1992 — South African cricket captain Kepler Wessels and Peter Kirsten return to the crease with South Africa on 122/2 and needing just 79 runs for victory on the final day of the one-off Test against the mighty West Indies in Bridgetown. Wessels was on 74 and Kirsten 36, but then disaster struck as South Africa’s last eight wickets fell for 25 runs. Wessels was unable to add to his score while Kirsten went on to make 52. But the remaining seven batsmen contributed just eight runs between them — four of them were out for ducks — as they collapsed to 148 all out to lose by 52 runs. Curtly Ambrose finished with 6/34 and Courtney Walsh 4/31.
1998 — Lance Klusener takes 5/25 as the Proteas, chasing 115, thrash Pakistan by nine wickets at Newlands to win the final of the ODI triangular tournament that also featured Sri Lanka. Opener Gary Kirsten scored an unbeaten 52.
2001 — The Proteas, having already won the away Test series against the West Indies, lose the final five-dayer in Kingston by 130 runs. Resuming on 140/3 still needing 246 for victory, the visitors were all out for 255. Neil McKenzie, Herschelle Gibbs and Jacques Kallis made half-centuries.
2005 — AB de Villiers, resuming on 122, makes 178 as South Africa declare their first innings on 548/9 in the third Test against the West Indies in Bridgetown for a lead of 252.
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