SA's 100 Most Famous Sports Photos

In this book you will see over 100 photos of South Africa’s most famous sports stars covering over 50 years of memorable sporting moments.

SPORTS STARS FEATURED INCLUDE: AB de Villiers, Allan Donald, Bruce Fordyce, Bryan Habana, Chad le Clos, Charl Schwartzel, Francois Pienaar, Frik du Preez, Gary Player, Graeme Smith, Graeme Pollock, Graeme Pope-Ellis, Hashim Amla, John Smit, Jomo Sono, Jonty Rhodes, Josiah Thugwane, Makhaya Ntini, Oscar Pistorius, Shaun Tomson and many more.

This book is a collector’s dream and will bring back many happy (and a few not so happy) memories of great South African sporting moments.

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Foreword In the friendly argot of sports journalism, photographers are seldom praised by writers. They are considered a breed apart, unworthy of attention because, the writers believe, words offer something deeper than mere pictures.

If only this were true. A splendid picture not only captures the essence of an event, it stands the test of time, drawing wonderment and praise. Now, as always, a picture tells a thousand beautifully crafted words.

For years, sports photographers have soared over the pack. Some of the pictures in this book date back 40 or 50 years and more – the iconic image of Nelson Mandela in regal boxing pose is a particular highlight – and every single one contains an element of magic and rare elegance.

That’s because the photographers who shine rarely get a second chance.

Great moments are fleeting, as fast as sport itself, and only the shooters who immerse themselves in their craft learn to plan, anticipate and capture such moments.

It has helped immensely that South Africa has enjoyed so many moments in the sun. World champions and winners abound. So too losers, and their moments are venerated for different reasons, but mostly because they remind us of our own mortality and failings.

The photographers within this magnificent book have contributed enormously to the body of work that represents South African sport.

The triumphs and the tears, the dramas and the defeats – they’re all here, resplendent in their own unique way.

SuperSport is delighted to be a partner in this project. We are unashamed producers of fast-moving pictures, but we share a passion for sport, for heroes, for the vanquished and for the common man.

This book isn’t strictly a representation of the best of the best; there is a bias towards the big sports and the moments that have resonated through the years.

This is also an unashamed historical representation of the highlights of SA sport, ensuring the many epic moments are captured forever.

Have we missed some epic photographs? Probably. Like sport itself, we all have our favourites, the athletes and teams we prefer to lean towards.

This is no bad thing.

There was also little point going beyond the 1950s, purely from an aesthetic point of view. Older photographs are more grainy and washed out; a consequence of photography still in development.

We hope you understand.

With luck, there will be a revision and we will absorb your comments, criticism and advice. Yes, even your pictures, if you are lucky enough to have a lovely old one hidden in a shoebox; one that deserves greater prominence.

The men and women pictured in this book have swept us along through the years. So have the photographers, who have allowed us a peek into a world we all love.

Clinton van der Berg Communications Manager SuperSport

National Anthem of South Africa Nkosi sikelel’ iAfrika Maluphakanyisw’ uphondo lwayo, Yizwa imithandazo yethu, Nkosi sikelela, thina lusapho lwayo.

Morena boloka setjhaba sa heso, O fedise dintwa le matshwenyeho, O se boloke, O se boloke setjhaba sa heso, Setjhaba sa South Afrika – South Afrika.

Uit die blou van onse hemel, Uit die diepte van ons see, Oor ons ewige gebergtes, Waar die kranse antwoord gee, Sounds the call to come together, And united we shall stand, Let us live and strive for freedom, In South Africa our land.

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Contents OUR FAVOURITES 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 23 24 25 26 28 30 32 33 34 35

A fighting Mandela Jack’s big miss costs Boks the test Pollock majesty rules at the Bridge Flying Frik stops All Black Jonty dives — and Inzy is short Springboks’ first World Cup try Ellis Park flight path 1995 The Stransky drop goal Two Number Sixes shake on it We are champions of Africa Jonty’s flying catch The big World Cup mix-up at Edgbaston Makhaya in love with Lord’s Madiba’s World Cup win Gold for the Awesome Foursome Winning runs in the 438 game Emotions from the 438 game A cheer for the crowd too World Cup is ours again Shabba strike opens 2010 World Cup Green jacket for golden guy Charl Gary’s Grand Slam Champions cross the great divide Player conquers America Gary Player up against the wall Gary Player’s last Masters

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The legend that’s Bobby Locke Tiny Naude’s kick beats the All Blacks Ali catches an Aussie Fastest man in the world Dolly big day at the Palace Big and small of test rugby Jody Scheckter wins GB GP Mac and Bob triumph at Wimbledon Gerrie on his way up in the world Procter power Richards nearly a Bradman South Africa’s greatest?

Acrobatic Bailey

1980s 50 51 52 53 54

Eden Park under air attack Kepler becomes an Aussie Decker hits the deck Curren battles new boy Boris Sam’s the man

1990–1995 55 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 65 66 67 69 70 71 72 73 74 75

Fordyce era comes to an end Wave master Down in the Dungeons River man Graeme Pope-Ellis Welcome to our world of cricket Blessed welcome Willie makes it in New York Ridiculous run rate Barcelona return Botha the booter’s last tour Mitchell is king in the ring Fanie slays Aussie dragon Ernie’s main oke at Oakmont When Pirates ruled Africa World Cup hero of 1995 Making waves to make it playable Joost at the feet of Jonah Joel seals the 1995 World Cup

1996–2000 76 77 78 79

Bafana ready for take-off Big and Small of it in Boks Queen of the pool at Atlanta Games Josiah in a tight finish

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Chippa on the charge Donald duels with Atherton Jannie puts boot into English Little George gets in way of big Os Cronje comes clean with King Hansie in the good times

2001–2005 89 91 92 93 94 95 97 98

Little big man of boxing: Baby Jake Els holds his nerve at Muirfield Taking the plunge at Commonwealth Ref gets the rough end Top of the world Polly ponders what might have been Cup gets a Goose kiss Hestrie Cloete wins silver in Athens

2006–2012 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 109 111 112 113 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 125 126 129 131 132 133 137 138

Breyton gets away John Smit – captain who broke all the records Lord of the tries Try-saving tackle in World Cup final Paris lights up for the world champion Boks Immelman’s fit to be Masters champion Hug for a brave skipper Morné on the mark They all can’t catch Caster Blood brothers ... for Boks and Bulls Louis finds the bridge is not too far Springbok centurions Kallis gets there at last Batting artist at work on Newlands turf Gary gets carried away Aussies hit a new low Levi blows away Black Caps High five for Louis in the Masters Sad end to great career Amla is first to 300 Cameron cool and calculating Ten years later it’s Ernie’s Open again When Chad toppled an Olympic legend Oarsome foursome Oscar makes history in London On top of the world Dogged debut Saluting Ponting Number one

A fighting Mandela PEOPLE’S CHAMPION: He might not have won a world title, but Nelson Mandela ranks among the most notable boxers of all time. As a young man he eagerly took to the sport, but admits in his autobiography, Long Walk To Freedom, that he did not enjoy the violence of boxing. It was the science of the sport that appealed to him.

“I was intrigued by how one moved one’s body to protect oneself, how one used a strategy both to attack and retreat, how one paced oneself over a match,” says Mandela in his autobiography. Boxing, he says in the book, is egalitarian. “In the ring, rank, age, colour and wealth are irrelevant … I found the rigorous exercise to be an excellent outlet for tension and stress.

After a strenuous workout, I felt both mentally and physically lighter. It was a way of losing myself in something that was not the struggle.”

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Jack’s big miss costs Boks the test 1955 JACK IN THE DOG BOX: They say every picture tells a story and this one tells more than most. The drooping head and shoulders of Springbok fullback Jack van der Schyff is one of the most evocative rugby photographs of all time: it captures a moment of defeat for South Africa. In the first test of the series between the Springboks and the British Lions of 1955, the visitors were leading 23-19 at Ellis Park until very near the end of the match. Springbok wing Theunis Briers scored a try halfway between the corner flag and the right-hand upright to make it 23-22, with the conversion to come. It was Briers’s second try of the test and Van der Schyff had earlier kicked two conversions and two penalties. But a strong wind was blowing from east to west, right across Van der Schyff’s kicking line. Clive Ulyate, who was the Springbok fly half that day, remembers seeing smoke from the Premier Milling factory beyond Ellis Park blowing almost horizontally. “The corner flags were almost still, but high up in the sky, the wind was strong,” Ulyate remembers. “I suggested to Jack that he aim for the left-hand post. He did, but the wind carried it way past the right-hand post.” The Boks won the second test 25-9 at Newlands, lost the third 9-6 at Loftus in Pretoria but won the fourth 22-8 in Port Elizabeth to share the series. The Ellis Park test was watched by a then world record crowd of 90 000. As for Van der Schyff, he never again played for the Springboks.

Photo by Ivor Hanes – Gallo Images

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Pollock majesty rules at the Bridge 5 August 1965 POLLOCK POWER: No cricket stroke epitomises Graeme Pollock’s batting artistry more than this cover drive, played at Trent Bridge in 1965 when South Africa beat England by 94 runs. The victory enabled the Springboks, as they were still known, to win the three-test series 1-0, with matches at Lord’s and the Oval drawn. The 125 at Trent Bridge in Nottingham was Pollock’s fourth test century and he came to the wicket when South Africa were 16 for two. By the time he was out, Pollock had helped stabilise the first innings at 178 for six. He made 59 in the second innings, helping South Africa to set England a target of 319, which they did not achieve mainly because of the bowling by elder brother Peter Pollock, who took five wickets. Graeme Pollock ended a 23-test career with seven centuries and 2 256 runs at an average of 60.97, second only to the great Don Bradman (99.94).

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Flying Frik stops All Black 25 July 1970 GOTCHA! Frik du Preez shows no mercy with this tackle of All Blacks scrum half Chris Laidlaw in the first test of the 1970 series.

The Springboks, after a woeful tour of Britain in the northern winter of 1969/70, were not the favourites going up against the All Blacks of Brian Lochore who had won their previous 17 test matches. Indeed their last defeat had been five years before — against the Springboks at Lancaster Park, Christchurch in 1965. At Loftus, the Springboks came at the All Blacks with a ferocious assault, epitomised here by Du Preez’s tackle. The Boks won 17-6 and, although they lost the next test 9-8 at Newlands, they won the series 3-1 with victories at Boet Erasmus stadium in Port Elizabeth (14-3) and Ellis Park in Johannesburg (20-17).

Photo by Wessel Oosthuizen

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Jonty dives — and Inzy is short 8 March 1992 FLYING JONTY: The scene is set for a Pakistan victory at the Gabba in Brisbane on a steamy day during the 1992 Cricket World Cup. South Africa are back in world cricket, have surprised with their opening victory over Australia but then suffered defeats against New Zealand and Sri Lanka. So a victory was needed against Pakistan to qualify for the semifinals. South Africa had made a stodgy 211 for seven and Pakistan were comfortably heading towards the winning target, until ... Inzamam ul-Haq attempts to play the ball to the leg side, but it ricochets off his pads towards point. He feels safe enough for a single. A lot quicker — and much slimmer, before he became the familiar rotund figure of today — Inzamam sets off on a run, unaware that a 22-year-old Jonty Rhodes at point is an outstanding fielder. Rhodes picks up the ball, rushes towards the stumps to make sure he doesn’t miss the run-out. Inzamam is sent back by batting partner Imran Khan, the Pakistan skipper. Inzamam turns and tries frantically to reach his crease.

