Finn Allen may have signalled his intentions by hitting Perth Scorchers to the Big Bash title, but the New Zealander has rocketed into a different league of fame by smashing the Black Caps into the final of the T20 World Cup at Eden Gardens.
On the Kolkata ground where the IPL's Knight Riders expect great things from him when the league starts this month, the 26-year-old treated the locals on Wednesday night to the sort of pyrotechnics they can expect as he smote the quickest hundred ever seen in a World Cup match, off just 33 balls, to guide the Kiwis to the final.
But after giving the previously unbeaten South African side what their coach Shukri Conrad could only confess was a "walloping", Allen, already a cult figure in Perth for being the BBL's top-scorer in their title-winning season, now has his sights on leading New Zealand's men to their first global white-ball title.
