Cricket Records Set on 28 October

The 2004 Pakistan v Sri Lanka Test produced four centuries on this date: Kumar Sangakkara's 138 off 251, Younis Khan's 124 off 215, Inzamam-ul-Haq's 117 off 244 and Sanath Jayasuriya's 107 off 129. Sangakkara's innings, with 20 fours and a six, is the highest Test score recorded on 28 October. In one-day cricket, Sachin Tendulkar's 141 off 128 for India against Australia in 1998 is the highest score across all formats, struck with 13 fours and three sixes. MS Dhoni's 124 off 107 against Australia in 2009 shows fast one-day scoring was already established well before the later T20 era.

Wickets have been harder to come by on this date. Danish Kaneria's 7/118 from 60 overs for Pakistan against Sri Lanka in 2004 is the best return, coming at a high cost in an innings dominated by batting. Mehidy Hasan took 6/77 and 6/82 in the same 2016 Bangladesh v England Test, with Moeen Ali adding 5/57 in that match. Abdul Razzaq's 5/35 from 2004, and Roston Chase's 5/36 alongside Jomel Warrican's 5/53, both from the 2026 Bangladesh v West Indies Test, complete the notable five-wicket hauls. None of these figures match the scale of the day's biggest individual scores.

More recent white-ball fixtures show the balance tilting further towards batsmen. Rachin Ravindra's 116 off 89 and Travis Head's 109 off 67, including seven sixes, both came in the 2023 Australia v New Zealand ODI that finished 388 to 383. Dwayne Bravo's 112 off 124 in 2006 and Ken Rutherford's 108 off 102 in 1994 reflect earlier eras of one-day scoring on this date. In T20 league cricket, SA Yadav's 79 off 43 and Devdutt Padikkal's 74 off 45 both came in the same Mumbai Indians v Royal Challengers Bangalore match in the 2020 IPL, showing two batters dominating one limited-overs contest.