Today in SA sports history: October 27
1984 — The Springboks score four tries as they beat South America 22-13 in the final second Test at Newlands. Wings Carel du Plessis and Ray Mordt, centre Danie Gerber and flanker Kulu Ferreira dotted down, with flyhalf Errol Tobias adding two penalties. It was SA’s last fully fledged Test for eight years.
1997 — Shaun Pollock takes five wickets as the Proteas bowl out Pakistan for 92 to win the deciding third Test in Faisalabad by 53 runs. Gary Kirsten (100 not out) and Pat Symcox (81) were the backbone of SA’s first innings total of 239, and Symcox top-scored with 55 in the second knock of 214 to set the hosts a target of 146. But Pakistan were bundled out with only two batsmen reaching double figures. SA won the three-match series 1-0.
2002 — Jacques Kallis takes 5/21 as the Proteas bowl out Bangladesh for 107 to win the final second Test in Potchefstroom by an innings and 160 runs. Earlier in the match Kallis had been one of SA’s three century-makers, along with Gary Kirsten and Herschelle Gibbs. SA won the series 2-0.
2003 — Gary Kirsten scores 118 as the Proteas declare their second innings on 371/8 and set Pakistan a target of 302 in the final second Test in Faisalabad. The home side was 242/6 after 98 overs when the match was called off in a draw, giving them a 1-0 series victory.
2006 — Makhaya Ntini takes five wickets as the Proteas thrash Pakistan by 124 runs in an ICC Champions Trophy ODI in Mohali to top their group. SA, after losing skipper Graeme Smith and Herschelle Gibbs, at No.3, with only two runs on the board, recovered to post 213/8 in their 50 overs after a 131-run sixth-wicket partnership between Mark Boucher (69) and Justin Kemp (64). Ntini, Charl Langeveldt and Shaun Pollock steamrollered Pakistan for 89 in 25 overs. The Proteas advanced to the semifinals.
2006 — Former three-time world champion Dingaan Thobela, by now overweight and lacking motivation, engages in the final fight of his career, refusing to come out for the 10th round against SA light-heavyweight champion Soon Botes. It was the seventh consecutive loss for Thobela, who had beaten Botes on points in 2000. Botes’s national belt wasn't on the line because Thobela, who had previously held the WBO and WBA lightweight titles as well as the WBC super-middleweight crown, failed to make the weight limit.
2010 — Rusty Theron takes 4/27 as the Proteas beat Pakistan by six wickets in Abu Dhabi to take the T20 series 2-0. The home side was restricted to 120/9.
2019 — The Springboks beat Wales 19-16 in a tight World Cup semifinal in Yokohama. Centre Damian de Allende scored SA's only try, while winger Josh Adams, the tournament's top try-scorer, dotted down for Wales.
2019 — Brad Binder lands his third Moto2 win of the season as he wins the Australian motorcycle Grand Prix at Phillip Island.
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