Rhodes cannot risk running all the way, so he throws himself into a dive for the stumps — and beats Inzamam by inches. From 135 for two, and poised to easily reach the revised target of 193 (rain interrupted the innings) Pakistan lose another five wickets for only 38 runs — three of them in an eventful over by Adrian Kuiper — to fall short by 20 runs.

Photo by Newspix

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Springboks’ first World Cup try 25 May 1995 BOK POWER: Pieter Hendriks has time to raise a defiant fist on his way to scoring a try in the opening match of the 1995 Rugby World Cup at Newlands. Hendriks ran past Australia’s David Campese, star of the 1991 World Cup, en route to the tryline. The Springboks won the match 27-18 and Hendriks’s try came to symbolise South African rugby’s resurgence. The Springboks had struggled to find their feet in the years leading up to the tournament, having been excluded from test rugby between 1987 and 1992.

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Ellis Park flight path 1995 24 June 1995 AIR SUPPORT: South African Airways pioneered a new flight path on Saturday, 24 June 1995 over Johannesburg. With Captain Laurie Kay in command, the SAA Boeing Jumbo named Lebombo comes in low over Ellis Park to give the Boks a real turbo-boost. The message on the wings and fuselage of the big jet was clear to everyone in the stands: Good Luck Bokke. The Boks, motivated by such high flying, the presence of Nelson Mandela in a Springbok No. 6 jersey (the same as the captain Francois Pienaar) and a partisan crowd, went on to beat the All Blacks 15-12 in the final of the Rugby World Cup. It was South Africa’s first victory in their first Rugby World Cup. Photo by Gallo Images

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The Stransky drop goal 24 June 1995 JOEL’S GOAL: The kick that decided the 1995 Rugby World Cup final, as seen from the north stand at Ellis Park through the lens of Kevin James’s camera. The picture became an icon of the Springbok triumph, a 15-12 victory in their first World Cup. It came seven minutes from the end of the game when fly half Joel Stransky kicked the drop goal that finally separated the Boks from the All Blacks in a tense match with very little between the two teams. All Blacks fly half Andrew Mehrtens forced the game into extra time with a 55th-minute drop goal. It became 12-12 in extra time before the Stransky goal settled it in South Africa’s favour.

Photo by Kevin James

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Two Number Sixes shake on it 24 June 1995 WORLD CUP CHAMPIONS: Each man wore the No. 6 jersey at the 1995 Rugby World Cup final. Francois Pienaar led the Springboks on the field to their 15-12 victory over the All Blacks, while Nelson Mandela helped inspire the Boks to that triumph on 24 June, arriving at the ground wearing a Bok jersey with the captain’s number on it. A year before, Mandela had become President in South Africa’s first democratic election, and that June afternoon he visited the Springbok dressing room to wish the team luck. “It was one of the proudest moments of my life,” Pienaar said of Mandela’s visit. And afterwards the skipper paid tribute to the “43 million people behind us”.

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We are champions of Africa 3 February 1996 CHAMPIONS OF AFRICA: Neil Tovey holds aloft the Nations Cup presented to him by Nelson Mandela, after Bafana Bafana had beaten Tunisia 2-0 in the final of 1996 at Soccer City in Johannesburg. The victory remains the high point of South African football. Bafana lost just one game in the tournament, a 1-0 reverse in the first round against Egypt, who were themselves eliminated by Zambia in the quarterfinals. Bafana finished top of their group, then in the playoffs defeated Algeria and Ghana before prevailing against Tunisia. Zambian great Kalusha Bwalya was the leading scorer of the tournament with four goals, followed by the Bafana pair of John “Shoes” Moshoeu and Mark Williams with three each. Two of Williams’s goals came in the final.

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Jonty’s flying catch 18 August 1998 AIRBORNE: This catch of England batsman Robert Croft at cover point is a classic example of Jonty Rhodes’s acrobatic fielding. Rhodes held the catch off Mike Rindel’s bowling in a one-day international at Edgbaston on 18 August 1998. South Africa won the match by 14 runs, but did not make it to the final of the triangular tournament because earlier they had lost to Sri Lanka, who beat England by five wickets in the final at Lord’s with Marvan Atapattu scoring 132 not out.

“I concentrated for the entire fielding time on Jonty Rhodes as he was celebrated as the greatest fielder of all time and took running, saving and catching to a new level – it was often said he saved 20 runs every innings through his athleticism for South Africa. I had seen Patrick Eager’s famous full stretch diving fielding picture of Jonty used so many times I wanted a similar type of image for my agency Allsport so I spent the time focused on Jonty, using a 600mm Canon lens, rather than sticking to focusing on the batsman at the stumps or the bowler running in as is more traditional.

Jonty took the most remarkable catch diving full stretch catching the ball by his fingernails! What makes the picture so special was the composition of the white ball against the black sight screen and the fact he dived the right way and I was on him – captured at 1000th of a second at F4. This picture won Fuji photographer of the year and was used by Emirates airlines to sponsor their involvement of the World Cup. The image has been used countless times in books, magazines to illustrate the genius of Jonty but also to illustrate great fielding and the general excitement of one-day cricket.” – Adrian Murrell Photo by Adrian Murrell – Getty Images

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The big World Cup mix-up at Edgbaston 17 June 1999 LAST MAN LEFT STANDING: The run-out that brought a nation to tears ... Allan Donald, South Africa’s last man in, fails to make his ground in the Cricket World Cup semifinal of 1999 at Edgbaston against Australia. Needing just one run to win the game, Lance Klusener played Damian Fleming down the wicket and called Donald for a single. Donald froze, dropped his bat and set off for his run far too late. With both men stranded at the bowler’s end, Mark Waugh was able to field easily at mid-off. He threw the ball to Fleming, who tossed it to Adam Gilchrist, who broke the stumps to run out Donald. Despite the tie, Australia were promoted to the final because they had finished higher than South Africa in the Super Six log, which preceded the semifinals.

Photo by Ross Kinnaird – Getty Images

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Makhaya in love with Lord’s 3 August 2003 SEALED WITH A KISS: Makhaya Ntini kisses the Lord’s pitch after taking his 10th wicket to wrap up an innings victory against England in 2003. Ntini, the first South African bowler to take 10 wickets in a match at Lord’s, was joint man of the match with Graeme Smith, who made a double century. Matthew Engel, editor of Wisden at the time, described England’s batting as “gormless”, but said Ntini had bowled with pace and zest.

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Madiba’s World Cup win AND THE WINNER IS ... SOUTH AFRICA: It’s hard to vote against Nelson Mandela and so it turned out in Zurich 2004 when football’s world governing body, FIFA, decided where to stage the 2010 World Cup. FIFA had decided to rotate the hosting between its continental federations and because South Africa had controversially lost out in the bidding for the 2006 World Cup, Africa was given a chance. Bids came from South Africa, Egypt and Morocco along with a combined bid from neighbours Libya and Tunisia, who withdrew a week before the voting. In the end, with help from Mandela lobbying the 24-member FIFA executive who make the call, South Africa won with 14 votes, Morocco got four and Egypt none.

Photo by Franck Fife – AFP

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Gold for the Awesome Foursome 15 August 2004 FACES OF TRIUMPH: “We are number one!” is the shout from a pumped-up Lyndon Ferns, middle, as South Africa win gold in the 4x100m freestyle relay at the Athens Olympics. Alongside him are teammates Darian Townsend, left, and Roland Schoeman. Still in the pool is Ryk Neethling, who swam a blistering 47.91sec final leg to hold off Australian and American challenges for the gold medal, which was won in a world record time of 3min 13.17sec.

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Winning runs in the 438 game 12 March 2006 MAGIC NUMBER: It is known plainly as “The 438 Game” and is still considered the greatest one-day cricket match of all time. Mark Boucher, who scored the winning runs, celebrates extravagantly at the end of it all on 12 March 2006 before a packed Wanderers crowd (32 000 paid). Whether it was indeed the best match ever played or just a great match played on the best batting surface ever prepared will forever be debated. Australia chose to bat and became the first team to pass 400 in an ODI. Even with a total of 434, they still lost, with South Africa’s Boucher hitting the second to last ball — bowled

by Brett Lee — to the long-on boundary, giving South Africa victory in the match and the series. No wonder he felt the need to leap for joy.

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Emotions from the 438 game 12 March 2006 HUG AND KISSES: Makhaya Ntini, bat still in hand, prepares to embrace batting partner Mark Boucher, who had just hit the winning runs in the famous 438 game of 2006 at the Wanderers. South Africa overhauled the imposing Australian total of 434 with a ball to spare, Boucher scoring a four off the second-last ball of the match.

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A cheer for the crowd too 12 March 2006 HAPPY CAPTAIN: Graeme Smith is clearly delighted after what is still regarded as the greatest one-day international in cricket. On 12 March 2006 at the Wanderers in Johannesburg, Australia made 434 in their 50 overs of the final match in a five-match series against South Africa. South Africa responded with a world-record 438 for nine, Smith making 90.

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HERSCHELLE GIBBS: Gibbs set up the Proteas’ amazing run chase with his 175 off 111 balls.

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World Cup is ours again 20 October 2007 WORLD CUP PART TWO: Springbok captain John Smit, with President Thabo Mbeki in support, holds aloft the Webb Ellis trophy after a second triumph in a Rugby World Cup final. The Boks beat England 15-6 in Stade de France, Paris, on 20 October 2007. Os du Randt, second from the right in the front, was the only survivor from the Bok team that had beaten the All Blacks in the Ellis Park final of the 1995 Rugby World Cup. Percy Montgomery, on the right, kicked most of the Boks’ points on the day with four penalties, while Frans Steyn, hidden amongst his teammates, added a fifth penalty 18 minutes from the end to seal the victory.

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Shabba strike opens 2010 World Cup 11 June 2010 2010 OPENER: Bafana striker Siphiwe Tshabalala fires in the first goal of the 2010 World Cup, a 55thminute left-footed strike against Mexico at Soccer City, Johannesburg, on 11 June. Mexico equalised in the 79th minute through Rafael Marquez. South Africa beat France 2-1, but lost 3-0 to Uruguay and became the first host country to fail in the first round of a World Cup. Mexico were eliminated 3-1 in the last 16 by Argentina while Uruguay, after a controversial victory over Ghana in the semifinals (Uruguay’s Luis Suarez saving a certain Ghanaian goal with his hand), were eliminated in the semifinals by the Netherlands. Spain beat the Netherlands in the final at Soccer City on 11 July to become World Champions for the first time in their history.

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Green jacket for golden guy Charl 10 April 2011 SCHWARTZEL ON SONG: Charl Schwartzel is helped into his US Master green jacket

by Phil Nicholson when he became the third South African to win the US Masters golf title. He won by two strokes from Australians Adam Scott and Jason Day. Schwartzel chipped in from off the green for a birdie at the first hole, holed out for an eagle on the third and birdied the final four holes for a last-round 66 that was the lowest round of the final day. The run of birdies over the last four holes is a feat unprecedented in Masters history. Schwartzel’s victory in the Masters was his first in a major and followed previous South African Masters triumphs by Trevor Immelman (2008) and Gary Player (1961, 1974 and 1978).

