New Delhi, Nov. 13 -- Bevon Jacobs fell two sixes shy of a world record after the New Zealand batter produced a stunning batting display in the domestic Ford Trophy. Having played in the T20I series against India a few days ago, Jacobs smashed an unbeaten 202 off just 137 deliveries for Auckland, studded with a whopping 21 sixes, against Otago.

His 21 sixes is most by a New Zealand batter in a List A innings, just a couple of sixes short of the world record of 23 maximums, hits by Australian Da'Arcy Short. before his double hundred, Jacobs had scored a 58 and 7 in his previous two innings in the Ford Trophy.

Riding on Jacobs' knock, Auckland posted 334/8 at the Kennards Hire Community Oval. However, Jacobs' knock went in vain as Otago c...