1970 — South Africa’s cricketers play their last day of Test match cricket before being forced into international isolation for 22 years. Playing in Port Elizabeth SA, captained by Ali Bacher, hammer Bill Lawry’s Australians by 323 runs for a 4-0 series whitewash. Chasing 570 runs for victory, the Aussies were bowled out for 246, with Mike Procter taking 6/73. Opener Barry Richards scored 81 and 126 in his two innings.
1992 — Welcome Ncita wins the IBF junior-featherweight title when he beats champion Fabrice Benichou in Tel Aviv, Israel. Ncita, South Africa’s seventh world champion and promoter Rodney Berman’s first made-from-scratch world champion, goes on to make six successful defences.
2000 — Ruben Groenewald fails in his bid for the WBF middleweight title, losing on points to Englishman Delroy Leslie in London.
2018 — Quinton de Kock spearheads the Proteas to an ODI series victory over Sri Lanka as he hammers 121 runs from 108 balls to guide the hosts to victory in the weather-shortened third match in Durban. SA scored 331/5 before restricting the visitors to 121/5. The win gave the hosts an unassailable 3-0 lead in the five-match series.
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