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Gary’s Grand Slam GRAND SLAM MAN: Gary Player’s status as one of golf’s greats is undisputed. He is the only non-American to have won all four of golf’s major tournaments — the so-called Grand Slam — and is fourth on the list of the game’s major winners, after Jack Nicklaus (the leader with 18 major titles), Tiger Woods (14) and Walter Hagen (11). Player and Ben Hogan are next with nine each. Player completed golf’s Grand Slam at the age of 29 when he won the 1965 US Open, having already won the British Open in 1959, the US Masters in 1961 and the US PGA in 1962. He won the Masters three times (1961, 1974 and 1978), the British Open three times (1959, 1968 and 1974), the PGA twice (1962 and 1972) and the US Open. He is also only the second golfer to have won the British Open in three different decades. Subsequently he was named Sportsman of the Century.

“The harder I practise, the luckier I get” – Gary Player Photo by Black Knight International

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Champions cross the great divide CROSSING THE DIVIDE: Gary Player and Sewsunker “Papwa” Sewgolum meet at the Durban Country Club for the 1965 Natal Open where Player, winner of three major titles at that point, was beaten by the self-taught golfing natural with an unconventional grip (he held a club with his left hand below the right and with no overlapping or interlocking fingers).

Player had made his name on the world circuit, winning the British Open in 1959, the same year that Sewgolum won the Dutch Open. Sewgolum — of Indian heritage — was barred from competing with whites in his homeland.

He needed government permission to play the tournaments of South Africa’s Sunshine Tour. But he was not allowed the use of the clubhouse and he was barred from practising with his white opponents. Nevertheless, he won the Natal Open in his hometown in 1963 and was presented with the trophy on the terrace in the rain. Player did not take part that year, but the two men met in the Natal Open two years later, with Sewgolum winning again. He died in 1978 aged 49 and in 2005 the Durban Country Club officially apologised to Sewgolum’s family for the way he was treated.

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Player conquers America NEW MASTER: Gary Player is helped into his US Masters green jacket by Arnold Palmer. Between 1961, when he won the first of three Masters, and 1965 Player won all three of the majors in America: the Masters in 1961, the PGA in 1962 and the US Open in 1965, which completed his Grand Slam.

The Masters victory of 1961 came on a Monday after the final round on Sunday had been washed out. Player held off the challenges of Palmer and amateur Charles Coe. It came down to the last hole where Player was in a greenside bunker. He got out brilliantly and sunk the putt for a four-round score of 280, winning by one shot.

He went on to win the US Open of ’65 at the Bellerive Country Club in St Louis, Missouri, defeating Kel Nagle in an 18-hole playoff. It was the first time since 1927 that a non-American had prevailed in the tournament.

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Gary Player up against the wall 1974 SWITCH HIT: Gary Player had to improvise radically with this shot, using a putter off the green and switching to a left-hand shot to get away from the wall from a tricky lie during the 1974 British Open at Royal Lytham & St Annes. He extricated himself successfully and carried on to win the tournament by four strokes from Peter Oosterhuis.

Player opened with rounds of 69 and 68 in a week when there were only four sub-70 rounds. He built such a lead that a 75 in the third round did not spoil his chances and he went into the final round three strokes in front. In the final round, he shot 70 to win by four strokes. It was his eighth major title and he also became the second golfer (after Harry Vardon) to win the British Open in three different decades.

Photo by Walter Iooss Jr. – Sports Illustrated – Getty Images

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Gary Player’s last Masters 2009 AUGUSTA FAREWELL: Apart from a few grey hairs and a few lines on his face, Gary Player looked hardly any different in 2009 than he had in 1961. In 2009, Player — one of golf’s greatest — bade farewell as a participant in the US Masters, a tournament he won three times. His first victory in 1961 was also the first time that a non-American had won at Augusta. Player won it again in 1974 and the last of his nine major victories came in the Masters of 1978. He maintains that his favourite round in a glittering career was the 64 he shot in the final round of the 1978 Masters. He had gone into the round trailing by seven shots, but seven birdies over the final 10 holes — including a clutch 15-foot birdie putt on the 18th — gave Player a one-stroke victory over 1977 winner Tom Watson, Hubert Green and Rod Funseth.

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The legend that’s Bobby Locke LAST HURRAH: Bobby Locke, then 39 years old, with the British Open trophy in 1957 — his fourth victory in this major.

He also won it in 1949, 1950 and 1952. The win came amid controversy after Locke had failed to properly replace his ball after marking it on the final green before putting out. The championship committee decided against disqualifying him on the grounds of “equity and spirit of the game”. Locke was one of the greatest golfers of his generation and was briefly banned from playing in the United States, ostensibly for not honouring playing obligations but, so it is said, “because he was too good”. He won 23 times in Europe, 11 of 59 tournaments he entered in the US and the Australian Open in 1955.

His 1948 victory in the Chicago Victory National by 16 strokes remains a PGA record.

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Tiny Naude’s kick beats the All Blacks 4 September 1965 COMEBACK IN CHRISTCHURCH: Tiny Naude kicks the winning points in a great Springbok comeback. The Boks had lost the first two of the four tests on their 1965 tour of New Zealand and were trailing 16-5 in the third — a big lead considering that a try counted only three points in those days. But John Gainsford and Gertjie Brynard scored two tries each and Naude converted two of them for the Boks to draw level at 16-16.

Then, with three minutes to go, South Africa were awarded a penalty when All Black great Colin Meads went offside in a tackle on Bok fullback Lionel Wilson. The kick was 25 yards out and five yards from touch. It seemed close, but the field was muddy and the ball heavy. Brynard, while wiping mud off the ball, suggested to Naude that he take a quick tap penalty and that the Boks could score a try. Naude dismissed this. “Not against the All Blacks,” he said. The big lock stepped up to take the kick, appeared to hit the ball too low, but it sneaked over the crossbar and the flags went up for a dramatic 19-16 win. It ended the worst Springbok losing sequence of seven defeats in a row.

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Ali catches an Aussie 1966 GRIPPING STUFF: Ali Bacher catches Bob Cowper at short leg in what turned out to be a historic match at the Wanderers in 1966. Bacher, captaining Transvaal while a medical student at Wits, led the team to a 76-run victory, the first by a South African provincial team over Australia. The victory preceded the test series win by South Africa against Bobby Simpson’s Australians, who toured South Africa in the summer of 1966/67. Bacher’s catch of top-order batsman Cowper proved a small turning point in the game. Transvaal had made 321 in their first innings and Australia, at 176 for three, were well on their way to overhauling it when Bacher plucked the catch close to the wicket off the bowling of spinner Athol McKinnon, who took five wickets in the innings. Cowper’s dismissal was the first of seven wickets to fall for only 78 more runs. Bacher scored 235 in Transvaal’s second innings, sharing a 237-run partnership with Tiger Lance, who made 107, and Australia were all out for 413 in a stirring bid to chase down a challenging target of 489. Bacher had made a clever declaration on 422 for six, leaving enough time for his bowlers to dismiss the Aussies a second time.

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Fastest man in the world FLASH NASH: In his prime, Paul Nash was the fastest man in the world — for a few months at least. He first equalled the 100m world record of 10sec at Krugersdorp on 2 April 1968. Four days later, at an athletics meeting in Standerton, Nash did what was considered impossible: equalling the world record twice on one day, first in the heats and then winning the final.

This photograph, by the late Dick Prestwich, captures Nash in the final on that day in Standerton. Neither record in Standerton was accepted by the International Amateur Athletics Federation because there had been a problem with the wind meter.

On 2 July 1968, Nash, then 20 years old, performed another double: a world record in the 100m at an international meeting in Zurich, Switzerland, followed by a time of 20.1sec in the 200m on the same day. At the time, the world record for the 200m was 20sec, but Gert le Roux, doyen of South Africa’s athletics statisticians, believes Nash’s double in Zurich was one of the finest performances ever on an athletics track.

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Dolly big day at the Palace DOLLY AT THE PALACE: All dressed up to meet the Queen are the D’Oliveira family. Young Damien with his parents Basil and Naomi.

Basil D’Oliveira was awarded the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth on 29 October 1969 at Buckingham Palace. A year before, the England cricket tour of South Africa was cancelled because the South African government had refused to accept an MCC team that included D’Oliveira. He had been classified “coloured” in the land of his birth and barred from playing for South Africa. He left the country for England where he played 44 test matches and four one-day internationals. D’Oliveira died in November 2011. To honour his memory, the series trophy presented for tests between South Africa and England, was named after him.

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Big and small of test rugby 1979 FRIK ON THE CHARGE: Frik du Preez in his last year of test rugby. Here the big Bok lock forward goes on the charge against France at King’s Park in Durban where South Africa drew 8-8. Sizing up fearsome Frik is little French wing Roger Bourgarel (back to the camera). The Springboks won the series 1-0 in 1971, having beaten France 22-9 the week before in Bloemfontein. Du Preez played another three tests after this one, all against Australia, before retiring with a then record 38 caps.

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Jody Scheckter wins GB GP 20 July 1974 CHEQUERED FOR SCHECKTER: South African racing driver Jody Scheckter is feted after winning the British Grand Prix at Brands Hatch in 1974. It was his second Formula One victory of the year, having earlier won the Swedish Grand Prix driving for the Elf Tyrrell team. The following year he became the first South African to win his own country’s Grand Prix at Kyalami and four years later, having switched to Ferrari, won the World Drivers’ Championship with victories in the Belgian, Monaco and Italian Grands Prix.

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Mac and Bob triumph at Wimbledon 8 July 1978 DOUBLING UP: Frew McMillan, left, and Bob Hewitt display their trophy — presented by the Duchess of Kent — for winning the men’s doubles at Wimbledon in 1978. They beat Americans John McEnroe and Peter Fleming in the final 6-1 6-4 6-2. The pair also won the Wimbledon doubles finals of 1967 and 1972, the French Open in 1972 and the US Open in 1977. In the 1967 Wimbledon, the pair did not lose a set, and McMillan did not once lose a service game. In that year they beat the Australians Roy Emerson and Ken Fletcher 6-2 6-3 6-4 in the final.

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Gerrie on his way up in the world 24 June 1979 GERRIE IN A HURRY: It was the win that made Gerrie Coetzee a serious world heavyweight contender. Fighting former world champion Leon Spinks in Monte Carlo, Coetzee knocked down his opponent with a short right.

Spinks had come out of his corner, throwing a flurry of punches, but Coetzee dropped him three times in the first round, winning the fight by a technical knockout in 2min 3sec. The victory made the boxing pundits sit up and take notice of the South African.

Coetzee lost title fights to John Tate and Mike Weaver over the next 16 months but, on 23 September 1983, he finally became WBA world champion by knocking out the title-holder Michael Dokes in the 10th round of their fight in Akron, Ohio.

He was the first South African to become heavyweight champion of the world, but his victory was a costly one. The right hand that delivered the knockout punch against Dokes was so badly hurt that Coetzee needed surgery on it in New York just a few days later.

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Procter power 21 June 1971 PROCTERSHIRE: Along with many other outstanding cricketers of his era, Mike Procter was a victim of apartheid South Africa’s pariah status in world sport. Denied the chance of a full test career — he played only seven test matches — Procter turned his talents to the English county championship, like his friend Barry Richards. While Richards headed for Hampshire, Procter went to Gloucestershire and made such a name for himself there, the county was nicknamed “Proctershire” during his 13-year tenure. Procter was a good fast bowler, with an unusual wrong-foot action, and an accomplished batsman, leading pundits to assume that he could have been one of test cricket’s great allrounders. His seven tests — all against Australia — produced 41 wickets at an average of 15.02.

