Cricket Milestones Reached on 3 November

Kumar Sangakkara brought up 9000 Test runs in the Pakistan v Sri Lanka match of 2011, a landmark reached well into an already substantial career. Rahul Dravid reached 7000 Test runs in India v Australia in 2004, three years after Sachin Tendulkar had passed the same mark in South Africa v India in 2001. Sourav Ganguly brought up 3000 Test runs in that same South Africa v India fixture in 2001. In one-day cricket, Brian Lara reached 5000 ODI runs in South Africa v West Indies in 1997, Mohammad Azharuddin passed 5000 ODI runs in India v New Zealand in 1994, and Chris Cairns brought up 4000 ODI runs in Australia v New Zealand in 2003.

Several players crossed four-figure and five-hundred-run thresholds on this date. Mominul Haque brought up 1000 Test runs in Bangladesh v Zimbabwe in 2014, and Tillakaratne Dilshan reached 1000 ODI runs in India v Sri Lanka in 2005. Five hundred Test runs came up for Sean Williams in Bangladesh v Zimbabwe in 2018, for Temba Bavuma in Australia v South Africa in 2016, and for both Umar Gul and Rangana Herath in the same Pakistan v Sri Lanka match of 2011. In ODI cricket, Jacob Oram reached 500 runs in Australia v New Zealand in 2003, Moin Khan in Pakistan v Zimbabwe in 1996, Adam Parore in India v New Zealand in 1994 and Sanath Jayasuriya in Sri Lanka v West Indies in 1993. Martin Guptill brought up 3000 T20I runs in New Zealand v Scotland in 2021.

Two bowlers reached the 200-wicket mark on this date. Javagal Srinath took his 200th Test wicket in South Africa v India in 2001, the same fixture in which Tendulkar and Ganguly reached their run landmarks for India. Sir Curtly Ambrose reached 200 ODI wickets in South Africa v West Indies in 1997, in the same match in which Brian Lara passed 5000 ODI runs for West Indies. For both bowlers the landmark arrived well into an established international career, also coinciding with major batting milestones for team-mates on the same afternoon.