AI ANALYSIS · 3 NOVEMBER
What 3 November Tells Us About Cricket
◈AI INSIGHTOn 3 November, Tests from 1979 to 2016 have repeatedly produced centuries, five-wicket hauls and career milestones all inside the same single match.
The 3 November Habit of Packing History Into One Match
ONE MATCH, MANY MILESTONES
Look closely at the Test entries from 3 November and the same fixtures keep reappearing across multiple tables. South Africa v India in 2001 alone produced Sachin Tendulkar's 155, Shaun Pollock's 6/56, Javagal Srinath's 200th Test wicket, Sourav Ganguly's 3000th Test run and Tendulkar's 7000th. Pakistan v Sri Lanka in 2011 gave Kumar Sangakkara his 144 and his 9000th Test run in the same match that Younis Khan made 122 and both Umar Gul and Rangana Herath passed 500 Test runs. Bangladesh v Zimbabwe in 2014 stacked Hamilton Masakadza's 158 against Shakib Al Hasan's 137 and 5/44, with Mominul Haque reaching 1000 Test runs in between. On this date, milestones do not scatter across different grounds. They bunch into one game.
FRANCHISE CRICKET'S EARLY-NOVEMBER SLOT
Away from internationals, 3 November sits inside the WBBL calendar in five separate seasons listed here, from 2020/21 through to 2024/25, with Melbourne, Sydney, Hobart and the W.A.C.A. all hosting matches on the date. The IPL turns up too, via Sunrisers Hyderabad against Mumbai Indians at Sharjah Cricket Stadium in the 2020 edition. Associate nations occupy the same date just as regularly: Bulgaria met Cyprus twice in T20Is in 2025, while Bahrain v Oman, United Arab Emirates v Nepal, Sierra Leone v Tanzania and Mozambique v Cameroon all appear in 2021 and 2023. The date reads less like a one-off and more like a fixed point in the global scheduling calendar.
FINISHES DECIDED BY SMALL MARGINS
Some of the closest games on record for this date hinge on tiny margins. Zimbabwe and Pakistan tied on 278 apiece in 2020, with Zimbabwe winning only after a one-over eliminator, in the same match that produced Babar Azam's 125 and Sean Williams's 118. Oman beat Bahrain by 10 wickets in 2023, Nepal beat the United Arab Emirates by 8 wickets with 17 balls remaining, and New Zealand edged Scotland by 16 runs in 2021. Pakistan's 33-run win over South Africa in 2022 came via the DLS method, while Australia v Pakistan in 2019 ended with no result at all. High scores and tight finishes sit side by side on this date.
WRITTEN BY AI FROM CRICSTATS MATCH DATA · 31 OCT 2026
INTERNATIONAL MATCHES ON 3 NOVEMBER
37 PLAYED| Year | Match | Format | Result |
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| 2025 | Bulgaria v Cyprus | T20Is | Cyprus won by 4 wickets (with 15 balls remaining) |
| 2025 | Bulgaria v Cyprus | T20Is | Cyprus won by 6 wickets (with 7 balls remaining) |
| 2023 | Bahrain v Oman | T20Is | Oman won by 10 wickets (with 34 balls remaining) |
| 2023 | United Arab Emirates v Nepal | T20Is | Nepal won by 8 wickets (with 17 balls remaining) |
| 2023 | Afghanistan v Netherlands | ODIs | Afghanistan won by 7 wickets (with 111 balls remaining) |
| 2022 | Pakistan v South Africa | T20Is | Pakistan won by 33 runs (DLS method) |
| 2021 | New Zealand v Scotland | T20Is | New Zealand won by 16 runs |
| 2021 | Afghanistan v India | T20Is | India won by 66 runs |
| 2021 | Sierra Leone v Tanzania | T20Is | Tanzania won by 8 wickets (with 55 balls remaining) |
| 2021 | Mozambique v Cameroon | T20Is | Mozambique won by 171 runs |
| 2020 | Zimbabwe v Pakistan | ODIs | Match tied (Zimbabwe won the one-over eliminator) |
| 2019 | Australia v Pakistan | T20Is | No result |
| 2019 | India v Bangladesh | T20Is | Bangladesh won by 7 wickets (with 3 balls remaining) |
| 2019 | New Zealand v England | T20Is | New Zealand won by 21 runs |
| 2018 | Bangladesh v Zimbabwe | Tests | Zimbabwe won by 151 runs |
T20 LEAGUE MATCHES ON 3 NOVEMBER
12 PLAYED| Season | Match | League | Result |
|---|
| WBBL 2024/25 | HH-W v MS-W | WBBL | Stars won by 7 wickets (with 13 balls remaining) |
| WBBL 2024/25 | AS-W v MR-W | WBBL | Renegades won by 2 wickets (with 0 balls remaining) |
| WBBL 2023/24 | MR-W v PS-W | WBBL | 171/6 (20.0 ov) v 172/4 (17.2 ov) |
| WBBL 2023/24 | SS-W v AS-W | WBBL | 111/6 (20.0 ov) v 114/5 (17.1 ov) |
| WBBL 2022/23 | MR-W v HH-W | WBBL | 133/5 (20.0 ov) v 137/6 (18.1 ov) |
| WBBL 2021/22 | SS-W v HH-W | WBBL | Sixers won by 31 runs |
| WBBL 2021/22 | PS-W v MR-W | WBBL | 194/2 (20.0 ov) v 154/6 (20.0 ov) |
| WBBL 2020/21 | AS-W v MS-W | WBBL | Stars won by 7 wickets (with 2 balls remaining) |
| WBBL 2020/21 | MR-W v HH-W | WBBL | Hurricanes won by 9 wickets (with 45 balls remaining) |
| IPL 2020 | Sunrisers Hyderabad v Mumbai Indians | IPL | 151/0 (17.1 ov) v 149/8 (20.0 ov) |
| WBBL 2019/20 | SS-W v MS-W | WBBL | 199/0 (20.0 ov) v 154/6 (20.0 ov) |
| WBBL 2019/20 | HH-W v ST-W | WBBL | 148/6 (20.0 ov) v 149/4 (18.1 ov) |