1912 — The SA cricket team is bowled out for 159 at Leeds as England win this triangular tournament match by 174 runs. Captain Louis Tancred’s 39 was the top score in SA’s second innings.
1951 — The SA cricket team is rolled over by nine wickets in the third Test in Manchester as England take a 2-1 lead in the five-match series. The visitors had no answer to Alec Bedser, who took 12/112 in the match. SA’s opening bowler Geoff Chubb took 6/51.
1999 — The Springboks fail to score a point as they get crushed 0-28 by the All Blacks in Dunedin. Fullback Jeff Wilson, Christian Cullen on the wing and scrumhalf Justin Marshall dotted down for the home side. It was only the second time the Boks had failed to score a point while losing to New Zealand, and at the time it was their biggest losing margin against any team, eclipsing their 3-26 loss to Australia in 1992.
2003 — Makhaya Ntini takes four wickets as the Proteas beat Zimbabwe by seven wickets in an ODI in Southampton to progress to the final of the triangular tournament against hosts England. Captain Graeme Smith and Martin van Jaarsveld both made 69 as SA scored the winning runs in the 36th over.
2005 — Bafana Bafana play to a 3-3 draw in their Gold Cup group match against Jamaica in Los Angeles. Abram Raselemane and Lungisane Ndlela scored before the break, with Siyabonga Nomvethe putting SA 3-2 up in the 56th minute. Teafore Bennett equalised in the 80th minute.
2010 — The Springboks are comprehensively outplayed by the All Blacks 12-32 in a Tri-Nations match in Auckland. The Kiwis scored four tries without reply, flyhalf Morne Steyn landing four penalties.
2013 — Anaso Jobodwana lands the World Student Games sprint double as he bags the 200m crown to add to the 100m title he won two days earlier in Kazan, Russia. The US-based athlete, originally from Phakamisa in King William’s Town, was the first man to achieve this feat since Italian Pietro Mennea did it in Rome in 1975.
2015 — Kagiso Rabada takes 6/16 as the Proteas beat Bangladesh by eight wickets in the first ODI in Dhaka. The hosts were dismissed for 160 and SA chased that down in the 32nd over.
2019 — Bafana Bafana are eliminated from the African Nations’ Cup in Cairo, losing their quarterfinal 1-2 to Nigeria. Bongani Zungu headed in SA’s goal.
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