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Three up and coming Hibiscus Coast cricketers will play for both the home team and Auckland this coming season.
Right-handed batter Bevon-John Jacobs has secured a contract with the Auckland Aces. He trained at the Victor Eaves nets in Orewa as a youngster and last played for Hibiscus in the 2021 season, scoring 151 not out in a premier men’s game. His hard hitting ways started at school, where he got a cricket scholarship through Canterbury Cricket and Lincoln University.
Jacobs made his debut for Canterbury Kings last summer and also scored 1000 runs for the Canterbury premier men’s team. He is returning to the Coast and will play for the Hibiscus Coast men’s premier team when not playing for the Aces.
Also heading for big things are Kerien McClintock and Ryan Coetzee who were both named in the Auckland U19s. Both Ryan and Keiren were in the club’s summer series teams and youth development programme and club manager Gair McSkimming says he hopes their success paves the way for others to follow Last season Coast premier men and U17 teams were Auckland champions.
