Aussie batsman smashes world record 169 in 65 balls Gold Coast Twenty20 park cricketer Jerome Jones has smashed a world record 169 not out in a local match. DON'T despair Aussie cricket fans. We've found our Ashes saviour - playing park cricket on the Gold Coast. Ashmore's Jerome Jones has just blasted a world-record 169 not out in a local Last Man Stands Twenty20 match. Jones scored more runs in his sixty-minute slogfest than any of Australia's batsmen have managed across two dismal Ashes Tests. And he's ready to answer the call in Australia's hour of need. "I couldn't do any worse could I?" he asked. Billed as the world's biggest amateur cricket league, Last Man Stands is an eight-a-side 20-over competition, with dozens of associations around the world. Jones smashed 15 sixes and 14 boundaries in his record-breaking 65-ball knock. The innings pipped the previous mark of 168, set by South African Henk Smit two years ago. The mild-mannered accountant, once an accomplished cricketer in Tasmania, has a young family and no time for serious competition, instead getting his cricket fix for Team Jigsaw in the hit 'n' giggle Twenty20 league on the Gold Coast. At the time the 38-year-old had no idea he was making history. "We were chasing 240 and I was the last man standing so I was just slogging away," he said. Jones said he had already shared a few Ashes-related jokes over his innings. "I rang my wife to get her to bring my kit bag to work (for The Courier-Mail photo shoot) and she asked what for?" he said. I told her Darren Lehmann rang and I had to be on the next plane to England. I don't think she believed me though. There must be something about Gold Coast accountants and big-hitting batsmen. Last January, fellow number cruncher Shane Basile brought up a hundred in just 21 balls in a sixth grade club match for Coomera. The Last Man Stands world championships will be held in England next month and unlike the Ashes, at least Australia has a chance of winning. Note to Australian selectors: You can contact Jones through this newspaper.