In first-class cricket, he took 1 417 wickets at 19.53 (anything below 20 is regarded as phenomenal). He made 21 936 runs at an average of 36.01. In county cricket he twice scored centuries before lunch, first against Worcestershire when he won the game almost single-handedly, taking 13 wickets too, and then against Leicestershire where he scored the fastest century of the season and took a hat-trick in the same match. After his retirement, he was briefly coach of the South African national team and later became a match referee for the International Cricket Council.

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Richards nearly a Bradman UNFULFILLED GENIUS: Barry Richards could play only four matches in test cricket because of the worldwide boycott of South African sport. Nevertheless, he is widely regarded as one of the finest batsmen ever to grace the game. In his only test series — 1970 at home against Australia — he made 508 runs at an amazing average of 72.57. That would be second only to Don Bradman, but test batting averages are taken seriously only with 10 tests or more. But his first-class average — always a good guide in view of his short test career — gives a true picture of his greatness: 26 358 runs in 339 matches at a phenomenal average of 54.74.

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South Africa’s greatest?

23 March 1979 GIANT OF THE GAME: Jomo Sono in action for Orlando Pirates against Kaizer Chiefs in 1979. The famous No. 10 was arguably South Africa’s greatest footballer of all time. He has served the game as a player, an ambassador, a coach, an administrator and even as Bafana manager to a Nations Cup and World Cup. Ephraim Matsilela Sono was born in 1955 in Orlando East and later nicknamed after Jomo Kenyatta, Kenya’s first post-colonial President.

Known for his dribbling and passing skill, Sono first played for Orlando Pirates before heading for America in 1977, playing for New York Cosmos in the now defunct North American Soccer League. At Cosmos a teammate was Pelé. He also played for the Colorado Caribous and the Atlanta Chiefs — where compatriot Kaizer Motaung was a teammate — and the Toronto Blizzard. He returned to South Africa for good in 1982, buying Highlands Park, one of the glamour clubs in the old National Football League, and renaming it Jomo Cosmos. Cosmos won the National Soccer League in 1987, the Super Bowl in 1990, the Cola-Cola Cup in 2002 and the Super Eight in 2003. In 1998, just before the African Cup of Nations, Sono was appointed as caretaker coach of the Bafana Bafana in place of Clive Barker, who had been sacked. Under Sono, Bafana reached the final, losing to Egypt. He returned to the Bafana job in 2002, taking the team to the World Cup in South Korea. He is the longest-serving coach in the Premier Soccer League, where he also sits on the board.

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Acrobatic Bailey KEEPING IT IN THE FAMILY: It was almost pre-ordained that Gary Bailey would become a goalkeeper. His father Roy played with distinction for Ipswich Town in the English Football League and the younger Bailey inherited not only those skills, but also good advice from Dad. Roy Bailey emigrated with his family to South Africa after Gary was born in Ipswich (9 August 1958). Roy became one of the best managers in the old National Football League while Gary began an illustrious career with Wits University before paying his way to Britain and Holland in the late 1970s in the hope of getting a trial. He was waiting at Schiphol airport in Amsterdam for a flight back to South Africa when he received an urgent call from Old Trafford: Manchester United had both goalkeepers injured and they needed him.

He had a blinder and became a fixture in the Manchester United first team. Although he was regarded as one of the best goalkeepers in the English First Division (prior to the Premier League), Bailey won only two England caps because the competition was tough: Peter Shilton and Ray Clemence were always ahead of him. Bailey, however, thrived at United, winning FA Cup medals with them in 1983 and 1985. A serious knee injury cut short his career in England and he returned to South Africa, resuming his playing career after a year’s absence. He signed for Kaizer Chiefs, playing for them until his retirement in 1990. He became a radio presenter and is now one of the country’s best soccer pundits on television.

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Eden Park under air attack 12 September 1981 BOMBED OUT: The Springboks’ controversial rugby tour of New Zealand in 1981 divided that country.

New Zealanders who opposed a visit by a team from apartheid-ruled South Africa demonstrated — often violently — against the Boks. Supporters of the tour had to attend matches under heavy police guard. Early in the tour, about 350 people invaded the pitch at Hamilton, forcing the cancellation of the match. The tour ended dramatically on the field — and in the air. A light aircraft buzzed the Eden Park stadium in Auckland, “bombing” the field with bags of flour, one of which hit All Blacks prop Gary Knight. The pilot, Marx Jones, was later jailed for six months. The test match itself was not without drama. The Springboks, trailing 16-3 at halftime, fought back to 22-22 thanks to a hat-trick of tries by wing Ray Mordt. Near the end, Welsh referee Clive Norling awarded the All Blacks a penalty, which fullback Alan Hewson goaled for a 25-22 victory to seal the series 2-1. South Africa did not tour New Zealand again until 1994 after democratic elections that brought Nelson Mandela to power.

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Kepler becomes an Aussie December 1982 DEBUT DOWN UNDER: Kepler Wessels is the only test cricketer to have played for two countries. Here he cuts a dashing figure during his test debut innings of 162 at the Gabba against England in December 1982. It was the first of 40 test matches that Wessels played. A talented tennis player and swimmer as a boy, Wessels emigrated to Australia to play cricket. At the age of 25, he made his debut in the Ashes series and continued to play 24 test matches for Australia before returning to his homeland, captaining South African in their return to test cricket — a match against the West Indies in Bridgetown, Barbados.

South Africa lost by 52 runs, with Wessels scoring 59 and 74. He retired in 1994 having led South Africa in 16 test matches. In a career spanning 40 test matches over 12 years, he scored 5 998 runs in test cricket at an impressive average of 41.

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Decker hits the deck August 1984 RUMBLE TUMBLE: Mary Decker goes sprawling out of the 3 000m at the Olympic Games of 1984 in Los Angeles after a notorious collision with Zola Budd. It was the end of the race for Decker, but Budd, second from left, kept going, unnerved by the wrath of a hostile and partisan crowd who’d come to see the American favourite win gold. Budd finished seventh. Even before the race, Budd was the subject of controversy because of the fast-tracking of her British citizenship, allowing her to compete at an Olympics at a point in her running career where she was among the best in the world, but banned from the Games as a South African. Budd and Decker are now forever linked because of the incident.

Decker blamed Budd and rejected her apology, but officials at the track side exonerated the South African who continued to compete in Britain for another four years, but could never shake off the political controversy, nor overcome criticism over the Decker incident. The two ran against one another again in 1992 in a road-race “rematch”, with Decker winning easily.

Budd still runs the occasional race and spends her life, with her husband and three children, between the US and South Africa.

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Curren battles new boy Boris July 1985 FULL STRETCH: Kevin Curren gets down low for a backhand against Boris Becker in their memorable Wimbledon men’s singles final of 1985. The South African was seeded eighth for the tournament while Becker was a 17-year-old, 10 years younger than Curren, and unseeded.

But the teenager dominated the match from the start, winning 6-3 6-7 7-6 6-4 and revealing what was to come.

His victory was the first at Wimbledon by an unseeded outsider and the first by a German. He went on to win six Grand Slam singles titles and an Olympic gold. Tennis Magazine ranked Becker 18th on its list of the 40 greatest tennis players from 1965 to 2005.

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Sam’s the man COMRADES HISTORY: Sam Tshabalala wins the Comrades Marathon in 1989, becoming the first black man to do so. South Africa’s grandest marathon, an 89km race run between Durban and Maritzburg, had barred black runners until 1975. It took another 19 years for the colour bar to be smashed at the tape. Two years after his victory, Tshabalala was injured in a road accident, but he returned to run Comrades a few years later and won four silver medals. In 1998 he was awarded a platinum medal by the Comrades Marathon Association in recognition of his contribution to the race.

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Fordyce era comes to an end May 1990 COMRADES LEGEND: An era in the Comrades Marathon ends with this Bruce Fordyce victory in 1990. With his ninth win in the ultra-marathon, the Fordyce domination of the 90km race came to an end after victories from 1981 to 1988, before Sam Tshabalala interrupted the streak in 1989. Tshabalala was the first black South African to win the Comrades.

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Wave master SURF’S UP: Shaun Tomson is not just a champion surfer, he also helped turn the sport into a profession. He learnt to surf in his hometown, Durban, before venturing to Hawaii after dominating every amateur competition in South Africa. He had visited Hawaii once before — as a 14-year-old on a bar mitzvah present from his father Ernie, who had taught him to surf. He is rated as one of the 10 best surfers of all time and also one of the most influential. In 1975, Tomson was part of the pioneering “Free Ride” generation, along with Australians Rabbit Bartholomew, Mark Richards, Ian Cairns, Peter Townsend and Mark Warren. They rode the notorious waves along Oahu’s North Shore with a style, aggression and raw courage never seen before. Tomson became the face of the new movement that turned surfing from a hedonistic pastime into a serious professional sport. He won the International Professional Surfers’ world championship title in 1977 with his unique style of pumping and weaving through and around collapsing sections of the tube. Even today, his performances at the world’s major surfing spots are regarded as some of the best ever seen.

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Down in the Dungeons BIG WAVE: When you look down from Constantia Nek, Hout Bay looks like a quiet and idyllic fishing village, but in mid-winter part of the bay becomes a dangerous place to be in the water. Out beyond the breakers is Dungeons, famous for its huge waves. It draws only the most adventurous surfers. The Cape’s winter storms drive the big icy waves into the bay from the South Atlantic. Often these can reach heights of between 10 and 14 metres. Dungeons is located over a shallow reef close to Hout Bay’s Sentinel and south of Duiker Island. It is one of the 16 big wave spots around the globe. The annual Red Bull Big Wave Africa competition is held there, attracting surfers from all parts of the world. The spot itself consists of various reefs, one of them reputed to be able to hold a 30-metre wave, but that exists only in myth. For surfers to reach the spot takes a long paddle through a dark and deep channel to where the waves break — and it’s recommended only for those who know what they’re doing on a surfboard. And Dungeons has a reputation of frightening even the most experienced.

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River man Graeme Pope-Ellis KING OF THE DUSI: Graeme Pope-Ellis, seen here with Dave Rawlinson, dominated his chosen sport more than most. It has even been suggested that he is the country’s greatest ever sportsman. Pope-Ellis’s sport was canoeing and his speciality was the Dusi marathon, a three-day race he won more times than anyone else. He first took part as a 17-year-old in 1964 and completed the race 46 times before his death in 2010.

Between 1972 and 1990, he won it 15 times and was second twice. Only a broken boat in the 1979 race prevented him from finishing in the top 20.

At the age of 62, Pope-Ellis was killed in a tractor accident on his farm near Maritzburg. The outpourings after his death were testimony to not just a great sportsman, but coach, mentor and source of inspiration to many of South Africa’s top canoeists.

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Welcome to our world of cricket 10 November 1991 BACK IN THE GAME: Rival captains Mohammad Azharuddin, left, and Clive Rice at the toss ahead of South Africa’s first game back in international cricket following 21 years in isolation. India invited South Africa for a series of three one-day internationals, the first of which was at Eden Gardens in Kolkata. India won the first two matches and South Africa the third. A year later, South Africa turned the tables at home, winning the test series 1-0 and the ODI series 5-2. Rice never again played for South Africa after the groundbreaking visit to India while Azharuddin went on to play 433 games for India before being briefly drummed out of the game because of his match-fixing with Hansie Cronje. Today he is an MP in the Indian Parliament.

