When Jacobs strode to the crease to join 19-year-old Daniel Clohesy, the Suns looked dead and buried at 6-62 chasing Haig Fawkner's total of 4-165.

At that stage the Suns needed an unlikely 104 runs off just 61 balls to create history as the first BDCA team to qualify for the Regional Big Bash League final.

"Our plan was to take the game as deep as we could,'' Jacobs said. "At the stage we needed about 10 runs per over, so our plan was to get a boundary early in the over and then work the gaps for singles and twos."

Normally in a situation like that the more senior batting partner takes control of the partnership.

This time around it was Clohesy who led the way for Jacobs.

After scoring two runs off the first four balls he faced, Clohesy launched a stunning attack.

In the next five overs he hit four sixes and three fours as the Suns piled on 55 runs to get back into the game.

"Daniel is a really good thinker of the game. He picked his spots where he wanted to hit the ball and picked the right ball to hit,'' Jacobs said.

"Some of his ball-striking was fantastic. He changed the momentum of the game and got us going.

"I struggled early and just tried to hit the ball out to the sweepers and get the odd boundary.

"Daniel's innings was really mature. The most fulfilling thing for me was to see a young player play what we like to say "the Suns way" and take the game deep.

"It was really good to see him stand up like that under pressure."

When Clohesy fell for a brilliant 54 off 29 balls in the 18th over, the Suns still required 19 off 14 balls.

Jacobs and Ben DeAraugo whittled the equation down to nine runs off the last over.

Crucially, DeAraugo found the boundary off the first ball of the over.

Two singles followed before DeAraugo holed out off the fourth ball of the over.

The batsmen crossed, leaving Jacobs on strike with three runs to win off two balls.

On the penultimate delivery, Jacobs stepped across his stumps and flicked the ball over mid-wicket for a match-winning six.

Jacobs, who finished 38 not out off 26 balls, was mobbed by jubilant team-mates.

"It's pretty hard to beat the two-day grand final wins, but that win was right up there,'' Jacobs said.

"From an individual point of view to finish off the game like that in a semi-final was right up there.

"You could see the reaction from the boys after the game that it meant a lot to everyone.

"We've been trying for the past few years to get into the final of this competition."

The Suns play Mornington-Peninsula league power Langwarrin in Sunday's final at the Junction Oval.

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