Cricket Records Set on 11 January

George Headley's 176 for West Indies against England in 1930 stands as the largest score recorded on this date, with Andy Sandham's 152 and Clifford Roach's 122 coming in the same match. More recent entries show the format's variety: Ashwell Prince's 138 off 214 balls and Faf du Plessis's 137 off 252 for South Africa mark measured Test innings, while du Plessis also produced a rapid 119 off just 56 balls in a 2015 T20I against West Indies. Between the pure occupation of the crease in 1930 and the six-hitting bursts of the 2010s, the date has hosted contrasting styles of substantial innings across formats.

Bowlers have made their mark too. Narendra Hirwani took 8/61 and 8/75 in the same 1988 Test for India against West Indies, while Albert Trott claimed 8/43 for Australia against England back in 1895, showing the date has produced eight-wicket returns nearly a century apart. In the shorter format, Wanindu Hasaranga's 7/19 in just 5.50 overs for Sri Lanka against Zimbabwe in 2024 reflects how modern white-ball cricket can still deliver figures on the scale of the great Test spells, even inside a limited number of overs.

Franchise cricket has supplied its own headline scores on this date. Steven Smith's 121 off 64 balls for Sydney Sixers against Perth Scorchers in the BBL 2024/25 season and Nazmul Hossain Shanto's 115 off 57 for Dhaka Platoon against Khulna Tigers in BPL 2020 sit at the top, both well clear of the international T20I mark of 119 by du Plessis. Matthew Short's 109 off 54 for Adelaide Strikers further underlines how the BBL, in particular, has repeatedly produced fast, high-scoring innings on 11 January across different years.