Bevon Jacobs, New Zealand batter, produced an amazing display of batting in the ongoing domestic Ford Trophy on Thursday. He turned his maiden List A century into a record double century and set a record for most sixes by a New Zealand batter in domestic 50-over cricket.
Coming in to bat at no.4 with Auckland Aces at 24/2, Bevon Jacobs took the attack to Otago Volts' bowlers. Jacobs reached his maiden List-A century in 97 balls and just accelerated from there. He raced to his 150 in 122 balls and his double century came in 137 balls.
Jacobs remained unbeaten on 202 runs in 137 balls, hitting only 7 fours and 21 towering sixes as Auckland posted 334/8 in 50 overs. The next best scores were Lachlan Stackpole’s 46 and Ryan Harrison’s 32 runs.
Jacobs’ 21 sixes are the most by a New Zealand batter in List-A games. Jacobs came close to breaking the world record, which belongs to Australia's D’Arcy Short. Short had hit 23 sixes while scoring 257 off 148 balls for Western Australia against Queensland in Sydney in 2018.
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Additionally, Jacobs also became one of the four New Zealand batters who have managed to score a double century in List A matches. The others include Jamie How (2012), Martin Guptill (2015) and Chad Bowes (2024).
His 202* is also the highest individual score by any player representing Auckland Aces in the Ford Trophy and is also the third double century scored in the history of this competition.
The 28-year-old has also represented New Zealand in 16 T20I matches. However, he has not made an appearance in ODIs or Test matches.
