21 July in cricket
21 July
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On this day in 2024, Rilee Rossouw lit up the Lanka Premier League with a blistering century for Jaffna Kings against Galle Marvels. The South African smashed 106 off just 53 balls, anchoring an innings backed superbly by Kusal Mendis, who chipped in with 72 from 40 deliveries. Galle Marvels had their own firepower in Bhanuka Rajapaksa, whose explosive 82 came off a mere 34 balls.
The date also belongs to Wayne Parnell, who produced a stunning spell in Major League Cricket in 2023. Representing Seattle Orcas against Texas Super Kings, the left-armer claimed five wickets for just 20 runs.
In 2022, Katherine Brunt starred for England against South Africa with figures of four for 15, while Meg Lanning made 74 against Ireland.
Best innings on 21 July
- Rilee Rossouw 106 (53) vs Galle MarvelsLPL · 2024
- Bhanuka Rajapaksa 82 (34) vs Jaffna KingsLPL · 2024
- Sahibzada Farhan 74 (45) vs Kandy RoyalsLPL · 2026
- Meg Lanning 74 (49) vs IrelandT20I · 2022
- Kusal Mendis 72 (40) vs Galle MarvelsLPL · 2024
Best bowling on 21 July
- Wayne Parnell 5/20 vs Texas Super KingsMLC · 2023
- Katherine Brunt 4/15 vs South AfricaT20I · 2022
- Marchant de Lange 4/23 vs Trinbago Knight RidersCPL · 2015
- Nuwan Thushara 4/29 vs Dambulla SixersLPL · 2026
- Alzarri Joseph 4/41 vs St Lucia ZouksCPL · 2016
Matches on 21 July
- Kandy Royals vs Dambulla Sixers — Kandy Royals won by 43 runsLPL · 2026
- Galle Marvels vs Jaffna Kings — Jaffna Kings won by 9 wicketsLPL · 2024
- Los Angeles Knight Riders vs MI New York — MI New York won by 4 wicketsMLC · 2024
- Texas Super Kings vs Seattle Orcas — Seattle Orcas won by 8 wicketsMLC · 2023
- Australia vs Ireland — Australia won by 63 runsT20I · 2022
- South Africa vs England — England won by 6 wicketsT20I · 2022
- St Lucia Zouks vs St Kitts and Nevis Patriots — St Lucia Zouks won by 35 runsCPL · 2016
- Trinbago Knight Riders vs Guyana Amazon Warriors — Guyana Amazon Warriors won by 7 wicketsCPL · 2015
Coverage & definitionsCricsheet ball-by-ball · matches played on this date (UTC) · data through 24 October 2026Show ▾
Source. Ball-by-ball data from Cricsheet. New matches are loaded from Cricsheet twice a day (10:00 and 22:00 UTC), typically a day or two after a match is published there.
Internationals. T20 internationals are included only when both teams are ICC full members. Fixtures against Associate nations (e.g. Netherlands, Scotland, Nepal, USA) are not in the dataset, so international totals for players who faced them are lower than their full career figures. Afghanistan men's internationals are absent for a different reason: Cricsheet has withheld every match involving the Afghanistan men's team since 14 November 2024, so none of them can be loaded. Every full member's totals are lower by the matches they played against Afghanistan, and Afghanistan men's players do not appear at all. Afghanistan women's matches are unaffected.
Leagues. Leagues: IPL, BBL, PSL, CPL, SA20, MLC, ILT20, BPL, LPL, WBBL, WPL — full history of each. Domestic T20 competitions outside this list (e.g. the Blast, SMAT, Super Smash) are not included.
Exclusions. Super overs are excluded from every total. A match abandoned without a ball bowled has no ball-by-ball file and is not in the dataset, even where a toss took place and official records credit the named players with an appearance. M can therefore sit one or two below a player's official career figure. Match appearances (M) come from the playing XI in each match file, so a match where a player neither batted nor bowled still counts as an appearance. Where M is missing, that player's appearances have not been loaded yet.
"Best" innings and spells are ranked by runs and by wickets then runs conceded; a quiet date here is only quiet within this dataset.