THIS DAY IN HISTORY

1996: Bafana Bafana win the African Nations Cup in front of 80,000 fans at FNB Stadium. Substitute Mark Williams scored two goals in three minutes to give SA a 2-0 win over Tunisia. Williams had been on the field for just eight minutes when he netted his first goal. President Nelson Mandela handed over the trophy to the victorious skipper, Neil Tovey.

2002: Jacques Kallis scores his maiden ODI century against Australia, notching up an unbeaten 104 off 120 balls in Perth. He was SA’s top scorer by far in the chase of the 284-run target, with Herschelle Gibbs next best on 34. It wasn’t enough, however, and Australia won by 33 runs. That was Kallis’s seventh ODI century of his career, during which he reached three figures on 17 occasions.

2007: Cassius Baloyi makes quick work of Nazareno Ruiz of Argentina, stopping him in the third round to reclaim the vacant IBO junior-lightweight title at Carnival City.

2008: Shaun Pollock plays his final match for SA, an ODI against the West Indies at the Wanderers. The Proteas won by eight wickets on Duckworth-Lewis. Pollock finished with one wicket for 33 runs from his 10 overs, and scored an unbeaten 10 runs coming in as a pinchhitter at four.