1912 — The South African 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 South Africa's second innings.
1951 — The South African 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.
1955 — Skipper Jackie McGlew, who had left the crease two days before to undergo X-rays on his painful right hand, carries on batting to score an unbeaten 104 before declaring South Africa’s first innings of the third Test against England in Manchester on 521/8.
1977 — Surfer Shaun Tomson produces a flawless performance in the final to win his fifth straight Gunston 500 crown at Durban’s Bay of Plenty beach. The victory moved him to top of the international grand prix circuit rankings. Tomson won the world title later in the year.
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 dot down for the home side. It is only the second time the Boks have 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 South Africa 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 Lungisani Ndlela scored before the break, with Siyabonga Nomvethe putting South Africa 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.
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 South Africa 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.
2022 — Nthabiseng Majiya scores with 10 minutes remaining to give Banyana Banyana a 1-0 win over Botswana in their final Women’s Africa Cup of Nations pool match in Rabat to put them top of Group C with three victories.
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