Portal:Cricket/Anniversaries/March/March 12
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- South Africa
- 1889 - South Africa played in their first Test match, against England at Port Elizabeth, becoming the third Test nation.
- 2006 - South Africa chased 434 against Australia in a record breaking ODI.
- Australia
- 1977 - The Centenary Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground commences. Remarkably, Australia won the match by 45 runs, exactly the same margin as the first Test match played in 1877.