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Blessed welcome 10 November 1991 THE CAPTAIN AND THE MOTHER: Mother Teresa greets South African cricket captain Clive Rice during a visit by the team to India in 1991. Alongside Rice are Mike Procter, a former South African test cricketer and then selector, and Ali Bacher, a former test captain and then managing director of the United Cricket Board of SA. The South African team was the first to play in India and this was also the first international cricket for the team since its suspension by the International Cricket Council in 1970.

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Willie makes it in New York 11 Jan 1992 BIG WIN IN BIG APPLE: Willie Mtolo about to break the tape in the 1992 New York Marathon. The kid from Underberg, who used to run 32km to school and back, conquered one of the world’s most famous marathons in his first attempt. Mtolo was born in 1965 and first ran the Comrades Marathon as an 18-year-old and won the Two Oceans seven years later in 1990. The New York victory was the first by a South African, and it changed his life. He was voted South Africa’s sportsman of the year in 1992, invited to Nelson Mandela’s inauguration two years after that and took home prize money of $50 000 — $30 000 of which was a bonus for running the race in under 2 hours 10 minutes (2:09:29). He also received a new Mercedes-Benz. He now runs the Willie Mtolo Athletic Club and helps young runners achieve the heights he did.

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Ridiculous run rate 22 March 1992 PAIN AFTER THE RAIN: South Africa’s return to World Cup cricket ends with a bizarre calculation at the Sydney Cricket Ground on that night in 1992. Needing 22 runs off 13 balls to beat England in the semifinals, rain stopped play. By the time the weather had cleared, the scoreboard at the SCG revealed that South Africa needed to make 22 off just one ball! This controversial calculation — done in the days before the Duckworth-Lewis method had even been invented — was done by a panel of experts, including Richie Benaud. England went through to the final, to be beaten by Pakistan, led by Imran Khan.

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Barcelona return 25 July 1992 BACK IN THE OLYMPIC GAMES: After being banned for seven Olympics, South Africa returned to the Games in 1992 at Barcelona. The team of 93 competitors was welcomed into the Olympic Stadium for the first time since Rome in 1960. For 32 years, South African teams were barred because of apartheid and although democratic elections would only take place in 1994 an informal political agreement enabled the athletes to take part in Barcelona. South Africa came home with two medals, both silver, won by Elana Meyer in the women’s 10 000m and tennis players Wayne Ferreira and Pietie Norval in the doubles. Meyer ran a dramatic race against Derartu Tulu of Ethiopia, who won gold. Meyer won the gold medal in the 1994 world half-marathon championships and two Olympics later, Tulu repeated her 10 000m win at the Sydney Olympics of 2000 with Meyer finishing eighth.

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Botha the booter’s last tour November 1992 FAREWELL TO A GREAT: Naas Botha in a familiar role.

The fly half, one of the greatest Springboks of all time, was more renowned for his kicking game than a passing or running version. This kick was delivered against England B on the 1992 tour, Botha’s last tour with the Springboks. Botha played in 28 tests between 1980 and November 1992 when he retired at the age of 34 after the Springboks had lost to England. He played against all the major rugby nations, despite South Africa’s isolation while he was in his prime, and captained the Boks in nine tests. He scored 312 points — 304 of these coming from goal-kicks. The total stood as a Springbok points-scoring record until 2004 when it was broken by Percy Montgomery.

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Mitchell is king in the ring 1991 MOMENT OF TRIUMPH: Brian Mitchell is belted up as world champion for the last time. He had beaten Tony Lopez in Sacramento, California — Lopez’s home city.

Mitchell and Lopez had fought a draw in March 1991, but six months later South Africa’s greatest boxer beat the American on points. Mitchell had two more fights after this victory, ending with an impressive record of 49 fights, 45 wins (21 by knockouts), three draws and only one defeat — against fellow South African Jacob Morake at Kwa-Thema in 1982, which was Mitchell’s seventh fight as a professional.

Mitchell won the WBA super featherweight title in 1986 and defended it a record 11 times. In 1991 he captured the IBF super featherweight title against Tony Lopez.

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Fanie slays Aussie dragon 6 January 1994 SIX OF THE BEST: Fanie de Villiers catches Aussie tailender Glenn McGrath to win a tense cricket test match at the Sydney Cricket Ground on 6 January 1994. South Africa, under the cosh for most of the match, needed to defend a meagre total of 116 on the final day.

With De Villiers and Allan Donald the joint spearheads, South Africa dismissed a strong Australian batting line-up for 111 — the dreaded Nelson in the world of cricket superstition. “Vinnige” (Fast) Fanie ended up with six wickets and Donald with three. On the morning of the last day, TV commentator Tony Greig derisively dismissed a suggestion by a South African colleague that South Africa could still win the match. The three-test series was shared 1-1.

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Ernie’s main oke at Oakmont 20 June 1994 MAJOR ERNIE: Ernie Els with the first major trophy of his career — the 1994 US Open. Els was tied with Colin Montgomerie and Loren Roberts after 72 holes at the Oakmont Country Club in Pennsylvania. The three went to an 18-hole playoff the next day. In spite of starting the playoff bogey-triple bogey, Els was able to match Loren Roberts’s score of 74. Els birdied the second hole of sudden death to win his first US Open title. He won the tournament again in 1997 at the Congressional in Bethesda, Maryland, becoming the first foreign player since Alex Smith (1906, 1910) to win the US Open twice.

He won the British Open in 2002 at Muirfield for his third major title.

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When Pirates ruled Africa 1995 YEAR OF THE BUCCANEER: Edward Motale lifts the African Cup of Champions after Orlando Pirates won the trophy in 1995. Their 1-0 win at home over Asec Abidjan in the final of the competition (later to become the African Champions League) clinched an aggregate 3-2 victory.

It remains the most famous victory for the Buccaneers of Soweto. Pirates gave a hint of what was to come early in the competition when, in the second round, they defeated Benue Cement Company, the BCC Lions of Nigeria, 2-1, scoring a brilliant 1-0 away victory in the second leg after the first leg finished 1-1. They were superb in the quarterfinals, losing 2-1 at home to Mbilinga of Gabon, but winning 3-0 away in the second leg to clinch the tie 4-2.

They were resolute in the semifinal against Express FC of Uganda, winning 1-0 at home in the first leg and holding the team from Kampala 1-1 in the second. The Buccaneers sewed it up 3-2 in the two-leg final against Asec Abidjan, drawing 2-2 away and winning 1-0 at home.

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World Cup hero of 1995 10 June 1995 WING FOR A NEW SOUTH AFRICA: Chester Williams brushes off a tackle during the Springboks’ World Cup quarterfinal against Western Samoa at Ellis Park in 1995. It was Williams’s comeback match after he had been sidelined in the tournament through injury. But the suspension of Springbok wing Pieter Hendriks allowed Williams to return to the team and he scored four tries against Western Samoa in the Springboks’ 42-14 win. The Boks went on to beat France in the semifinals at King’s Park and New Zealand in the memorable final at Ellis Park. Williams played a pivotal role on the field and off it. He was the only black player in the squad, representing the face of a new South Africa that had been ushered in just a year before with the country’s first democratic elections.

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Making waves to make it playable 17 June 1995 DURBAN DELUGE: Women try to sweep the rain water off the King’s Park pitch ahead of a Rugby World Cup semifinal on 17 June 1995. It was a night when even a tropical storm could not wash away a Springbok scrum. In a tension-filled match, the Springboks held out against France, winning 19-15 despite a tenacious French onslaught in the final minutes. The game was almost abandoned because of the deluge, a decision that would have cost South Africa a place in the final. France, with a better disciplinary record, would have been awarded the match. The Boks had incurred a red card (the sending off of James Dalton) during a first-round match against Canada in Port Elizabeth while the French had a clean record. The Port Elizabeth match was also almost called off because of a power failure at Boet Erasmus Stadium. The Boks won 20-0 against Canada.

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Joost at the feet of Jonah 24 June 1995 STOPPING LOMU: When the Springboks took on the All Blacks in the final of 1995 Rugby World Cup, they would have to neutralise Jonah Lomu to win the game. They planned a detailed counter against the giant wing, who just a week before had run all over England in the semifinal at Newlands, scoring four tries in a 45-29 rout. But on 24 June 1995 at Ellis Park, Lomu went try-less — often being tackled by as many as three Boks at a time.

Here Joost van der Westhuizen does it all by himself, however. The Springboks won the historic match 15-12.

Lomu played another 11 tests — out of a total of 63 — against South Africa but never once scored a try against them.

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Joel seals the 1995 World Cup 24 June 1995 THAT DROP: It’s now part of South African folklore — the drop goal that won a match, captured a World Cup and sent a nation into delirium. Joel Stransky keeps his eyes firmly focused on the ball and, despite All Blacks counterpart Andrew Mehrtens rushing in to stop him, kicks the goal that breaks a 12-12 deadlock for a dramatic 15-12 victory. It was Stransky’s second drop goal of the match in which he kicked all the Boks’ points in the victory. Mehrtens did the same for the All Blacks, with three penalties and a drop goal.

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Bafana ready for take-off 3 February 1996 DOG FLIES: Clive “The Dog” Barker does his aeroplane act after a Bafana goal during the Africa Cup of Nations in 1996. The Bafana coach had 11 opportunities to “fly” during the tournament as South Africa lost just one game in winning the tournament, beating Tunisia 2-0 in the final at Soccer City in Johannesburg. Bafana won their group, losing only to Egypt (1-0), then went on to defeat Algeria and Ghana before prevailing in the final on 3 February 1996.

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Big and Small of it in Boks 4 November 1996 MUSCLE MEN: James Small, all rippling muscles, leads another topless Bok in Mark Andrews during training in Rosario, Argentina.

They were part of the 1996 Springbok tour to South America and both men scored tries in the first test against the Pumas, which South Africa won 46-15 in Buenos Aires. The Boks won the second test 44-21, also in BA, to wrap up the series 2-0. Before the tour to Argentina, the Springboks had come off a victory over the All Blacks at Ellis Park and, after leaving Buenos Aires, they went on to beat France twice and Wales, finishing the year after their World Cup triumph with eight wins out of 13 tests.

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Queen of the pool at Atlanta Games 23 July 1996 GOLDEN GIRL: Penny Heyns with her second gold medal of the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. The year was a recordbreaking one for Heyns, then 21 years old. She broke the 100m breaststroke world record in Durban just four months before the Olympics, then did so again when she won gold in Atlanta. She followed this up a few days later with a gold medal, and another world record, in the 200m breaststroke, becoming the only woman in the history of the Olympic Games to have won the 100m and 200m breaststroke races.

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Josiah in a tight finish 4 August 1996 MARATHON SPRINT: South Africa’s Josiah Thugwane sprints down the straight at the Olympic Stadium in Atlanta to win the marathon in 2hrs 12min 36sec from Lee Bong-Ju of South Korea, who finished just three seconds behind. It was one of the closest finishes ever in an Olympic marathon. There were no outright favourites before the race and by the 15-mile mark (24.1km) of the 26-mile 385-yard (42.2km) race things began to stir in the leading pack. Thugwane, along with fellow South Africans Lawrence Peu and Gert Thys, had made a wall at the front and increased the pace.

They were joined by Lee Bong-Ju until the 17-mile mark when Thugwane, Lee BongJu and Erick Wainaina of Kenya broke away, switching the lead until the South African started to finish strongly as the three approached the tunnel into the Olympic Stadium.

Thugwane led through the tunnel while Lee Bong-Ju overtook Wainaina. The two put on a cracking pace, with Thugwane’s sprint the difference between gold and silver.

Wainaina finished five seconds after Lee Bong-Ju for the bronze.

