With this, Bowes shattered the List-A record of Australian and Sunrisers Hyderabad opener Travis Head. He had earlier made this record in 114 balls while playing for South Australia. Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Tamil Nadu opener Narayan Jagadeesan also scored 200 runs off 114 balls against Arunachal Pradesh in the 2022 Vijay Hazare Trophy match.
Chad Bowes has a glimpse of Brendon McCullum
There is a glimpse of Brendon McCullum in Bowes, who has played only 6 ODIs and 11 T20s for New Zealand. He has also become the second player in history to score a double century in the Ford Trophy. Former Black Caps batsman Jamie How (222 in the 2012–13 season) is the only other player to do so. Bowes performed brilliantly against fast bowlers, spin bowlers and amazing fielders. He hit 7 sixes and 27 fours and was finally out LBW after scoring 205 runs on the bowling of Matt Bacon.
Chad, who scored the fastest double century, missed the special record
Bowes's 205 is a Canterbury record, but just shy of the New Zealand Ford Trophy record for an individual innings. It still holds the title of Jamie How, who scored 222 runs for Central Districts in 2013. Canterbury ended their innings at 343/9. Apart from Chad, no batsman for the team could reach the figure of 50 runs.
Chad, who came to open, held one end till the end, while at the other end only 4 batsmen reached double digits. Matthew Bacon took the maximum of 5 wickets for Otaga, while Andrew Hazeldine took 3 wickets while bowling lethally. One wicket went to the account of Dale Phillips.
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