Finn Allen century exposes familiar South African failings as Proteas exit T20 World Cup with heavy defeat to New Zealand

New Zealand skipper Mitchell Santner hailed Finn Allen's "special", match-winning century in their T20 World Cup semi-final against South Africa, while the Proteas captain cursed another "bad night" in a knockout match at a major tournament.

Allen tonked exactly 100 not out off 33 balls, with both New Zealand's victory target of 170 and his own ton ticked off in the 13th over as he plundered 24 from the first five balls of Marco Jansen's set.

Jansen had earlier cracked an unbeaten 55 off 30 balls to rescue South Africa somewhat from 77-5 just after the halfway point of their innings - but a score of 169-8 on an Eden Gardens track that is notorious for favouring chasing teams was never likely to be enough, and so it proved.