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.

Finn Allen

Personal information
Full name	Finnley Hugh Allen
Born	(1999-04-22) 22 April 1999 (age 26) Auckland, New Zealand
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm off break
Role	Top-order batter
International information
National side	New Zealand (2021–present)
ODI debut (cap 203)	10 July 2022 v Ireland
Last ODI	26 September 2023 v Bangladesh
ODI shirt no.	16
T20I debut (cap 87)	28 March 2021 v Bangladesh
Last T20I	26 March 2025 v Pakistan
T20I shirt no.	16
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2016/17–2019/20	Auckland
2020/21–2022/23	Wellington
2021	Lancashire
2021	Birmingham Phoenix
2022	Yorkshire
2023	San Francisco Unicorns
2023	Southern Brave
2023/24–present	Auckland
2024/25	Perth Scorchers
2025	Quetta Gladiators
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA Matches 22 52 20 65 Runs scored 582 1,285 671 1,983 Batting average 27.71 25.19 20.96 30.98 100s/50s 0/5 2/5 0/4 3/10 Top score 96 137 79 168 Balls bowled – – 18 162 Wickets – – 1 1 Bowling average – – 15.00 157.00 5 wickets in innings – – 0 0 10 wickets in match – – 0 0 Best bowling – – 1/15 1/32 Catches/stumpings 9/– 21/– 19/– 35/–
Source: Cricinfo, 11 April 2025

Domestic and franchise career

Allen 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 career

In 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]