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Chippa on the charge 16 August 1997 WORLD CUP GOAL: This was the goal that sent Bafana Bafana to their first World Cup. Philemon “Chippa” Masinga is airborne as he scores the winner against the Democratic Republic of Congo (then still Zaire) on 27 April 1997. The 2-1 South African victory in Lomé, Togo, secured Bafana’s place at the World Cup in France the following year. Bafana, however, failed to make it beyond the first round of the tournament.

Masinga was Bafana’s main striker between 1991 and 2002 and scored 18 goals in 58 matches for the national team. He also played in the English Premier League for Leeds United and in the Italian Serie A for Salernitana and Bari. In addition, he played for Jomo Cosmos, Mamelodi Sundowns, St Gallen in Switzerland and Al-Wahda in Abu Dhabi before retiring. In 2006, he briefly managed PJ Stars.

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Donald duels with Atherton 26 July 1998 PITCHED BATTLE: Allan Donald and Michael Atherton fought some epic duels in test cricket between July 1994 and January 2000. Atherton called them “jousts”. Donald’s choice of weapon was a red-leather ball and Atherton’s a willow bat. At the Wanderers, England captain Atherton defied the great South African fast bowler for more than 10 hours at the crease in 1995, saving a test match. If Atherton won this round, Donald got his wicket 12 times in 18 test matches, five of which South Africa won and four of which they lost. The other nine ended in draws.

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DOWN BUT NOT OUT: Michael Atherton is floored by an Allan Donald bouncer at Trent Bridge in 1998 — and the fast bowler shows no mercy. Their duel in the fourth test match of the series was an ill-tempered one. Atherton was accused of not walking when he had allegedly snicked a ball from Donald to wicketkeeper Mark Boucher; umpiring decisions were slated; sledging was rampant. Donald got Atherton’s wicket in the first innings, but in the second the England opening batsman scored an unbeaten 98, taking his team to victory by eight wickets.

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Jannie puts boot into English 24 October 1999 DROPPING IN: Jannie de Beer on his way to giving England the boot during the 1999 Rugby World Cup. The Bok fly half scored 34 points in the quarterfinal at the Stade de France in Paris when South Africa won 44-21. De Beer converted the tries scored by Pieter Rossouw and Joost van der Westhuizen and kicked five penalty goals.

But it was the five drop goals he also kicked that broke English hearts. De Beer, who had come into the team only after first-choice fly half Henry Honiball had been injured, kicked another six penalties and a drop goal in the semifinal against Australia, but these were not enough. The Wallabies ran out winners by 27 points to De Beer’s 21. Australia won the final, beating France 35-12, while the Springboks beat the All Blacks 22-18 for third place.

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Little George gets in way of big Os 30 October 1999 OS IS BOSS: Wallaby scrum half George Gregan gets the brush off by Springbok great Os du Randt during the semifinal of the 1999 Rugby World Cup. Behind Du Randt are Cobus Visagie, left, and Mark Andrews. The Boks lost the match 27-20 and the Wallabies went on to win the title, beating France in the final. The Boks beat the All Blacks for third place. Du Randt, one of the Bok heroes of the 1995 Rugby World Cup, returned for the 2007 Rugby World Cup, earning his second winner’s medal — the only South African to do so.

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Cronje comes clean with King 21 June 2000 CONFESSION: Disgraced South African cricket captain Hansie Cronje is caught in a pensive moment at the King Commission into match-fixing. Moments later, Cronje broke down in tears following his confession to Judge Edwin King about how he took money from bookmakers to fix games and how he lured other players into the web. Cronje was banned from cricket for life and lost an appeal against the ban. Two years later he died in a plane crash in George and in 2004 he was voted the 11th greatest South African in an informal nationwide poll.

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Hansie in the good times TAKING ON WARNE: Hansie Cronje sweeps during a one-day international when he was still captain of the Proteas. Cronje played at a time when the Aussies ruled world cricket and leg-spinner Shane Warne was the dominant bowler. The duels between Cronje and Warne were among the most fascinating in Test Cricket and ODIs. In 22 test-match innings against Australia, Warne got Cronje’s wicket only seven times and only once did he get the South African captain out cheaply — for a duck at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in 1997. Warne was in every one of the 12 tests that Cronje played against Australia.

The South African had a test average of 39.40 against them, as opposed to his career average of 36.41.

He made one test century and six half-centuries in tests against Australia. In ODIs, Cronje played 39 matches against Australia, scoring 1 364 runs for an average of 47.03, compared with an overall ODI average of 38.64.

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Little big man of boxing: Baby Jake 17 February 2001 LITTLE BIG MAN: Baby Jake Matlala puts on a mean look following his TKO victory over Australian Todd Makelin for the World Boxing Union’s light flyweight title at Carnival City on 17 February 2001. It was Makelin’s last fight and Matlala’s thirdlast. The victory came after Matlala had suffered successive defeats against Peter Culshaw of Britain (WBU flyweight title) and fellow South African Hawk Makepula (WBO light flyweight title). Baby Jake retired a year later at the age of 40, having had 68 fights, winning 53, drawing two and losing 13. From his first fight in February 1980 to his last one in March 2002, he held five world titles.

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Els holds his nerve at Muirfield 21 July 2002 DOWN, OUT — AND VICTORY: Ernie Els shows his delight with a shot out of Muirfield’s dreaded pot bunker at the 13th hole during the 2002 British Open. His six iron off the tee found the first of two pot bunkers guarding the left of the green. His lie was a testing one, close to the bunker’s face. But he played brilliantly from it, almost holing out. The ball landed within easy putting distance (a “gimme” in golfing parlance). However, Els dropped a shot at the 14th, double-bogeyed the par-three 16th to turn a three-shot lead into one behind the clubhouse leader. Then he birdied the 17th and parred the 18th to draw level with Australians Steve Elkington and Stuart Appleby and Frenchman Thomas Levet. They had completed their rounds before Els. Appleby and Elkington were eliminated from the playoff after the first four holes following bogeys. Els and Levet had to replay the 18th hole in a sudden death.

Levet found a fairway bunker off the tee and Els ended up in a greenside bunker with his second, but the South African was able to save par while the Frenchman had a bogey five. It was the third major title for Els, after wins in the US Opens of 1994 and 1997. He won the British Open again in 2012.

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Taking the plunge at Commonwealth 2 August 2002 MAKING HISTORY: Natalie du Toit sets off in the 800m freestyle at the Commonwealth Games of 2002, becoming the first disabled swimmer to take part in the final of an able-bodied contest. Du Toit, 18 at the time, also won the multi-disability 50m and 100m freestyle races at the Commonwealth Games in world record times. At the close of the Games in Manchester she was named the Outstanding Athlete of the Games. She again competed against able-bodied athletes at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, finishing 16th in the women’s 10km open-water swim.

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Ref gets the rough end 10 August 2002 ILLEGAL TACKLE: It was one of the most bizarre moments on a South African rugby field. A fan tackles the ref and then is himself tackled by both teams and two security guards. Piet van Zyl, who had travelled from Humansdorp to Durban for the Tri-Nations test match against the All Blacks at King’s Park, scaled the security fence around the playing area and — despite being overweight — reached referee Dave McHugh before anyone had noticed him. He brought down the Irish referee with a rugby tackle before McHugh was rescued by a group of All Blacks, led by their captain Richie McCaw. Van Zyl left the field under escort with a bleeding nose while McHugh could not continue to officiate because of a dislocated shoulder. To add insult to the ignominy, the Boks were beaten 30-23.

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Top of the world March 2003 CORRIE IS CHAMPION: Corrie Sanders was probably past his best when he fought Wladimir Klitschko for the World Boxing Organisation title in October 2003 in Hamburg. But the South African heavyweight, then 37, produced a devastating display of power punching to floor Klitschko, the defending champion, twice in the opening round and twice more in the second round when the fight ended. The Ring magazine hailed Sanders’s win as its “upset of the year”. Sanders, described as South Africa’s best heavyweight, never realised his full potential. A year after becoming world champion, he relinquished the lightly regarded WBO belt to fight Wladimir’s elder brother Vitali for the World Boxing Council title, made vacant by the retirement of Lennox Lewis. Sanders appeared to have a chance in the early rounds, especially the third when he caught Vitali with his danger punch, the left hook. But Vitali was able to withstand the pressure and went on to establish his dominance before stopping the South African in the eighth.

Sanders was a talented sporting all-rounder, who played provincial rugby as a schoolboy, was a gifted cricketer and became a scratch golfer after retiring from the ring. He died aged 46 after being shot by robbers in a restaurant where he had attended a nephew’s birthday. He was shot and killed on 23 September 2012, exactly 29 years after Gerrie Coetzee had won South Africa’s first world heavyweight title.

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Polly ponders what might have been 3 March 2003 WRONG CALL: A solemn Shaun Pollock contemplates just how he got it wrong at Kingsmead where Sri Lanka beat South Africa, eliminating the hosts from the 2003 World Cup. The South Africans had misread the fine print of the Duckworth-Lewis calculations after rain had disrupted the match. They had believed a tie would be good enough to prevail when only a win would do. At the wicket, Mark Boucher hit the second-last ball for a six to tie the rain-adjusted scores at 229, then decided against a run on the final ball — and for the second Cricket World Cup in succession South Africa were eliminated in bizarre circumstances.

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Cup gets a Goose kiss 20 June 2004 CHAMPION AGAIN: Retief Goosen renews his familiarity with the US Open trophy. Having first won it in 2001 at Southern Hills in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Goosen did it again in 2004 at Shinnecock Hills in Long Island, beating Phil Mickelson by two strokes. Goosen needed just 24 putts in the final round in what is said to have been the best putting performance in the history of the US Open. His first victory, however, was much closer. In the 2001 US Open, Goosen was in contention for all four rounds. He missed a putt on the final green, forcing him into a playoff on the Monday against Mark Brooks. Goosen won by two strokes for his first victory in the US. Photo by A. Messerschmidt – Getty Images

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Hestrie Cloete wins silver in Athens 28 August 2004 IN FOR THE HIGH JUMP: Hestrie Cloete clears the bar in the high jump at the Athens Olympics of 2004 — but just not high enough. She was beaten to the gold medal by Russia’s Yelena Slesarenko, who won with a height of 2.06m. Just a year earlier, Cloete had won gold at the World Athletics Championships in Paris with the same height, which was also her personal best. Cloete also won silver at the Olympics of 2000 in Sydney. She won nine gold medals at five major international championships: at the World Championships of 2003 and 2001 (Edmonton), World Cup of Athletics 2002, Commonwealth Games 2002, African Championships 1998, 2002, 2004 and All-Africa Games 1995 and 1999.

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Breyton gets away 10 June 2006 WRONG GUY: Scotland fullback Mike Blair grabs referee Donal Courtney instead of Bok wing Breyton Paulse during the 2006 King’s Park test in Durban. Paulse scored a try in the match, won 36-16 by the Boks.

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John Smit — captain who broke all the records BORN TO LEAD: While he was captaining the Springboks, there were often arguments about whether John Smit was the best hooker in South Africa. But there was never any doubt about his ability to lead. Others may have been better hookers, but Bok coaches Jake White and Peter de Villiers quickly realised that Smit’s leadership qualities outweighed that. Smit played a record 111 tests for South Africa, captaining the Boks in 83 of those. He was captain in 54 winning tests with the most important victory coming in the Rugby World Cup final of 2007 when he led the Springboks to victory over England. He made his test debut against Canada as a 22-year-old in 2000 and retired from test rugby after the Boks had lost 11-9 to Australia in the World Cup quarterfinals of 2011, a match marked by the controversial refereeing of Bryce Lawrence. Two weeks later he was inducted into the International Rugby Board’s Hall of Fame.

