The difference between NZ players and WI players is that the former perform at their best for their country whereas most of our players perform at their best for their franchises.
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South Africa vs New Zealand, 1st Semi-Final
South Africa vs New Zealand, 1st Semi-Final
Wed, Mar 4, '26 at 11:07 AM
9.1
W
Kagiso Rabada to Tim Seifert, out Bowled!! Stays low, jags in and crashes into middle and leg!
Tim Seifert b Kagiso Rabada 58(33) [4s-7 6s-2]
Wed, Mar 4, '26 at 11:10 AM
9.5
4
Kagiso Rabada to Rachin Ravindra, FOUR, Ravindra doesn't take long to find the boundary as well!
Wed, Mar 4, '26 at 11:16 AM
10.6
6
Corbin Bosch to Finn Allen, SIX, Allen grimaces in pain and starts hopping on his left leg after hammering this for six! Clea
Wed, Mar 4, '26 at 11:17 AM
NZ 137-1
Finn Allen 65(25)
Rachin Ravindra 12(
New Zealand need 33 runs in 54 balls2-0-35-0
Wed, Mar 4, '26 at 11:21 AM
11.5
6
Keshav Maharaj to Finn Allen, SIX, to deep mid-wicket
11.4
4
Keshav Maharaj to Finn Allen, FOUR, runs across the practice pitches and there's no stopping that! Drifting into the pads, Allen goes back and clips it nicely past short fine
Wed, Mar 4, '26 at 11:25 AM
@PalsofMine
The difference between NZ players and WI players is that the former perform at their best for their country whereas most of our players perform at their best for their franchises.
Our players dont feel "West Indies" is their country....jus another franchise for them
Wed, Mar 4, '26 at 11:26 AM
12.5
Marco Jansen to Finn Allen, FOUR, Finn Allen, take a bow! It's the fastest hundred in T20 World Cup history and it has blown South Africa away!
12.4
Marco Jansen to Finn Allen, SIX, to long-on, the partnership between Finn Allen and Rachin Ravindra is now
12.3
Marco Jansen to Finn Allen, SIX, massive hit and Allen is into the 90s! Banged in short by Jansen, Allen spots it, pulls hard, pulls fiercely and nails it over midwicket
12.2
Marco Jansen to Finn Allen, FOUR, look at the way he's middling everything. Low full toss on the pads, Allen goes for the flick, times the pants off it and whips it behind square. Races away, giving the fielder no chance
12.1
Marco Jansen to Finn Allen, FOUR, scooped over short fine! Allen keeps piling on the agony! Slower one floated up at the stumps, he steps across, gets low and helps it away
Wed, Mar 4, '26 at 11:50 AM
Fastest T20I hundreds (by balls taken)
27 - Sahil Chauhan (Estonia) v Cyprus, Episkopi, 2024
29 - Muhammad Fahad (Turkey) v Bulgaria, Sofia, 2025
33 - Finn Allen (NZ) vs SA, Kolkata, 2026
33 - Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton (NAM) vs NEP, Kirtipur, 2024
33 - Sikandar Raza (ZIM) v Gambia, Nairobi, 2024
Wed, Mar 4, '26 at 11:53 AM
Finn Allen | PoTM: (Is this the best you have ever put out?) Yeah, I’d say it’s pretty up there. Yeah, just wanted to get into good positions and put a good performance in for the team.
(On the planning with his opening partner) Obviously, we wanted to start looking straight and obviously try and put them on the back foot early. I think it’s easy for me when Timmy’s (Seifert) going like that, I can kind of just watch and then hit it when it’s in my area and just try and give him the strike. So I think the way that he batted got us off to an absolute flyer. And yeah, I think like I said, we wanted to get strong positions, look straight and work the ball square off the length.
(How do you keep the rhythm when you are getting as much strike) I think it’s easier in the semifinal to stay up for the fight. Obviously, huge game for us. And I think, with Timmy, we say, keep each other in it, whether we’re on strike or not, just keep ensuring that each other’s looking straight, looking to hit the ball hard. And yeah, we enjoyed out there together.
(What changes do you make for different conditions) Yeah, I think you adapt to the wickets. I think training is really important to get a feel of what the wicket might play like. And when you’re coming here, black soil, there was that India series before this, which the boys played a lot on black soil. So good intel from that. And I think that shows how important that series was for us coming into this World Cup.
You are in a final! )Yeah, it was good (smiles). (How much do you celebrate and can you replicate?) Oh yeah, I think you take the positives from this game for sure, celebrate a little moment of success. And then, we’ve got a final to win on Sunday, so we just look forward to that..