Cricket Records Set on 19 January

Angelo Mathews' 200 off 468 balls for Sri Lanka against Zimbabwe in 2020 is the largest score recorded on this date, built with 16 fours and 3 sixes over a long occupation of the crease. It sits apart from the one-day hundreds that dominate the rest of the list, such as Yuvraj Singh's 150 off 127 and MS Dhoni's 134 off 122, both for India against England in 2017, or Steven Smith's 131 off 132 for Australia in 2020. Geoff Pullar's 165 and Javed Burki's 140, both from the 1962 Pakistan v England Test, show the date has produced big Test scores across very different eras.

Billy Bates took 7/28 for England against Australia in 1883, the oldest bowling figures in the data, and followed it with 7/74 in the same match. More recent efforts include Makhaya Ntini's 6/59 for South Africa against Pakistan in 2007 and Fanie de Villiers' 6/81 against Pakistan in 1995. Erapalli Prasanna's 6/104 for India against Australia in 1968 and Mohammad Asif's 5/76 in 2007 round out figures spanning from the 19th century to the modern game, showing that both bat and ball have found success on this date over time.

In T20 leagues, GJ Maxwell's 154 off 64 for Melbourne Stars against Hobart Hurricanes in BBL 2021/22 stands well clear of the other totals, including Ryan Rickelton's 94 off 52 for MI Cape Town in SA20 2024 and DA Miller's 90 off 48 for Hobart Hurricanes in BBL 2019. Sabbir Rahman's 85 off 51 for Rangpur Rangers in BPL 2019 and TM Head's 79 off 40 in BBL 2019 add further evidence that the shortest format has repeatedly rewarded aggressive batting on 19 January.