Finn Allen

One is in the form of his life, the other is in a prolonged slump spanning formats. New Zealand will be hoping the Australia T20Is are a turning point for Conway, with one eye on this year's World Cup

Allen's last six T20 scores have read 137, 74, 34, 78*, 50 and 38

All the records the New Zealand batter smashed during his 137 off 62 balls against Pakistan

Pakistan inserted the hosts for the third time in a row, and failed to chase the target down on all three occasions

Babar and Fakhar scored fifties before Pakistan lost their way in a chase of 195

He is the model T20 opener but the other two formats are a work in progress

Finn Allen, meanwhile, will miss the second ODI to do duty for Auckland Aces in the Super Smash

Injury just 20 days away from New Zealand's ODI World Cup opener; timeline for recovery yet to be established

The squad includes four specialist quick bowlers while Jimmy Neesham is also included

Allen looks set to miss out on provisional 15 after Young confirmed at opener for England ODIs

Aiden Markram, Glenn Phillips and Finn Allen are among the players to move up the T20I tables

England on receiving end of 74-run hammering to keep series alive going into fourth T20I

Southern Brave overwhelmed after fifties from Allen, Vince and Conway lead them to 196 for 1

New Zealand's six domestic associations have released their initial list of 15 contracted players for the 2023-24 season

Allen, Chapman and Tickner retained; Neesham and Ajaz excluded from current list

Also on the list, Rajapaksa's title-winning knock, Finn Allen's World Cup onslaught and Suryakumar Yadav's video-game innings

Our nominees aced chases, broke records and flayed bowlers around the world

While acknowledging Guptill's contributions, the NZ captain was clear it was time to give Allen a run of games ahead of next year's ODI World Cup

Head coach Stead has, however, said that the "door is certainly not closed to" the duo with a "lot of international cricket ahead"