ON THIS DAY · 5 JULY

Cricket Records Set on 5 July

DATE
5 JULYRecordsMilestones
HIGHEST SCORES
RUNS
1Bill Edrich 1947 · England v South AfricaTests191
2Graham Gooch 1990 · England v New ZealandTests154281b
3Adam Gilchrist 2001 · England v AustraliaTests152143b
4Peter Parfitt 1962 · England v PakistanTests119
5Denis Compton 1947 · England v South AfricaTests115
6Dudley Nourse 1947 · England v South AfricaTests115
7Geoff Boycott 1973 · England v New ZealandTests115181b
8Damien Martyn 2001 · England v AustraliaTests105165b
9Steve Waugh 2001 · England v AustraliaTests105181b
10Virat Kohli 2013 · West Indies v IndiaODIs10283b
BEST BOWLING
FIGURES
1Dick Barlow 1886 · England v AustraliaTests7/44
2Sir Alec Bedser 1951 · England v South AfricaTests7/58
3Shaheen Afridi 2019 · Pakistan v BangladeshODIs6/35
4Geoff Chubb 1951 · England v South AfricaTests6/51
5Eddie Hemmings 1990 · England v New ZealandTests6/58
6Geoff Arnold 1973 · England v New ZealandTests5/27
7Tanvir Islam 2025 · BAN v SLODIs5/39
8Devon Malcolm 1990 · England v New ZealandTests5/46
9Sir Richard Hadlee 1990 · England v New ZealandTests5/53
10Shane Warne 2001 · England v AustraliaTests5/71
T20 LEAGUE HIGHEST SCORES
ALL LEAGUES
1Arun Karthik TNPL 2022 · Nellai Royal Kings v Siechem Madurai PanthersTNPL10657b
2Tim Seifert LPL 2024 · Galle Marvels v Jaffna KingsLPL10463b
3Jafar Jamal TNPL 2023 · Ba11sy Trichy v Nellai Royal KingsTNPL9653b
4Matthew Short MLC 2025 · San Francisco Unicorns v Texas Super KingsMLC8063b
5Sanjay Yadav TNPL 2022 · Nellai Royal Kings v Siechem Madurai PanthersTNPL7042b
6Rilee Rossouw LPL 2024 · Galle Marvels v Jaffna KingsLPL6742b
7AB de Villiers CPL 2016 · St Kitts and Nevis Patriots v Barbados TridentsCPL6333b
8Kieron Pollard MLC 2026 · Los Angeles v New YorkMLC6335b
9Nicholas Pooran MLC 2024 · Seattle Orcas v MI New YorkMLC6237b
10Guruswamy Ajitesh TNPL 2023 · Ba11sy Trichy v Nellai Royal KingsTNPL5629b
INTERNATIONAL MATCHES ON 5 JULY
37 PLAYED
YearMatchFormatResult
2026Finland v PortugalT20IsMatch abandoned without a ball bowled
2026Finland v PortugalT20IsMatch abandoned without a ball bowled
2025BAN v SLODIsBangladesh won by 16 runs
2025MWI v GERT20IsGermany won by 5 wickets (with 20 balls remaining)
2025JER v NEDT20IsNetherlands won by 7 wickets (with 3 balls remaining)
2025GUE v ITAT20IsItaly won by 7 wickets (with 36 balls remaining)
2024Zambia v MalawiT20IsMalawi won by 4 wickets (with 5 balls remaining)
2024Kenya v RwandaT20IsKenya won by 49 runs
2023Bangladesh v AfghanistanODIsAfghanistan won by 17 runs (DLS method)
2023Oman v West IndiesODIsWest Indies won by 7 wickets (with 62 balls remaining)
2022Singapore v Papua New GuineaT20IsMatch abandoned without a ball bowled
2019Pakistan v BangladeshODIsPakistan won by 94 runs
T20 LEAGUE MATCHES ON 5 JULY
7 PLAYED
SeasonMatchLeagueResult
MLC 2025Seattle Orcas v Washington FreedomMLCWashington won by 8 wickets (with 64 balls remaining)
MLC 2025San Francisco Unicorns v Texas Super KingsMLCSF won by 1 run
LPL 2024Galle Marvels v Jaffna KingsLPL187/5 (20.0 ov) v 191/5 (19.4 ov)
MLC 2024Seattle Orcas v MI New YorkMLC108/10 (20.0 ov) v 111/4 (14.2 ov)
TNPL 2023Ba11sy Trichy v Nellai Royal KingsTNPLRoyal Kings won by 8 wickets (with 25 balls remaining) (DLS method)
TNPL 2022Nellai Royal Kings v Siechem Madurai PanthersTNPLRoyal Kings won by 26 runs
CPL 2016St Kitts and Nevis Patriots v Barbados TridentsCPL162/8 (20.0 ov) v 166/3 (18.4 ov)
RECENT RESULTS 4 matches