the pitch demands it. We’ve done well so far playing horses for courses.
Fielding still below par and in most cases would lose you games. 2 dropped catches early could have been costly. Bowling unit did pretty well though. In T20 doesn’t matter if someone gets their eye in like Allen and just kills it.
Spectacular opening partnership and individual effort from Allen. Hopefully has one more in him lol
@Chris-B. said in T20 World Cup:
@MN5 Neesh is really the guy you look at - he's just too hittable. Do we need him to bat at 8 if we have McConchie and Henry?
I'd probably be looking at playing Jamieson or Duffy for him.
Unless whomever we play is absolutely stacked with right handed batsmen, playing all of Santner, Rachin and Ish is probably overkill.
England you might think about it - India probably not.
Pretty much anyone over him now
His batting has never come on, pretty rare he posts a score now
And just gets hit out of the park.
Any decent batter or bowler would be better.
Hope he proves me wrong in the final!
@Darren said in T20 World Cup:
@Chris-B. said in T20 World Cup:
@MN5 Neesh is really the guy you look at - he's just too hittable. Do we need him to bat at 8 if we have McConchie and Henry?
I'd probably be looking at playing Jamieson or Duffy for him.
Unless whomever we play is absolutely stacked with right handed batsmen, playing all of Santner, Rachin and Ish is probably overkill.
England you might think about it - India probably not.
Pretty much anyone over him now
His batting has never come on, pretty rare he posts a score now
And just gets hit out of the park.Any decent batter or bowler would be better.
Hope he proves me wrong in the final!
I'm still upset that he never developed into a Stokes style all rounder at test level. a couple of hundreds and some, well, potentially good bowling in his only 12 tests proved he could have done it. I suppose we got some decent CDGH performances.
He has found his Neesh in this format I guess but he's a bit of a passenger of late.
@MN5 said in T20 World Cup:
Any changes needed for the team ? ( if you want to change a team that dished out such a hiding )
Neesham got a wicket but he also went for 14 an over ( next worst was McConchie with nine off his single over which he also took a couple of wickets )
They probably look at Neesham for batting insurance but I'd be tempted to bring Sodhi in
It's a good pickle for the selectors to have I guess.
Neesham just bowled pies to bring him back in the 18th over and he got hit for 22 was a bad move.
McConchie bowled in the power play 2nd over and took 2 wkts that was crucial for us, he also batted very well and help turn the tide in the Sri Lanka game and is and was excellent in the field.
He is now vital in the side in India.
Duffy for me in for Neesham.
@Chris said in T20 World Cup:
@MN5 said in T20 World Cup:
Any changes needed for the team ? ( if you want to change a team that dished out such a hiding )
Neesham got a wicket but he also went for 14 an over ( next worst was McConchie with nine off his single over which he also took a couple of wickets )
They probably look at Neesham for batting insurance but I'd be tempted to bring Sodhi in
It's a good pickle for the selectors to have I guess.
Neesham just bowled pies to bring him back in the 18th over and he got hit for 22 was a bad move.
McConchie bowled in the power play 2nd over and took 2 wkts that was crucial for us, he also batted very well and help turn the tide in the Sri Lanka game and is and was excellent in the field.
He is now vital in the side in India.
Duffy for me in for Neesham.
Not only that he's still only batted once this tournament ( which is a testament to how well the top order has gone )
Yep, you've convinced me. Duffy needs to come in.
Fuck's sake - I'd seen the notification on phone with result, but held off from actually looking at it properly, working my way up to accepting the expected disappointment.
Finally read it - saw "by 9 wickets", and then had to check/double-check the actual winning team.
Then straight to TSF to confirm it was true... not often I bother to watch cricket highlights, but it sounds like it's worth it in this case...
Fantastic result. I see they did select batting all-rounders rather than Duffy and Sodhi. As usual, it looks like Neesham bowled a few overs too many.
@Bovidae said in T20 World Cup:
Fantastic result. I see they did select batting all-rounders rather than Duffy and Sodhi. As usual, it looks like Neesham bowled a few overs too many.
yeah 3 of them
Absolutely awesome result, Finn fucking Allen what a time to step up, he has been in crazy form this year. We can thank the BBL for that!
I was going to get up and watch but I had a job interview this morning, so didn't want to be a complete write off for that. The highlights are going to be fun though. Think I'll take Monday off to watch us lose another final.
@No-Quarter said in T20 World Cup:
Absolutely awesome result, Finn fucking Allen what a time to step up, he has been in crazy form this year. We can thank the BBL for that!
I was going to get up and watch but I had a job interview this morning, so didn't want to be a complete write off for that. The highlights are going to be fun though. Think I'll take Monday off to watch us lose another final.
I'm taking Monday off to watch us win one.
@No-Quarter said in T20 World Cup:
Absolutely awesome result, Finn fucking Allen what a time to step up, he has been in crazy form this year. We can thank the BBL for that!
I was going to get up and watch but I had a job interview this morning, so didn't want to be a complete write off for that. The highlights are going to be fun though. Think I'll take Monday off to watch us lose another final.
Most 6's ever in the BBL now the top 6 hitter in a T20 WC
Hes just 4 runs away from outright 2nd highest run scorer in this WC too
Him and Seifert have scored the most runs opening together as well
Yep, there's a whole list of records that the Allen's innings has broken. Cricinfo has the breakdown:
All are a great read and most remarkable, but I think this one stands out the most
New Zealand, however, have a perfect record against South Africa in knockout matches across all men's ICC events, having now won all four such matches.
@Virgil said in T20 World Cup:
Pretty funny how Rachin has gone from our batsman @ 3 struggling for runs and form to be our top wicket taker in this WC, with 11 wickets. Top wicket takers overall have 13...
Class is permanent....
@bayimports said in T20 World Cup:
All are a great read and most remarkable, but I think this one stands out the most
New Zealand, however, have a perfect record against South Africa in knockout matches across all men's ICC events, having now won all four such matches.
Maybe Dave Rennie needs to couple some of that good juju by getting Mitch Santner to present jerseys before the SA tour....
@SouthernMann said in T20 World Cup:
Then looking at all T20 international centuries, the innings looks a bit different to the ones above it.
I take it that you don't rate the Cypriot or Bulgarian bowling attacks then.
New Zealand now holds 2 of the 3 fastest century records in full member cricket.
Test: McCullum 54 balls
ODI: AB de Villiers 31(!) balls
T20: Finn Allen 33 balls (full member v full member)
plus of course fastest test 200, Nathan Astle in 153 balls with the second 100 in a ridiculous 39 balls.
@KiwiPie said in T20 World Cup:
New Zealand now holds 2 of the 3 fastest century records in full member cricket.
Test: McCullum 54 balls
ODI: AB de Villiers 31(!) balls
T20: Finn Allen 33 balls (full member v full member)plus of course fastest test 200, Nathan Astle in 153 balls with the second 100 in a ridiculous 39 balls.
Cory Anderson briefly held that fastest ODI 100 as well
I’m surprised Astles 200 hasn’t been beaten given the T20 era
