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New Zealand batter Chad Bowes broke the record for the fastest double century in men’s List A cricket by smashing 200 off 103 balls in a domestic one-day match.
The 31-year-old reached the milestone while playing for Canterbury against Otago Volts in the Ford Trophy at Christchurch’s Hagley Oval.
The previous record – a double century from 114 balls – was jointly held by Australia’s Travis Head and Narayan Jagadeesan of India.
Head made a double ton for South Australia against Queensland in 2021 while Jagadeesan equalled the feat for Tamil Nadu against Arunachal Pradesh in November 2022.
Bowes was out shortly after he broke the record, trapped lbw by Matthew Bacon for 205 off 110 balls in an innings that included seven sixes and 27 fours.
“It started off really nicely so I just kept going and it was working so I didn’t try to rein it in too much and just kept the foot on the gas,” Bowes said.
“It might sink in over the next day or two, but it was obviously a great day.”
He has played six one-day internationals and 11 T20 internationals for New Zealand.
Born in South Africa he represented the Proteas at Under-19 level before moving to New Zealand in 2015.
Otago were all out for 103 and lost by 240 runs, which is the biggest margin of defeat in New Zealand domestic white-ball cricket history.
List A matches comprise one-day internationals, 50-over tour matches, Cricket World Cup Challenge League fixtures and premier domestic one-day games which take place in the 12 full member nations of the International Cricket Council.