The venue hosted the first home Test for the
South African cricket team after re-admission into international cricket and also hosted the Test against the
English cricket team in 1939, which lasted from the third to the thirteenth of March and was called off over fears that the English would miss their ship home. The first Test match to be played here was between
South Africa and
England on 18 January 1923, which resulted in a draw on the 5th day. It has been renowned as a seamers wicket, and there is also a famous
myth regarding how the
tide affects batting conditions, as the ground is quite close to the beach. Many batting collapses in matches in the past have jokingly been blamed on changes in the tide. On 19 September 2007 the ground witnessed
Yuvraj Singh's iconic six consecutive sixes off
Stuart Broad's over in the
World Twenty20 match between
India and
England, to mark the fastest fifty ever in any form of cricket. ==See also==