New Zealand batsman Finn Allen has become the batsman to hit the most sixes in a T20 innings. Playing for San Francisco Unicorns in the opening match of Major League Cricket (MLC) 2025, he scored 151 runs in 51 balls against Washington Freedom. He broke Chris Gayle’s record by hitting 19 sixes in his innings.
Gayle hit 18 sixes against Dhaka Dynamites while playing for Rangpur Riders in a Bangladesh Premier League match in 2017. Sahil hit 18 sixes in a T20 match against Cyprus while playing for Estonia in 2024.
Finn Allen batted at a strike rate of 296.07 in this innings and completed his century in just 34 balls. He came in to open for the team. Allen hit 19 sixes and 5 fours in his innings of 151 runs.
He could not break the record for the highest runs in an innings by just 25 runs
Allen failed to break Chris Gayle’s record for the highest runs in a T20 cricket innings by just 25 runs.
Gayle had scored 175 runs for Royal Challengers Bangalore against Pune Warriors in IPL 2013. Now this record has been saved by 25 runs as Phil Allen played an innings of 151 runs.
San Francisco Unicorns won the match by 123 runs
San Francisco Unicorns won this match by 123 runs. In this match, Washington Freedom captain Glenn Maxwell won the toss and decided to bowl first. Then, due to the strong performance of the batters, the San Francisco Unicorns team scored 269 runs for the loss of 5 wickets.
At the same time, chasing 270 runs, Washington Freedom could only score 146 runs after losing all their wickets in 13.1 overs.
