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OAKLAND: New Zealand’s Finn Allen set Major League Cricket (MLC) 2025 alight with a jaw-dropping 151-run knock for San Francisco Unicorns, shattering multiple records during the opening match of the tournament opener on Thursday.
Opening the innings against Washington Freedom, Allen went on an all-out assault, powering the Unicorns to a mammoth 269 for 5.
This score is the highest in MLC history and marks the first time a team has surpassed the 250-run mark in a T20 match played in the United States.
In response, Washington Freedom folded for a mere 146, handing Unicorns a thumping 123-run win.
Moreover, the Kiwi opener smashed 19 sixes in his innings, setting a new world record for most sixes in a T20 innings. The previous best was 18, jointly held by Chris Gayle (in BPL 2017) and Sahil Chauhan (against Cyprus in 2024).
Finn Allen reached his 150 in just 49 balls, surpassing Dewald Brevis’ record of 52 balls for the fastest 150 in T20s.
His eventual 151 is now the highest individual score in MLC history, eclipsing Nicholas Pooran’s unbeaten 137 in the 2023 edition’s final, which, notably, came before the league was granted official T20 status.
He brought up his hundred in 34 balls, making it the second-fastest century in a franchise T20 league, only behind Chris Gayle’s 30-ball ton for RCB in IPL 2013. It also went past Pooran’s 40-ball century in the 2023 MLC final.
In total, Allen scored 134 runs in boundaries, including 114 via sixes alone, a boundary dominance bettered by only three other players in T20 history.
READ: MLC 2025: Finn Allen’s 151 powers San Francisco Unicorns to victory
