{"id":43449,"date":"2026-03-04T22:22:03","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T16:37:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/?p=43449"},"modified":"2026-03-04T22:22:03","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T16:37:03","slug":"allens-record-ton-sends-new-zealand-to-t20-world-cup-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/allens-record-ton-sends-new-zealand-to-t20-world-cup-final\/","title":{"rendered":"Allen\u2019s record ton sends New Zealand to T20 World Cup Final"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p><strong>Agency, March 3:<\/strong>\u00a0A blistering, record-breaking century from Finn Allen powered New Zealand into the ICC T20 World Cup final with a commanding nine-wicket victory over South Africa in Wednesday\u2019s first semi-final.<\/p>\n<p>Chasing a competitive target of 170, New Zealand stormed to 173\/1 in just 12.5 overs, sealing the win in emphatic fashion.<\/p>\n<p>Allen was the star of the night, smashing a sensational 100 off just 33 balls, including 10 fours and 8 sixes. With this knock, he set a new record for the fastest century in ICC T20 World Cup history, dismantling the South African bowling attack with fearless stroke play.<\/p>\n<p>He was well supported by Tim Seifert, who struck a fluent 58 off 33 deliveries, hitting 7 fours and 2 sixes. Rachin Ravindra remained unbeaten on 13 as New Zealand completed the chase with ease. Kagiso Rabada picked up the lone wicket for South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier at Eden Gardens, South Africa, after being put in to bat, posted 169 in their allotted 20 overs. Marco Jansen led the charge with a quickfire 55 off 30 balls, smashing five sixes and two boundaries. Dewald Brevis contributed 34, Tristan Stubbs added 29, skipper Aiden Markram made 18, while Quinton de Kock scored 10.<\/p>\n<p>For New Zealand, Matt Henry, Cole McConchie, and Rachin Ravindra claimed two wickets each, while Lockie Ferguson and James Neesham chipped in with one apiece.<\/p>\n<p>New Zealand will now face the winner of the second semi-final between India and England in the grand finale.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Agency, March 3:\u00a0A blistering, record-breaking century from Finn Allen powered New Zealand into the ICC T20 World Cup final with a commanding nine-wicket victory over South Africa in Wednesday\u2019s first semi-final. Chasing a competitive target of 170, New Zealand stormed to 173\/1 in just 12.5 overs, sealing the win in emphatic fashion. Allen was the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":43450,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","category-main-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43449"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43449"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43449\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43452,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43449\/revisions\/43452"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43450"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}