Following a stellar T20I series against India where he scored 136 runs, New Zealand batter Bevan Jacobs has lit up the domestic Ford Trophy 50-over competition by smashing an unbeaten 202 runs off 137 balls for Canterbury against Otago at Eden Park on Thursday, November 12, 2026.
Batting at number four, Jacobs dismantled the Otago bowling attack, recording his maiden List A double century. During his explosive knock, he hammered 21 sixes, setting a new New Zealand record for the most sixes in a single List A innings. He fell just two sixes short of the world record held by Australia’s D'Arcy Short, who struck 23 sixes during his 257-run knock for Western Australia against Queensland in Sydney in 2018.
Jacobs became the fourth New Zealand batter to score a List A double century, following Jamie How (2012), Martin Guptill (2015), and Chad Bowes (2024). Pretoria-born Jacobs, who moved to New Zealand at age three, achieved the feat in just his 33rd career List A appearance.Photo Caption:
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