D'Arcy Short breaks an Australian record in the JLT Cup, whacking an extraordinary 23 sixes on his way to 257 against Queensland.
D'Arcy Short has become just the fourth Australian man to score a double century in one-day cricket, hammering a record total of 257 against Queensland at Hurstville Oval.
The WA left-hander brought up his hundred from just 83 balls, his second in List A cricket, and continued on to a memorable double century from just 128 deliveries.
And he didn't stop there; he was eventfully dismissed for 257 from 148 balls, the third-highest score in the history of men's one-day cricket.
Short moved from 100 to 200 in just 45 deliveries and then from 200 to 250 in 16 balls, and his tally of 257 represented two-thirds of WA's total of 387. Marcus Stoinis was the second-highest scorer for the innings with 27.
His 23 sixes is a record in all one-day cricket; the only other man to score 23 sixes at the domestic level is Kiwi Colin Munro, who did so in a first-class inning.
Short joined fellow left-handers Ben Dunk, Phillip Hughes and Travis Head in scoring a one-day double ton on Australian soil and beat Dunk's previous mark of 229 not out as the highest score by an Australian.
Only Surrey's Ali Brown (268 v Glamorgan in 2002) and India's Rohit Sharma (264 v Sri Lanka in 2014) have scored more runs in a single one-day inning in men's cricket.
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