ODI No. 5,000 was Scotland v Canada in Dundee. The ledger, the squeeze between World Cups, and what comes next. The finale.
NO. 5,000 — Dundee, 7 August 2026: Scotland beat Canada by nine runs in a qualifying league match. ODI No. 1 was a rain rescue in Melbourne, 55 years earlier.
Sachin Tendulkar 18,426 runs. Muttiah Muralitharan 534 wickets. Virat Kohli 55 hundreds and counting. Chaminda Vaas 8/19, the best figures.
The World Cup Super League was scrapped after one cycle; ESPNcricinfo's Osman Samiuddin calls the format "kind of undead".
A 14-team men's World Cup in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia, with the final at the Wanderers on 21 November 2027.