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MLC 2025: San Francisco Unicorns posted 269/5 at a record celebration at Okland Coliseum; Finn Alan Slam 151 | Cricket news

Finn Ellen posted 269/5 against Washington Independence in MLC 2025 opener as 151. (Sportzpics)

New Zealand opener Finn Ellen made history in the 2025 season opener of Major League cricket, broke 19 sixes for San Francisco Unicorn against Washington Freedom in Oklaland Collazium on Thursday. His 150 -run explosive innings came off just 49 balls, including the fastest 150 in T20 cricket and the most sixes in men’s T20 innings.Alan became the highest score in 151 MLC history, which is now in its third season. Before reaching the fastest 150, he collected records for the fastest MLC century, with Unicorn’s final 269/5 became the largest total in the history of the league.Go beyond the border with our YouTube channel. Subscribe now!Ellen’s remarkable performance began when Unicorn lost the toss and batted first. He scored 40 runs in 14 delivery in powerplay including five sixes, before reaching fifty in 20 balls.The 26 -year -old Kiwi batsman continued his attack, hitting three sixes in more than twice. He arrived in his fourth T20 century only in 34 delivery, both the fastest MLC century and fastest T20 hundred by the New Zealand player.Alan’s record-breaking came in the 19th six 17th over, crossing the previous record of 18 sixes jointly conducted by Chris Gayle and Estonia’s Sahil Chauhan. His innings ended in the following, trying his 20th six.Most T20 sixes in an innings

  • 19 sixes – Finn Alan (San Franciso Unicorn vs. Washington Freedom), 2025
  • 18 sixes- Chris Gayle (Rangpur Riders vs. Dynamites), 2017
  • 18 sixes – Sahil Chauhan (Estonia vs Cyprus), 2024

San Francisco Unicorns, last season’s runner-up, posted 269 for five against the defending champion, set a new record for the highest men’s T20 in MLC history.Alan’s career figures demonstrate his aggressive batting style. He has scored more than 4,100 T20 runs in 151 innings with a striking rate of 173.27, the highest among the minimum 1,000 -run batsmen.In January 2024, Allen broke another record when he scored 137 off 62 balls against Pakistan in a T20I match, crossing Brendon McCullum’s New Zealam’s record. During that innings, he hit 16 sixes, which recorded the most sixes in the T20I innings of Hazratullah Zazai of Afghanistan.His T20i strike rate of 163.27 is the best among all New Zealand batsmen, which leads his reputation as an explosive opener.MLC highest score in history

  • 151 – Finn Alan (San Francisco Unicorn vs. Washington Freedom), 2025
  • 137* – Nicholas Putran (MI New York vs. Seetal Orkas), 2023
  • 110* – Heinrich Classen (Seattle Orkas vs. MI New York), 2023
  • 103* – Ryan Ricelton (Seattle Orkas vs La Knight Riders), 2024
  • 101 – Finn Alan (San Francisco Unicorn vs. Texas Super Kings), 2024

MLC Higher Team Score in History

  • 269/5 – San Francisco Unicorn’s vs Washington Freedom, 2025
  • 215/5 – San Francisco Unicorn vs. MI New York, 2023
  • 212/7 – San Francisco Unicorn vs. La Knight Riders, 2023
  • 207/5 – Washington Freedom vs San Francisco Unicorn, 2024
  • 206/5 – Washington Freedom vs. Texas Super Kings, 2024

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