NZ Batter Bevon Jacobs Smacks 21 Sixes in 137-Ball 202 for Auckland in Ford Trophy | Sports-Games
Jacobs’ 21 sixes set a New Zealand List A record and lifted Auckland to its highest one-day individual score.
- On Thursday, Bevon Jacobs smashed an unbeaten 202 off 137 balls for Auckland Aces against Otago at Eden Park in the Ford Trophy, striking a record 21 sixes for a New Zealand batter.
- This year's 50-over tournament trials a single-ball rule to encourage reverse swing; Jacobs exploited the format to hit the second-highest sixes in List A history, two short of Australia's D'Arcy Short's world record.
- Auckland Aces struggled early, falling to 24 for 2, before Jacobs anchored the team to 334/8; Lachlan Stackpole provided the next-highest score with 46, while no other teammate reached 50 runs.
- Despite Jacobs' historic performance, Otago won by five wickets with five deliveries remaining, led by fifties from Max Chu, Jack Boyle, and Thorn Parkes in the successful chase.
- Jacobs joins Jamie How, Martin Guptill, and Chad Bowes as the fourth Kiwi to score a List A double century, extending his strong form after scoring 136 runs in the recent T20I series against India.
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Bevon Jacobs' 21-Six Carnage: New Zealand Batter Falls Just Two Short Of World Record In 202-Run Blitz
Bevon Jacobs smashed an unbeaten 202 off 137 balls, including a record 21 sixes, against Otago in the Ford Trophy. However, his remarkable knock went in vain as Otago chased down Auckland's total of 334/8 in 49.1 overs
NZ batter Bevon Jacobs smacks 21 sixes in 137-ball 202 for Auckland in Ford Trophy | Sports-Games
Bevon, who recently impressed in the five-match T20I series against India, scored a magnificent 202 in 137 balls, laced with seven fours and a whopping 21 sixes, scoring at a strike rate of 147.44.
NZ batter Bevon Jacobs smacks 21 sixes in 137-ball 202 for Auckland in Ford Trophy - The Tribune
Bevon, who recently impressed in the five-match T20I series against India, scored a magnificent 202 in 137 balls, laced with seven fours and a whopping 21 sixes, scoring at a strike rate of 147.44.
NZ batter Bevon Jacobs smacks 21 sixes in 137-ball 202 for Auckland in Ford Trophy
Bevon, who recently impressed in the five-match T20I series against India, scored a magnificent 202 in 137 balls, laced with seven fours and a whopping 21 sixes, scoring at a strike rate of 147.44.
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