On this day: 6 August
Big innings, best bowling and memorable results from Tests, ODIs, T20Is and the IPL played on 6 August, from our ball-by-ball records (2002 onwards).
Highlights
2015
Bowling
Stuart Broad 8/15England v Australia · Test · Nottingham
2015
Bowling
Ben Stokes 6/36England v Australia · Test · Nottingham
2014
Batting
Kumar Sangakkara 221 (425)Sri Lanka v Pakistan · Test · Galle International Stadium
2014
Batting
Younis Khan 177 (331)Pakistan v Sri Lanka · Test · Galle International Stadium
2011
Batting
Tillakaratne Dilshan 104* (57)Sri Lanka v Australia · T20I · Pallekele International Cricket Stadium
Top innings
2014
Batting
Kumar Sangakkara 221 (425)Sri Lanka v Pakistan · Test · Galle International Stadium
2011
Batting
Tillakaratne Dilshan 104* (57)Sri Lanka v Australia · T20I · Pallekele International Cricket Stadium
2014
Batting
Younis Khan 177 (331)Pakistan v Sri Lanka · Test · Galle International Stadium
2013
Batting
Faf du Plessis 85 (65)South Africa v Sri Lanka · T20I · Hambantota
2006
Batting
Shahriar Nafees 118* (148)Bangladesh v Zimbabwe · ODI · Harare Sports Club
2003
Batting
Ricky Ponting 101 (118)Australia v Bangladesh · ODI · Darwin
2024
Batting
Saskia Horley 100 (121)Scotland v Papua New Guinea · Women's ODI · Utrecht
Best bowling
2015
Bowling
Stuart Broad 8/15England v Australia · Test · Nottingham
2015
Bowling
Ben Stokes 6/36England v Australia · Test · Nottingham
2010
Bowling
Graeme Swann 6/65England v Pakistan · Test · Birmingham
2014
Bowling
Rangana Herath 6/48Sri Lanka v Pakistan · Test · Galle International Stadium
2025
Bowling
Fatima Sana 4/26Pakistan v Ireland · Women's T20I · Dublin