Bevon Jacobs hits record 21 sixes in unbeaten 202 off 137 balls in List A cricket

New Zealand batter Bevon Jacobs scored an unbeaten 202 off 137 balls in the domestic 50-over Ford Trophy. His innings included 21 sixes.

Batting at number four at Eden Park, Jacobs dominated the Otago bowlers. He turned his first List A century into a double century.

The 21 sixes are now the most by a New Zealand batter in a single List A innings.

Jacobs needed only two more sixes to equal the world record. The List A record for most sixes in an innings is 23, held by Australia's D'Arcy Short, who made 257 off 148 balls for Western Australia against Queensland in Sydney in 2018.

Jacobs is the fourth New Zealand batter to score a List A double century, after Jamie How (2012), Martin Guptill (2015) and Chad Bowes (2024).

Jacobs had also shown his ability in the five-match T20 series against India, and about ten days after scoring 136 against the world champions he produced this innings in the Ford Trophy.

This was only Jacobs's 33rd List A match in all. Since his debut in late 2024 he has played 16 T20 internationals for New Zealand, and he has yet to debut in ODIs or Tests.

Jacobs was born in Pretoria, South Africa, and moved to New Zealand with his family when he was about three years old.

In the 2023-24 Super Smash he established himself as a new star as a finisher for Canterbury Kings, scoring 134 runs in six innings at a strike rate of 188.73.