Finn Allen completes 350 sixes in T20 cricket: Key stats
What's the story
New Zealand batter Finn Allen completed 350 sixes in T20 cricket. The Kiwi opener reached the landmark playing for Kolkata Knight Riders against Delhi Capitals in Match 51 of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 season on Friday. Allen attained the feat with his 2nd maximum of the game in KKR's pursuit of 143 at Arun Jaitley Stadium. Here are the key stats.
Knock
Allen smashes a 47-ball 100* versus DC
KKR openers Allen and Ajinkya Rahane added 29 runs before Angkrish Raghuvanshi's wicket saw them get restricted to 31/2. Cameron Green joined Allen and the two resurrected the KKR innings. They added an unbeaten 116-run stand to help KKR get home. Allen worked hard for his 32-ball fifty before he changed gears and completed a 47-ball 100*. KKR won by 8 wickets.
Stats
Allen slams 10 sixes; hammers his 7th T20 hundred
Allen's knock of 100* was laced with 5 fours and 10 sixes. He struck at 212.77. Playing his 189th T20 (186 innings), Allen has amassed 5,469 runs at an average of 30.89. This was his 7th hundred in T20s. He also owns 33 fifties. His strike rate reads a staggering 177.44.
Numbers
5th Kiwi batter to reach 350 maximums in T20s
Allen touched the 350-six mark (now 358) in his 189th T20 (186 innings). He is now the fifth Kiwi batter to reach 350 T20 sixes. As mentioned, he is the fifth New Zealand batter to do so, joining Colin Munro (582), Brendon McCullum (485), Martin Guptill (453), and Glenn Phillips (388), as per ESPNcricinfo. Allen also has smacked 488 fours in the shortest format.
Sixes
Breaking down Allen's T20 sixes
As many as 115 of Allen's sixes have come in T20Is for New Zealand. Allen also owns 48 sixes in the Big Bash League (BBL). In Major League Cricket, he owns 59 sixes. He has smashed 13 sixes in the Pakistan Super League, 16 in Men's 100, and 29 in the Vitality Blast. In his debut IPL season, he has smoked 16 sixes.