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Lord of the tries 14 October 2007 RECORD SCORE: Bryan Habana equalled Jonah Lomu’s record of eight tries at a Rugby World Cup. He did so at the 2007 tournament, which the Springboks won by beating England 15-6 in the final at Stade de France on 20 October. Habana quickly set the tone for the World Cup by scoring four tries in the Boks’ first game — a 59-7 win over Samoa in Paris. He got another two against the USA in the final pool match, a 64-15 win for the Boks, and rounded it off with a double in the 37-13 semifinal victory over Argentina. Against the Americans, however, Habana also suffered the embarrassment of being beaten by US winger Takudzwa Ngwenya, who scored from a run that started inside the American half. Ngwenya beat Habana for pace on the outside to score a try that was later hailed as the best of the year by the International Rugby Players’ Association. Lomu’s record was set at the 1995 Rugby World Cup in South Africa, won by the Springboks.

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Try-saving tackle in World Cup final 20 October 2007 TRY-SAVING TACKLE: Springbok Danie Rossouw tackles England wing Mark Cueto into touch just short of the tryline in the Stade de France, Paris, during the final of the 2007 Rugby World Cup. Had Cueto scored, it could have swung the match in England’s favour, but the Boks prevailed 15-6, through penalties by Percy Montgomery (4) and Frans Steyn. The victory was South Africa’s second at a Rugby World Cup, 12 years after their historic win at Ellis Park in 1995.

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Paris lights up for the world champion Boks 20 October 2007 UP IN LIGHTS: Getting your name up in lights may be a West End or Broadway thing, but not for Bok rugby. Their lights went up at, of all places, the Eiffel Tower, that iconic Parisian landmark, in 2007. A venue for rugby supporters to relax, drink and watch matches on big TV screens had been set up at the foot of the tower ahead of the Rugby World Cup, hosted by France. When the mayor of Paris opened the big rugby pub, the colours of the Tricolore were substituted with the green and gold of the Springboks as the famous landmark was lit up by laser beams. It proved a prescient move by the organisers — the Boks went on to win the cup, beating England in the final.

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Immelman’s fit to be Masters champion 13 April 2008 TREVOR GOES GREEN: Trevor Immelman is presented with the US Masters green jacket by Zach Johnson.

Immelman won the 2008 US Masters and Johnson, as the winner in the previous year — and as tradition demands — fitted the new champion with the famous blazer. Immelman became only the second South African to win the US Masters, after Gary Player’s victories in 1961, 1974 and 1978. Charl Schwartzel became the third South African to win the Masters, prevailing at Augusta three years after Immelman.

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Hug for a brave skipper 7 January 2009 CAPTAIN COURAGEOUS: Graeme Smith went in to save a test match for South Africa at the Sydney Cricket Ground on 7 January 2009. Batting with a broken hand through 29 minutes of sheer agony he was out to Mitchell Johnson, who had broken Smith’s hand in the first innings. When Smith came out to bat at No. 11 in the second innings, he received a standing ovation from the crowd. He made only three and put on 15 with the not-out batsman, Makhaya Ntini, who embraced his skipper at the end.

Smith’s dismissal was the last wicket to fall and gave Australia a consolation victory in the series, which had been won 2-1 by South Africa. Smith was the first South African cricket captain to win a test series in Australia and finished second in the batting stakes behind Michael Clarke, scoring 326 runs at an average of 65.20 to the Australian’s 383.

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Morné on the mark 27 June 2009 MATCH WINNER: Head down, perfect balance, good followthrough. Springbok fly half Morné Steyn converts the last kick of the match — and wins it for the South Africa. The drama surrounding this penalty came in the second test of 2009 against the British and Irish Lions at Loftus in Pretoria. The Springboks had run up a 10-0 lead, but from that point the game swung one way and then another. In the last minute — with the scores tied 25-25 — Ronan O’Gara of the Lions was penalised for tackling Bok scrum half Fourie du Preez in the air.

It was a long shot, but Steyn nailed it as the hooter sounded and the Boks won 28-25 to clinch the series, having won the first of the three tests 26-21. They lost the final test 28-9. It was only Steyn’s second test cap and, as in the first, he’d come off the bench to replace starting fly half Ruan Pienaar.

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They all can’t catch Caster 19 August 2009 SCHNELL, SEMENYA: Caster Semenya leaves the field in her wake as she heads down the final straight to the finish in the 800m at the World Athletics Championships of 2009 in Berlin. She won in a personal best of 1min 55.45sec from Janeth Jepkosgei of Kenya and Jennifer Meadows of Britain. Following her victory, Semenya was subjected to gender testing and withdrawn from international competition until July 2010 when the International Association of Athletics Federations cleared her to run. She returned to competition at the 2011 World Championships and won a silver medal in the 800m. She also won a silver medal in the 800m final in the 2012 Olympics.

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Blood brothers ... for Boks and Bulls 13 August 2011 BLOOD BROTHERS: They were regarded as rugby twins — locks for the Bulls and Springbok scrums for a decade. Botha and Matfield locked the Springbok scrum together in 65 tests, their first test together coming in 2001 against France in Paris and their last against the All Blacks in Port Elizabeth in 2011. Matfield played 110 tests, starting in 105, and was on the winning side in 69. Botha won 76 test caps, starting in 74 tests. He was on the Bok winning side in 56 tests.

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Louis finds the bridge is not too far 18 July 2010 BRIDGE TO VICTORY: Louis Oosthuizen and caddy Zack Rasego cross the Swilcan Burn Bridge during the 2010 British Open at the Old Course at St Andrews. The stone bridge is one of golf’s most famous landmarks and spans the creek between the first and 18th fairways at the legendary Scottish course. Oosthuizen entered the 2010 Open championship having made the cut only once in eight previous major championships. He won the Open by seven strokes, extending South Africa’s love affair with this major tournament. Oosthuizen became the fourth South African to win the title after Ernie Els (2002), Gary Player (1959, 1968 and 1974) and Bobby Locke (1949, 1950, 1952 and 1957).

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Springbok centurions 28 August 2010 HUNDRED UP: Victor Matfield, left, with his captain, John Smit, after the Springboks’ 44-31 win at Loftus against Australia. It was Matfield’s 100th test — and achieved on his home ground. He would go on to play another 10 tests, retiring at the end of the Boks’ campaign in the 2011 Rugby World Cup. At least Matfield won his 100th cap in a Bok victory. A week before Smit reached his century in green and gold, but the Boks lost that test at Soccer City.

They were beaten 29-22 by the All Blacks. Smit, who went on to earn 111 test caps before retiring from international rugby, set a South Africa record of playing 46 consecutive tests between 2003 and 2007.

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Kallis gets there at last 18 December 2010 DOUBLE FOR JACQUES: Having reached his maiden double hundred, Jacques Kallis celebrates in style by playing an imaginary golf shot in reference to the honorary life membership bestowed upon him by friend and businessman Johann Rupert. The South African businessman had promised Kallis that if he ever reached the elusive milestone, something the Proteas batsman had so far struggled to do, he would present him with lifelong membership of the exclusive Leopard Creek Country Club, hence the big smile and strange celebration.

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Batting artist at work on Newlands turf 3 January 2012 POISE AND ELEGANCE: Few strokes in cricket are more aesthetically pleasing than the cover drive. And few batsmen can execute the stroke as magnificently as Jacques Kallis. As they say in cricket, it’s the stuff of MCC textbooks. This image – by one of world cricket’s foremost photographers, Duif du Toit – captures Kallis at his masterful peak. The balance of the batsman and the power in the execution are perfect. The bowler who suffered was a Sri Lankan, in the 2012 New Year’s test at Newlands during Kallis’s innings of 224. South Africa won the test by 10 wickets.

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Gary gets carried away 2 April 2011 CARRIED AWAY: Gary Kirsten is given a hero’s farewell around Mumbai’s Wankhede Stadium on 2 April 2011 after India had beaten Sri Lanka to win the Cricket World Cup. On the shoulders of Suresh Raina and with Virat Kohli lending support, the South African coach was hailed by the Indian fans, the country’s players and the cricket world as being an integral part of the Indian team’s success. During his tenure, Kirsten also took India to No.1 in the test rankings. A few months after these jubilant scenes in India, Kirsten was appointed coach of the South African team.

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Aussies hit a new low 10 November 2011 STRANGE DAY AT NEWLANDS: The scoreboard during an extraordinary day’s test cricket at Newlands on 10 November 2011 when South Africa and Australia met for the first match of the series. Twenty-three wickets fell on the second day of the match — the most in more than 100 years. For only the third time in test history, part of all four innings of a match were played on a single day. Australia lost two wickets from their first innings and all 10 in the second, while South Africa were bundled out in their first innings and then lost a wicket in their second on day two. For the first time in a test match, a batsman from either side was dismissed twice in one day: Michael Clarke, the Australian captain, for 151 and 2, and Jacques Rudolph of South Africa, for 18 and 14. Australia made 284 in their first innings then dismissed South Africa for 96. But the Aussies collapsed to 47 all out in their second innings and South Africa coasted to victory by eight wickets with Graeme Smith and Hashim Amla making centuries on the third day.

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Levi blows away Black Caps 19 February 2012 LEVIATHON: It was a monster of an innings that Richard Levi played on 19 February 2012 at Seddon Park in Hamilton, New Zealand.

Levi, in only his second international, scored the fastest century in T20 cricket: 100 off 45 balls. His total of 117, off 51 balls, included 13 sixes — the highest number in an individual innings in international T20 cricket. Coming into the match 1-0 down after the Black Caps had won the first of three T20 internationals, New Zealand scored 173 for four. But Levi made it look like a cakewalk. South Africa reached the total with only two wickets down and four overs to spare. With Levi leading the charge, South Africa’s run rate after the first over rarely dropped below 10 to the over. South Africa also won the deciding match in Auckland to clinch the series. South Africa won the test series 1-0 and the ODI series 3-0 on their tour to New Zealand.

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High five for Louis in the Masters 8 April 2012 OOSIE’S ALBATROSS: It might not have been enough to win the 2012 US Masters, but Louis Oosthuizen’s albatross on the second hole at Augusta won him enduring fame at golf’s first major of the year.

Oosthuizen, who had won the British Open two years before, had struggled for the first three rounds at Augusta’s No. 2. He’d managed pars in the first two rounds, then double-bogeyed on the third. But in the last round his drive landed about 260 yards from the pin and he stroked his fairway shot beautifully with a four-iron towards the green, where the ball bounced softly and rolled 80ft downhill and into the cup. With that approach shot, Oosthuizen moved to the top of the leaderboard. At the end of the round, it ensured Oosthuizen a place in the playoff against Bubba Watson. Oosthuizen had started the final round two shots adrift of third-round leader Peter Hanson while Watson was three shots back.

Oosthuizen shot a final-round 69 and Watson a 68 for the pair to finish on 278, two strokes ahead of the next group on 280 that included Hanson. In the sudden-death playoff, Watson won at the second hole.

Oosthuizen’s albatross (or double eagle, as the Americans call it) was only the fourth in US Masters history and the first ever at the par-five second hole and also Oosthuizen’s first. The first albatross at the Masters came in 1935 from the legendary Gene Sarazen, who went on to win the tournament that year. The term “albatross” for a score that is three under par for a hole is a continuation of the “bird” theme in golf: a birdie being one under par and an eagle two under. Sarazen, however, referred to his albatross as a “dodo”.

