Who Is Bevon Jacobs: New Zealand's young batsman Bevan Jacobs has created a new record in List-A cricket. He has become the Kiwi batsman to hit the most sixes in an innings in List-A men's cricket. Playing for Auckland in the domestic 50-over Ford Trophy, he scored an unbeaten 202 runs on just 137 balls against Otago. During this innings, 21 sixes and 7 fours came from his bat. This is the most number of sixes hit by any batsman from New Zealand in an innings in List-A cricket. At the same time, if we look overall, Bevan Jacobs has become the second batsman to hit the most sixes in an innings of Men's List-A. Only Australia's D'Arcy Short is ahead of Jacobs, who hit 23 sixes in an innings in 2018.
Bevan Jacobs created history
24-year-old Bevan Jacobs is only the fourth New Zealand batsman to have scored a double century in List-A cricket. Before Jacobs, Jamie How (2012), Martin Guptill (2015) and Chad Bowes (2024) had achieved such a feat. Now Bevan Jacobs has also been added to this list. Bevan Jacobs achieved this feat in only the 33rd List-A match of his career.
Jacobs started his innings cautiously. His account was not even opened on the first 9 balls, but then he gradually increased the pace. He hit his first six on the 29th ball. After this, he completed his half-century with sixes in 57 balls and scored a century in 97 balls. After this the figure of 150 runs was touched in 122 balls. In the end, Bevan Jacobs completed his double century by hitting a six on the last ball of the innings.
Bevon Jacobs 202* (21×6) for Auckland vs Otago #FordTrophy
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Who is Bevan Jacobs?
Bevan Jacobs was born not in New Zealand, but in South Africa. When he was just 3 years old, his family came and settled in New Zealand. After this, he learned cricket in New Zealand itself and made his mark in domestic cricket. Bevan Jabx came into limelight for the first time in the Super Smash tournament of the year 2023-24. While playing for Canterbury Kings, he scored 134 runs in 6 innings, in which his strike rate was 188.73.
Bevan Jacobs made his mark as a finisher. He got a chance to debut for New Zealand in T20 International at the end of the year 2024. However, he has not been able to debut in ODI and Test yet.
New Zealand did not give a chance in ODI
Bevan Jacobs recently played a 5-match T20 series against India. Jacobs performed brilliantly in this series. He played a stormy inning of 58 unbeaten runs in a match. However, despite this he did not get a chance in New Zealand's ODI team. Now he has strengthened his claim for entry in the ODI team by scoring a double century in domestic cricket.