D'Arcy's dashing double re-writes List A history

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.

Scorecard: All the numbers from Short's record knock

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 domestic level is Kiwi Colin Munro, who did so in a first-class innings.

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 innings in men's cricket.

Short was particularly harsh on leg-spinner Mitchell Swepson (1-97 from eight overs) and given the Bulls had just five frontline bowlers to choose from, the left-hander also targeted the Queensland part-timers late in the innings.

Joe Burns and Charlie Hemphrey conceded a total of 41 runs between them in just two overs as Short hit both bowlers for three consecutive sixes.

Short also hit paceman Luke Feldman for three straight sixes, spoiling the right-armer's otherwise solid figures of 2-59 from 10 overs.

Feldman was also on the receiving end during Dunk's innings four years ago, the previous Australian record score of 229 not out. Feldman conceded 0-86 from 10 overs on that occasion in a match that the Bulls, remarkably, ended up winning by seven wickets.

Highest List A scores
268 – Alistair Brown, Surrey v Glamorgan, The Oval, 2002
264 – Rohit Sharma, India v Sri Lanka, Kolkata, 2014
257 – D’Arcy Short, WA v Queensland, Hurstville, 2018
248 – Shikhar Dhawan, India A v SA A, Pretoria, 2013
237* – Martin Guptill, New Zealand v West Indies, Wellington, 2015