Cricket Records Set on 16 January

Donald Bradman's 223 for Australia against West Indies in 1931 tops the list of scores made on this date, ahead of Mohammad Yousuf's 204 off 243 balls for Pakistan against Bangladesh in 2002 and Jack Ryder's 201 off 461 balls for Australia against England in 1925. The presence of Bradman and Ryder from the 1920s and 1930s alongside Yousuf and Herschelle Gibbs's 192 off 335 balls in 2004 shows big Test scores on 16 January span almost a century. In the shorter format, Adam Gilchrist's 172 off 126 balls for Australia against Zimbabwe in 2004 and Shane Watson's 161 off 150 balls against England in 2011 stand out as the quickest major innings on the list.

Jomel Warrican's 7/32 in 18 overs for West Indies against Pakistan in 2025 is the best bowling figure recorded on this date, followed by Charles Amini's 6/19 in 10 overs for Papua New Guinea against Uganda in 2014. Older figures such as Sir Andy Roberts's 5/22 for West Indies against England in 1980 and Clarrie Grimmett's 5/49 for Australia against West Indies in 1931 show that both pace and spin have found success on 16 January across different eras, though the highest wicket haul, Warrican's seven-wicket return, came only recently in 2025.

In T20 leagues, David Warner's 110 off 65 balls for Sydney Sixers against Sydney Thunder in the BBL 2025/26 season leads the scores, with Jordan Hermann's 106 off 62 balls for MI Cape Town against Sunrisers Eastern Cape in SA20 2024 close behind. CJ Simmons's 102 off 41 balls for Perth Scorchers against Adelaide Strikers in BBL 2013 remains the fastest of the listed innings by balls faced, illustrating that big totals have appeared on 16 January in Twenty20 cricket as well as in the Test and ODI formats.