As many as 80 000 people may have died in the Indonesian province of Aceh alone. The Red Cross warned the global death toll could reach as high as 100 000. Meanwhile, South African Tsunami survivors sobbed and broke down on Wednesday when they met their families at Johannesburg International airport after arriving on a mercy flight.

Graham Thorpe shared in two century partnerships to reach his 16th century and bat South Africa out of contention on the fourth day of the second Test at Kingsmead on Wednesday. At close of play, South Africa, chasing a target of 378 to win, had 21 for one, after England declared their second innings on 570 for seven.

South African opening batter Herschelle Gibbs was fined 40% of his match fee on Wednesday for ”deliberately attempting to mislead the umpire” on the fourth day of the second Test against England at Kingsmead. Gibbs was reported to match referee Clive Lloyd by umpire Darrell Hair. He pleaded guilty to the charge.

A brave partnership of 85 for the eighth wicket between Shaun Pollock and AB de Villiers helped South Africa to stave off defeat by England, and South Africa was finally saved by bad light on the fifth day of the second Castle Lager/MTN cricket Test at Kingsmead on Thursday.

Flights packed with ready-made meals, medicines and doctors were on Wednesday arriving in countries ravaged by the tsunami in the Indian Ocean which has left almost 70 000 people, half of them children, dead.