THIS DAY IN HISTORY

1899: Playing in their final Test of the 19th century, SA’s cricketers are bowled out for 35 in the final innings as they lose to England by 210 runs in Cape Town.

1981: Henry Khumalo comes on as a substitute and scores three second-half goals to lead Orlando Pirates to an unlikely 3-2 Champion of Champions final victory over Kaizer Chiefs at Orlando Stadium. A minute after halftime, Peter Mokotedi scored to put Chiefs 2-0 up on aggregate in the second leg of the final. Then came Khumalo’s miraculous feat, with his third goal coming in the 90th minute through a penalty after a handball offence.

1994: The Proteas beat Australia by 26 runs in Port Elizabeth to win the sixth ODI and take a 4-2 lead in the eightmatch series. Jonty Rhodes scored 66 and Andrew Hudson

63 to help SA to 227/6.

2008: AB de Villiers scores an unbeaten 217 on the second day of the second Test against India in Ahmedabad, pushing the Proteas to a first-innings total of 494/7 declared and a lead of 418. Batting at six, De Villiers made his runs from 333 balls and his innings lasted eight hours. The three-match series was tied 1-1.