ON THIS DAY · 6 AUGUST

Cricket Records Set on 6 August

DATE
6 AUGUSTRecordsMilestones
HIGHEST SCORES
RUNS
1Javed Miandad 1987 · England v PakistanTests260521b
2Kumar Sangakkara 2014 · Sri Lanka v PakistanTests221425b
3Younis Khan 2014 · Sri Lanka v PakistanTests177331b
4Mike Gatting 1987 · England v PakistanTests150302b
5Craig Ervine 2016 · Zimbabwe v New ZealandTests146272b
6Tom Latham 2016 · Zimbabwe v New ZealandTests136269b
7Joe Root 2015 · England v AustraliaTests130176b
8Ross Taylor 2016 · Zimbabwe v New ZealandTests124173b
9Shahriar Nafees 2006 · Zimbabwe v BangladeshODIs118148b
10Imran Niazi 1987 · England v PakistanTests118201b
BEST BOWLING
FIGURES
1Stuart Broad 2015 · England v AustraliaTests8/15
2Abdul Qadir 1987 · England v PakistanTests7/96
3Ben Stokes 2015 · England v AustraliaTests6/36
4Darren Gough 1998 · England v South AfricaTests6/42
5Rangana Herath 2014 · Sri Lanka v PakistanTests6/48
6Graeme Swann 2010 · England v PakistanTests6/65
7Wasim Akram 1992 · England v PakistanTests6/67
8Mitchell Starc 2015 · England v AustraliaTests6/111
9Graham Dilley 1987 · England v PakistanTests6/154
10Angus Fraser 1998 · England v South AfricaTests5/42
T20 LEAGUE HIGHEST SCORES
ALL LEAGUES
1Murali Vijay TNPL 2019 · Ruby Trichy Warriors v TUTI PatriotsTNPL10157b
2Melie Kerr Hundred Women 2026 · MI London v SpiritHUNDRED6941b
3Rajagopal Sathish TNPL 2021 · Chepauk Super Gillies v Lyca Kovai KingsTNPL6432b
4Akshay Srinivasan TNPL 2019 · Ruby Trichy Warriors v TUTI PatriotsTNPL6347b
5CAK Walton CPL 2017 · Guyana Amazon Warriors v St Kitts and Nevis PatriotsCPL6051b
6Adithya Ganesh TNPL 2019 · Ruby Trichy Warriors v TUTI PatriotsTNPL5645b
7LMP Simmons CPL 2017 · Barbados Tridents v Jamaica TallawahsCPL5346b
8Lhuan-dre Pretorius Hundred Men 2026 · Spirit v MI LondonHUNDRED5228b
9Nicholas Pooran Hundred Men 2026 · Spirit v MI LondonHUNDRED3925b
10J Charles CPL 2013 · St Lucia Zouks v Antigua HawksbillsCPL3630b
INTERNATIONAL MATCHES ON 6 AUGUST
28 PLAYED
YearMatchFormatResult
2026Brazil v PeruT20IsBrazil won by 6 wickets (with 56 balls remaining)
2026Mexico v PanamaT20IsPanama won by 5 wickets (with 3 balls remaining)
2023West Indies v IndiaT20IsWest Indies won by 2 wickets (with 7 balls remaining)
2023Hungary v CroatiaT20IsMatch abandoned without a ball bowled
2023Croatia v HungaryT20IsHungary won by 7 wickets (with 76 balls remaining)
2022India v West IndiesT20IsIndia won by 59 runs
2021Bangladesh v AustraliaT20IsBangladesh won by 10 runs
2021France v GermanyT20IsGermany won by 2 wickets (with 34 balls remaining) (DLS method)
2019West Indies v IndiaT20IsIndia won by 7 wickets (with 5 balls remaining)
2019Netherlands v United Arab EmiratesT20IsU.A.E. won by 14 runs
2016Zimbabwe v New ZealandTestsNew Zealand won by 254 runs
2015England v AustraliaTestsEngland won by an innings and 78 runs
T20 LEAGUE MATCHES ON 6 AUGUST
6 PLAYED
SeasonMatchLeagueResult
TNPL 2021Chepauk Super Gillies v Lyca Kovai KingsTNPLGillies won by 36 runs
TNPL 2019Ruby Trichy Warriors v TUTI PatriotsTNPLWarriors won by 17 runs
TNPL 2017Madurai Super Giant v Chepauk Super GilliesTNPLGillies won by 5 wickets (with 6 balls remaining)
CPL 2017Guyana Amazon Warriors v St Kitts and Nevis PatriotsCPL123/7 (20.0 ov) v 124/6 (19.0 ov)
CPL 2017Barbados Tridents v Jamaica TallawahsCPL142/7 (20.0 ov) v 130/6 (20.0 ov)
CPL 2013St Lucia Zouks v Antigua HawksbillsCPL133/8 (20.0 ov) v 166/6 (20.0 ov)
RECENT RESULTS 4 matches