Biography

Finley Hugh Allen is a New Zealand international cricketer who has represented the national side in the shortest format of the game. Allen was born on 22nd April 1999 in Auckland, New Zealand. He is a right-handed top-order batsman.

Finn Allen’s first taste of major international cricket came when he was picked for the national side in the 2016 Under-19 World Cup and again for the 2018 tournament as well. In 2016, he was very young but the 2018 tournament proved to be a turning point. Allen grabbed everyone’s attention straightaway as he scored the first century of the tournament against West Indies and that too, on the opening day. He went on to be the leading run scorer for New Zealand in that tournament with 338 runs.

Finn Allen continued to impress in the domestic circuit but didn’t get a senior national call-up. He was then offered a contract by Wellington for the 2020-21 domestic season. He grabbed this opportunity with both hands as he helped Wellington defend their Super Smash title and finished as the leading run scorer in the whole tournament with 512 runs.

Allen’s impressive showing in the Super Smash tournament finally earned him a senior call-up. He was included in the squad for the T20I series against Bangladesh in march 2021. Allen made his international in that series on 28th March 2021. He even blasted 71 runs off just 29 balls in only his third T20I. Allen recently became one of the few unlucky players who missed out on a berth in the national team for the T20 World Cup in the UAE.