Cricket Records Set on 27 October

Zaheer Abbas's 235 in the Pakistan v India Test of 1978 stands as the highest score recorded on this date, struck with 29 fours and two sixes. Wiaan Mulder's 115 off 221 and Joshua Inglis's 102 off 135 both came from the South Africa v Australia Test of 2026. One-day cricket supplies most of the centuries: Desmond Haynes's 138 off 164 in the England v West Indies match of 1989, Mahela Jayawardene's 128 off 123 and Marvan Atapattu's 102 off 111 from the India v Sri Lanka game of 2000, Geoff Marsh's 126 off 149 in the Australia v New Zealand match of 1987, Jan Frylinck's 126 off 122 and Curtis Campher's 106 off 86 from the Namibia v Ireland ODI of 2026, and Virat Kohli's 107 off 119 in the India v West Indies match of 2018.

The shortest format adds extra firepower: Abhishek Sharma's 113 off just 38 balls, with nine fours and 11 sixes, came in the New Zealand v India T20I of 2026, while Rilee Rossouw's 109 off 56 followed in the South Africa v Bangladesh T20I of 2022. Bowlers have answered on this date too. Ravi Ratnayeke took 8/83 in 23.20 overs for the Pakistan v Sri Lanka Test of 1985, and Muttiah Muralitharan claimed 7/30 in ten overs in the India v Sri Lanka ODI of 2000. In 2026, Simon Harmer's 6/16 and Mitchell Starc's 6/72 both featured in the same South Africa v Australia Test, while Anrich Nortje took 4/10 in 3.30 overs in that 2022 South Africa v Bangladesh T20I, the same match as Rossouw's century.

Franchise cricket contributes a separate set of innings. WP Saha's 87 off 45 and David Warner's 66 off 34 both came in the Sunrisers Hyderabad v Delhi Capitals match of IPL 2020, in which Sunrisers Hyderabad posted 219/2 against Delhi Capitals' 131/10. The Women's Big Bash League supplies most of the rest: Ellyse Perry's 81 off 38 and Georgia Wareham's 61 off 31 both came in the MR-W v SS-W match of WBBL 2024/25, while Jemimah Rodrigues's 75 off 56 and Smriti Mandhana's 64 off 44 both came in the MR-W v ST-W match of WBBL 2021/22. Mignon du Preez's 62 off 45 and Alice Capsey's 52 off 43 round out the list of notable T20 league scores on the date.