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Sad end to great career 9 July 2012 FREAK INJURY: The 2012 tour to England was meant to be Mark Boucher’s swansong, but it ended sadly even before the first game was over. In one of sport’s cruellest of freak injuries, a bail ricocheted off a ball and caught Boucher’s left eye ball. The damage to the eyeball was “severe”, according to a doctor, and prompted Boucher to announce his retirement from international cricket following a career that had lasted 15 years. Described by Cricinfo as “a man to go to war with, but never against”, Boucher was regarded as the glue that held the South African cricket team together. He was seen as “the second captain” because his role as wicketkeeper gave him an excellent position from which to observe opposition batsmen or his own team’s bowlers. Apart from his obvious skills in the field, he was a renowned exponent of the psychological warfare of test cricket, better known as “sledging”. His international career ended with Bradman-like figures of 999 dismissals in 147 tests, 295 ODIs and 25 T20 matches (Don Bradman’s batting average ended on 99.99).

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Amla is first to 300 22 July 2012 TRIPLE CENTURION: In a hundred years of playing test cricket, no South African had ever made a triple-century. That is, until 22 July 2012 at the Oval — a ground, ironically, where South Africa had never won before in 13 test matches. Hashim Amla changed all that over three days of batting against England in the first of three test matches. Amla came to the wicket late on the second day and as early as the third over of South Africa’s first innings with the score at a precarious 1 for 1. The next wicket would fall only in the 88th over and by then South Africa had 260 on the board with Graeme Smith out for 131. The South Africans never lost another wicket in the innings, batting through to the fourth day, with Amla first passing the old South African batting record of 278 (held by teammate AB de Villiers), then moving inexorably to 300 and ending up with 311 not out. He was accompanied by Jacques Kallis, also undefeated, on 182. South Africa went on to win the test by an innings and 12 runs.

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Cameron cool and calculating 31 July 2012 LONDON GOLD: Cameron van der Burgh carved a niche for himself in South African sporting history at the London Olympics. He became the first of the country’s male swimmers to win an individual gold medal. Following in the wake of women pioneers Joan Harrison (gold in the 100m backstroke at the 1952 Games) and Penny Heyns (gold in the 100 and 200m breaststroke at the 1996 Games) Van der Burgh captured gold in the 100m breastroke — in the world record time of 58.46sec. He beat second-placed Australian Christian Sprenger by 0.47sec, the biggest winning margin in the event since 1980. Van der Burgh said after his victory that he had been inspired

by South Africa’s 4x100m freestyle relay team who had won gold in 2004 at the Athens Olympics and also his good friend Alexander Dale Oen, who died of a heart attack in April. Oen, who was world champion in the 100m breaststroke, would have been Van der Burgh’s big rival at the Olympics. Oen won gold in the 2011 World Championships.

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Ten years later it’s Ernie’s Open again 22 July 2012 ERNIE AGAIN: Ernie Els became South Africa’s oldest major winner — at 42 years, by a few days over Gary Player — when he took the 2012 British Open on 22 July at Lytham St Annes. It was his second victory in golf’s oldest major, following his triumph at Muirfield in 2002. And it was his fourth major after US Open wins in 1994 and 1997. Els called his fourth major win “crazy” because it had happened so unexpectedly. He had finished the final round while the leaders were still out on the course. With Australian Adam Scott holding a six-shot lead over Els from the third round, the possibility of a playoff loomed for the “Big Easy”. He had fired a last-round 68, so waited, with some hope, on the putting green. When Scott started dropping shots on the way home a possible playoff became more realistic. Els was eating a sandwich when the news reached him: Scott had fallen short even of forcing a playoff and Els was Open champion again. Els had been consistent with rounds of 67, 70, 68 and 68. It gave him a four-round total of 273, one shot better than the Australian. The day before his victory, he had felt confident enough to remark: “For some reason I have some belief this week. I feel something can happen. I’ve put in a lot of work and something good is going to happen and hopefully it’s tomorrow.” It certainly did.

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When Chad toppled an Olympic legend 31 July 2012 CLOSE FOR LE CLOS: Chad le Clos did more than win a gold medal at the London Olympics — he dethroned a swimming legend in the process. With his final stroke in the 200m butterfly, 20-year-old Le Clos overhauled American great Michael Phelps, to win by five-hundredths of a second on the night of 31 July. Le Clos’s winning time was 1min 52.96sec and Phelps was second in 1min 53.01. A close finish and to give some idea of the extent of Le Clos’s achievement, it’s worth looking back at Phelps’s career — the American made his Olympic debut as a 15-year-old in 2000 at the Sydney Games, held the world record in the 200m butterfly since 2001 and together with his silver against Le Clos and a gold medal later on the same night in the 4x200m freestyle relay became the greatest medal-winner of all time at the Olympic Games. Phelps finished his fourth and last Olympics with a total of 22 medals, 18 of them gold. After his 200m victory, Le Clos admitted that in his mind “he had to become Phelps” in order to beat the great man. A few days after the 200m, Phelps came back to pip Le Clos in the 100m butterfly, but the South African was happy with a consolation silver — and a prediction from Phelps that the Durban swimmer could dominate the 2016 Rio Games.

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Oarsome foursome 2 August 2012 GOLD AT ETON: It was unheralded, unexpected and “came from nowhere”. South Africa’s gold-medal triumph in the men’s lightweight fours at the London Olympics of 2012 came about through a magnificent final surge over the last 500m of the race as Sizwe Ndlovu, John Smith, Matt Brittain and James Thompson overhauled pace-setters Denmark, Britain and Australia. On the Olympic rowing course at the famous Eton College, South Africa were fourth with just 500m of the 2 000m race to go, and that’s when they stepped up their stroke. The finish was so close that the BBC TV commentator became quite befuddled, confusing South Africa with Australia. When the South Africans pipped the other three, he blurted out: “South Africa win ... and they came from nowhere.” It was a brutal finish with the South Africans winning by only a quarter of a second. SA clocked 6min 2.84sec, ahead of Britain (6:03.09) and Denmark (6:03.16). Australia finished just out of the medals. Post-race the general consensus amongst the gathered media was that it was the “greatest rowing race of all time”.

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Oscar makes history in London 5 August 2012 OSCAR REACHES SEMIFINALS: Once banned from competing against ablebodied athletes, he came to the 2012 Olympic Games amid controversy over whether his carbon-fibre “blades” gave him an unfair advantage and whether he had received favourable treatment by South Africa’s Olympic selectors. But Oscar Pistorius, who was not expected to make it past the first round, reached the semifinals and swept away all doubts. The crowd and the critics embraced the first double-amputee to compete at an Olympics. Even the world champion, Kirani James, swapped numbers with him after the semifinals of the 400m. It was a gesture of admiration by James, of Grenada, who had just won the semifinal while Oscar had finished last. The next night, James went on to win the Olympic title too. Top American sportswriter Bill Plaschke added to Oscar applause: “It’s about his spirit ... it’s about his heart”, he wrote in the Los Angeles Times about Pistorius’s two races in London. “The Blade Runner” left London everybody’s hero, quite an achievement for someone who did not even win a medal.

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On top of the world 20 August 2012 LORD’S IN HEAVEN: South African cricket’s bid to be best in the world came good at the game’s headquarters on 20 August 2012.

The Proteas beat England by 51 runs at Lord’s in one of the most exciting test matches ever played. The three-match series was always going to be the heavyweight championship of test cricket. At the start of the series, England were perched at No.1 and South Africa in second place, a short head behind. The Proteas stormed the English gates, winning the Oval test by an innings, almost winning the second test at Headingley and delivering the coup de grace at Lord’s — a 51-run victory that came in the last session of the last day in a cliff-hanging finish. For a while it seemed that England could pull off a surprise upset. But the Proteas, and especially skipper Graeme Smith, held their nerve and indulged a spirited tailend fightback by England ... before claiming the last three wickets with the new ball.

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Dogged debut 26 November 2012 AGONY, ECSTASY ... RELIEF: Faf du Plessis made one of test cricket’s most remarkable debuts in November 2012. He was not only the fourth South African to score a century in his first test, but also saved the match and helped set up the Proteas for a sensational series victory over Australia in the next game. Du Plessis followed Andrew Hudson, Jacques Rudolph and Alviro Petersen in making a hundred on debut, but none of the previous centuries was as significant. Coming to bat in South Africa’s second innings at Adelaide on November 25, the Proteas were in deep trouble.

Having been set a target of 430 to win by Australia, they were 45 for four when Du Plessis joined AB de Villiers at the wicket. The two former schoolmates at Afrikaans Boys High in Pretoria put on a crucial partnership of 89 runs for the fifth wicket. They batted into the final day, when De Villiers lost his wicket, followed by those of Jacques Kallis (batting lower down the order than usual), Dale Steyn and Rory Kleinveldt. But Du Plessis stood firm, with a bit of help from Morné Morkel towards the end of the day. The debutant hung in for more than 7½ hours, facing 376 balls in his unbeaten 110 out of his team’s 248 for eight. It was enough — just! — to draw the match. With the first test in Brisbane also ending in a draw, it was all set for the third and final test in Perth where South Africa were ruthless, winning by 309 runs — and Du Plessis scoring an unbeaten 78. It was South Africa’s second successive series win Down Under.

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DOGGED DEBUT: Faf du Plessis receives treatment in the last few overs of the day during day five of the Second Test Match between Australia and South Africa at Adelaide Oval on 26 November 2012.

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FAF CELEBRATES: Faf du Plessis celebrates scoring his century during day five of the Second Test Match between Australia and South Africa at Adelaide Oval on 26 November 2012 in Adelaide, Australia.

FAF DU PLESSIS AND MORNÉ: Faf du Plessis and Morné Morkel of South Africa leave the field after the end of play on day five of the Second Test Match between Australia and South Africa at Adelaide Oval on 26 November 2012 in Adelaide, Australia.

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Saluting Ponting 3 December 2012 SALUTING PONTING: When South Africa’s cricketers first ran into Ricky Ponting in a test match, he made 105 against them.

That was in December 1997 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground when the test was drawn. Ponting was part of a formidable Australian team at that time. It included Shane Warne, Glenn McGrath and the Waugh twins. When the Proteas bade farewell to their old rival 25 years later at the Waca in Perth, it was a very different Australian team, with the South Africans winning by 309 runs to wrap up a three-test series 1-0. The South Africans showed their respect for the Aussie by forming a guard of honour for him when he came out to bat against them for the last time. From his first match against South Africa — a one-day international in Wellington, New Zealand — to his last, Ponting made 4 105 runs in all forms of the game against the Proteas, at an average of 41.05 with a highest score of 164. Unlike his first test against South Africa, Ponting made 4 and 8 in his last one.

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Number one 3 December 2012 COME IN NUMBER ONE: It was the clash of cricket’s heavyweights in the English summer of 2012. In one corner, England, ranked No. 1 test team in the world. In the opposite corner, South Africa, second on the ranking list and main challengers. South Africa emerged clear victors, by two tests to nil in the three-match series. At the end of the third test at Lord’s, Graeme Smith and his team were able to strut proudly with the mace that is awarded to the best team in the world.

South Africa went on to defend their title, winning 1-0 in Australia soon afterwards and demolishing New Zealand 2-0 in their first home series since becoming No. 1 in the world.

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