Cricket Milestones Reached on 24 October

Virat Kohli reached 10000 ODI runs in the India v West Indies match in 2018, a tally that marked a major phase of his ODI career. Sourav Ganguly brought up 7000 ODI runs in the India v Kenya match in 2001. Abhishek Sharma brought up 2000 T20I runs in the New Zealand v India match in 2026, a landmark from the growing T20I format. In Tests, Mohammad Rizwan reached 2000 Test runs in the England v Pakistan match in 2024, while Gary Kirsten and Saeed Ahmed had reached the same 2000 Test run mark decades earlier, in the Pakistan v South Africa match of 1997 and the Pakistan v Australia match of 1964 respectively.

Several landmarks on this date mark early staging posts rather than career peaks. Waqar Younis and Shaun Pollock both brought up 500 Test runs in the same Pakistan v South Africa match in 1997, unusual runs landmarks for two bowlers. Gary Kirsten passed 500 ODI runs in the Australia v South Africa match in 1994, years before his 2000 Test run mark fell on this same date. Luke Ronchi reached 500 ODI runs in the New Zealand v South Africa match in 2014, and Mark Burgess brought up 500 Test runs in the Pakistan v New Zealand match in 1969, each an early entry in a longer international career.

Abdul Qadir reached 100 Test wickets in the Pakistan v India match in 1984, the highest wicket tally among the landmarks recorded on this date. Abdul Razzaq reached 50 Test wickets in the Pakistan v South Africa match in 2003, while Mitchell McClenaghan and Nathan Astle each reached 50 ODI wickets, in the New Zealand v South Africa match of 2014 and the New Zealand v Zimbabwe match of 1998. Further down the scale, Glenn Phillips reached 25 Test wickets in the New Zealand v India match in 2024, Anrich Nortje reached 25 T20I wickets in the Zimbabwe v South Africa match in 2022, and Andy Whittall, Pat Symcox and Hedley Howarth reached 25-wicket landmarks in the New Zealand v Zimbabwe match of 1998, the Pakistan v South Africa match of 1997, and the Pakistan v New Zealand match of 1969 respectively.