Today in SA sports history: October 21
1902 — SA’s cricket team is bowled out for 85 as they crash to a 159-run defeat to Australia in the second Test at the Old Wanderers. The hosts had held the advantage after the first innings, with Charlie Lewellyn taking five wickets as the tourists were bowled out for 175 and Jimmy Sinclair becoming the first South African to score a century against Australia, making 101. SA were all out for 240. The Aussies scored 309 in their second innings, with Llewellyn taking another five wickets to finish the match with 10/116. The win gave Australia a 1-0 lead in the three-Test series.
1989 — Siza Makhathini is stopped in the 11th round by Glenn McCrory in his bid to win the IBF cruiserweight title in Middlesbrough. Makhatini had never won an SA title, lifting the vacant Transvaal provincial heavyweight belt by outpointing Freddie Rafferty.
1995 — Brian McMillan scores 127 as the Proteas score 303/5 and beat Zimbabwe by 134 runs in the first ODI in Harare.
2005 — The Proteas play their first-ever T20 and lose by five wickets to New Zealand at the Wanderers. The hosts were bowled out for 133, with captain Graeme Smith making 61. The result, if nothing else, was consistent with SA’s first-ever matches in the Test and ODI formats, which also ended in defeat. SA’s T20 total was also higher than both innings of the opening Test in March 1889, 84 and 129.
2014 — AB de Villiers scores an unbeaten 89 and JP Duminy 58 not out to lead the Proteas to a six-wicket win over New Zealand in the first ODI at Bay Oval in Mount Maunganui. Chasing 231 for victory, the duo came together with SA precariously placed on 97/4.
