Cricket Records Set on 23 September

Runs have flowed heavily on this date. Herschelle Gibbs top scores with 125 off 112 for South Africa against Zimbabwe in 2001, while Ijaz Ahmed made 122 off 221 for Pakistan against Australia in the same 1988 Test that also produced Allan Border's 113 and Javed Miandad's 107. The 2018 India-Pakistan ODI added further weight, with Shikhar Dhawan's 114 off 100 and Rohit Sharma's 111 off 119 both arriving in the same fixture. Assad Vala's 104 off 114 for Papua New Guinea against Namibia in 2019 shows the spread of scoring across formats and opponents on this day.

Bowling figures are led by Ish Sodhi's 6/39 in 10 overs for New Zealand against Bangladesh in 2023, the most wickets taken in a single innings on this date across the data. Imad Wasim's 5/14 in four overs for Pakistan against West Indies in 2016 and Mushtaq Ahmed's 5/36 for India against Pakistan in 1996 stand out for their economy, while a cluster of four-wicket hauls, including John Kariko's 4/11 and Charles Amini's 4/18 both from the same 2023 Malaysia-Papua New Guinea T20I, show bowlers making occasional inroads.

In franchise cricket, Faf du Plessis' 103 off 59 for Guyana Amazon Warriors against St Lucia Kings in CPL 2022 is the highest score recorded, comfortably ahead of Rohit Sharma's 80 off 54 for Mumbai Indians against Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL 2020. That same Mumbai-Kolkata pairing also features in IPL 2021, with contributions from Rahul Tripathi, Quinton de Kock and Venkatesh Iyer. Compared with the international bowling figures, the T20 league entries on this date lean firmly towards batting, with no bowling figures listed among the league fixtures.