Finn Allen hits fastest century at a T20 World Cup as New Zealand crush South Africa by nine wickets to reach final. New ⁠Zealand stormed into the Twenty20 World Cup final ⁠with a nine-wicket demolition of South Africa in ⁠the first semifinal at the Eden Gardens. Put into bat, South Africa recovered ‌from a precarious 77-5 to post a competitive 169-8 after Marco Jansen led their recovery with a belligerent 55 not ⁠out. Finn Allen smashed an ⁠unbeaten 100 off 33 balls, however, and shared a 117-run ⁠opening stand with Tim Seifert (58) as ⁠New Zealand romped ⁠to their target in only 12.5 overs. Allen’s achievement was the fastest century scored at a T20 cricket World Cup. “We wanted to start well and put them on the back foot early,” Allen said. “It is easy for me when Tim [Seifert] is ...