ICC Men's T20 World Cup Semifinal: Finn Allen's record-breaking 100 sends Black Caps to the final

About this episode

The episode reviews the ICC Men's T20 World Cup semifinal where New Zealand defeated South Africa, highlighting Finn Allen's record-breaking century.

In this episode of the show, Baldy and Stu look back at the first semifinal of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2026, which was played at Eden Gardens between the Black Caps of New Zealand and the Proteas from South Africa. We start with our instant reactions to a remarkable reversal of form as New Zealand crushed South Africa thanks to an excellent bowling performance and a dominant display by the openers, highlighted by Finn Allen's record-breaking century from just 33 balls. There's praise for the bowling group of Cole McConchie, Lockie Ferguson, Rachin Ravindra, Mitchell Santner, Matt Henry and Jimmy Neesham, and we re-live the incredible hitting on show as Finn Allen and Tim Seifert powered New Zealand to a nine-wicket win inside 13 overs. We also reflect on South Africa's disappointment after what had been such a fantastic tournament for them up until this game. To round out the show, we also look ahead to the second semifinal between England and India at Wankhede Stadium. Who will meet the Kiwis in Ahmedabad on Sunday? We'll be back in your feed again tomorrow with the next instalment of our T20 World Cup coverage. Until then please take the time to give us a like, follow…

People in this episode

Hosts: Baldy, Stu

Topics covered

• T20 World Cup
• semifinal analysis
• New Zealand cricket
• South Africa cricket
• Finn Allen performance
• cricket commentary

Keywords

• T20 World Cup
• Finn Allen
• New Zealand
• South Africa
• semifinal
• cricket
• Eden Gardens
• record-breaking
• bowling performance

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: New Zealand, South Africa

Places: Eden Gardens, Wankhede Stadium, Ahmedabad

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