Tim Seifert

Wednesday, after all, will be the day every single cricket fan in the world takes notice of one name: Finn Allen. The New Zealand opener made a mockery of the 170 runs South Africa had set in their T20 World Cup semi-final in Kolkata, with the Black Caps chasing it down inside 12.5 overs. Allen's century came off just 33 balls — the fastest ton in T20 World Cups and the joint third-fastest of all time across T20Is. Allen's ton off 33 balls

On Tuesday, New Zealand's openers blasted sixes to gip Pakistan by 5 wickets and take 2-0 lead in their Twenty20 series. In the second match of the rain-abbreviated series, Pakistan scored 135-9 off 15 overs while the home team was able to 137-5 with 11 balls to spare in Dunedin to go 2-0 up in the five-match series. But New Zealand's standout was a brutal opening partnership featuring Tim Seifert and Finn Allen — seven of the first eight scoring shots in the innings were sixes.

New Zealand lost two back to back T20Is against India from potentially winning positions after it went down to the Super Over. So far winless in the series, the Kiwis are looking for some inspiration as they prepare for the final T20I at Mount Maunganui. Needing seven runs to win in the final over, the Kiwis yet again managed to take the game to the Super Over to end up on the losing side of it once again. This was their seventh loss