ON THIS DAY · 21 JULY

Cricket Records Set on 21 July

DATE
21 JULYRecordsMilestones
HIGHEST SCORES
RUNS
1Aravinda de Silva 2002 · Sri Lanka v BangladeshTests206234b
2Kevin Pietersen 2011 · England v IndiaTests202326b
3Virat Kohli 2016 · West Indies v IndiaTests200283b
4Allan Steel 1884 · England v AustraliaTests148
5Sanath Jayasuriya 2002 · Sri Lanka v BangladeshTests145164b
6Jackie McGlew 1955 · England v South AfricaTests133
7Kumar Sangakkara 2012 · Sri Lanka v IndiaODIs133151b
8Russell Endean 1955 · England v South AfricaTests116
9Ravichandran Ashwin 2016 · West Indies v IndiaTests113253b
10Roy McLean 1960 · England v South AfricaTests109157b
BEST BOWLING
FIGURES
1George Ulyett 1884 · England v AustraliaTests7/36
2Ravichandran Ashwin 2016 · West Indies v IndiaTests7/83
3Shane Watson 2010 · Australia v PakistanTests6/33
4Ted Peate 1884 · England v AustraliaTests6/85
5Joey Palmer 1884 · England v AustraliaTests6/111
6Zuhaib Zubair 2025 · Nigeria v United Arab EmiratesT20Is5/21
7John Lyons 1890 · England v AustraliaTests5/30
8Muttiah Muralitharan 2002 · Sri Lanka v BangladeshTests5/39
9Tich Freeman 1928 · England v West IndiesTests5/39
10Steve Harmison 2005 · England v AustraliaTests5/43
T20 LEAGUE HIGHEST SCORES
ALL LEAGUES
1Rilee Rossouw LPL 2024 · Galle Marvels v Jaffna KingsLPL10653b
2Bhanuka Rajapaksa LPL 2024 · Galle Marvels v Jaffna KingsLPL8234b
3Finn Allen MLC 2024 · Seattle Orcas v San Francisco UnicornsMLC7730b
4Sahibzada Farhan LPL 2026 · Royals v SixersLPL7445b
5Kusal Mendis LPL 2024 · Galle Marvels v Jaffna KingsLPL7240b
6Amit Sathvik TNPL 2021 · Ruby Trichy Warriors v Nellai Royal KingsTNPL7152b
7Abhinav Mukund TNPL 2019 · VB Kanchi Veerans v Lyca Kovai KingsTNPL7044b
8LMP Simmons CPL 2015 · Guyana Amazon Warriors v Trinbago Knight RidersCPL6551b
9Quinton de Kock MLC 2024 · Seattle Orcas v San Francisco UnicornsMLC6233b
10Sam Curran Hundred Men 2026 · Sunrisers v MI LondonHUNDRED6039b
INTERNATIONAL MATCHES ON 21 JULY
28 PLAYED
YearMatchFormatResult
2025Nigeria v United Arab EmiratesT20IsU.A.E. won by 7 wickets (with 91 balls remaining)
2025Uganda v KenyaT20IsUganda won by 28 runs
2025KSA v QATT20IsQatar won by 4 wickets (with 4 balls remaining)
2023Denmark v IrelandT20IsIreland won by 9 wickets (with 33 balls remaining)
2023Austria v GermanyT20IsGermany won by 9 wickets (with 59 balls remaining)
2023Scotland v JerseyT20IsScotland won by 14 runs
2016West Indies v IndiaTestsIndia won by an innings and 92 runs
2015Bangladesh v South AfricaTestsMatch drawn
2015Afghanistan v Hong KongT20IsHong Kong won by 5 wickets (with 0 balls remaining)
2015Namibia v NetherlandsT20IsNetherlands won by 4 wickets (with 4 balls remaining)
2013West Indies v PakistanODIsPakistan won by 6 wickets (with 6 balls remaining) (D/L method)
2012Ireland v BangladeshT20IsBangladesh won by 2 wickets (with 0 balls remaining)
T20 LEAGUE MATCHES ON 21 JULY
10 PLAYED
SeasonMatchLeagueResult
LPL 2024Galle Marvels v Jaffna KingsLPL184/6 (20.0 ov) v 185/1 (15.4 ov)
MLC 2024Seattle Orcas v San Francisco UnicornsMLC152/7 (20.0 ov) v 156/4 (14.2 ov)
MLC 2023Texas Super Kings v Seattle OrcasMLCSeattle won by 8 wickets (with 24 balls remaining)
Zimbabwe Afro T10 2023Bulawayo Braves v Harare HurricanesZAT10Braves won by 49 runs
TNPL 2022Salem Spartans v Ruby Trichy WarriorsTNPLWarriors won by 4 runs (D/L method)
TNPL 2021Ruby Trichy Warriors v Nellai Royal KingsTNPLWarriors won by 74 runs
TNPL 2019VB Kanchi Veerans v Lyca Kovai KingsTNPLKovai Kings won by 8 wickets (with 28 balls remaining)
TNPL 2018Idream Karaikudi Kaalai v Chepauk Super GilliesTNPLKaalai won by 47 runs
CPL 2016St Lucia Zouks v St Kitts and Nevis PatriotsCPL174/9 (20.0 ov) v 139/9 (20.0 ov)
CPL 2015Guyana Amazon Warriors v Trinbago Knight RidersCPL118/3 (17.0 ov) v 117/8 (20.0 ov)
RECENT RESULTS 4 matches