Portal:Cricket/Anniversaries/March/March 12

;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.