Cricket Records Set on 2 November

Rohit Sharma's 209 off 158 balls for India against Australia in 2013, built with 12 fours and 16 sixes, stands clear of every other score logged for this date in ODIs. It overshadows the Test-era contributions from 1951, when Vijay Hazare made 164 and Vijay Merchant 154 for India against England, innings with no boundary counts recorded. The ODI format otherwise dominates the list: Chris Gayle's 133, Liam Livingstone's 124 off 85 with 9 sixes in 2024, and centuries from Hashim Amla, Inzamam-ul-Haq, Shai Hope, James Faulkner, Shikhar Dhawan and Naved Latif all point to a date that has rewarded attacking batting in limited-overs cricket.

The sharpest spells on 2 November belong to the Test era. Ghulam Ahmed took 7/49 in 20.30 overs for India against Australia in 1956, in the same fixture where Richie Benaud claimed 6/52 and later 5/53. Sadu Shinde's 6/91 for India against England in 1951 sits alongside them. More recent figures came in shorter bursts: Muhammad Amir Azim Abdul Shukor's 5/16 in 3 overs for Malaysia against Singapore in 2023, Mohammed Shami's 5/18 in 5 overs for India against Sri Lanka in 2023, and Saleem Malik's 5/35 in 7 overs for Pakistan against New Zealand in 1990, showing wickets have come cheaply across formats.

In franchise cricket, Grace Harris made 75 off 57 for BH-W against HH-W in WBBL 2024/25, with Danni Wyatt-Hodge adding 62 off 35 in the same match. Courtney Webb's 61 off 40 for PS-W against MR-W came in the same WBBL season. In the IPL, AM Rahane's 60 off 46 for Delhi Capitals against Royal Challengers Bangalore in 2020 was followed by S Dhawan's 54 and Devdutt Padikkal's 50 in that innings. Jemimah Rodrigues (45) and Hayley Matthews (41) also featured in the WBBL matches, underlining the batting emphasis seen across the T20 fixtures recorded for this date.