Today in SA sports history: November 2
1988 — Brian Mitchell makes the sixth defence of his WBA junior-lightweight crown as he outpoints Jim McDonnell over 12 rounds in London.
1997 — Shaun Pollock takes four wickets as the Proteas beat hosts Pakistan by nine runs in a four-nations tournament ODI in Lahore. Gary Kirsten scored 89 and Daryll Cullinan 51 to help SA to 271.
2002 — Natalie Grainger, who won two Commonwealth Games bronze medals for SA in 1998, takes silver for England at the world squash championships in Doha. She was beaten 10-8, 9-3, 7-9, 9-7 in the final by Australian star Sarah Fitz-Gerald, who won her fifth world title. England-born Grainger, who was raised in SA, also won two world championship bronze medals for England in 1999 and 2000, and then another two bronze medals for the USA in 2006 and 2007.
2006 — The Proteas are eliminated from the ICC Champions Trophy, losing their semifinal against the West Indies in Jaipur by five wickets. SA posted 258/8, Herschelle Gibbs making 77, but Chris Gayle scored 133 not out to steer his team to victory with six overs to spare.
2008 — Jacques Kallis scores an unbeaten 92 as the Proteas chase down a target of 223 to beat Kenya by seven wickets in the second ODI in Kimberley and win the series 2-0.
2010 — Hashim Amla scores an unbeaten 119 as the Proteas beat Pakistan by two runs in the third ODI against Pakistan in Dubai. Morne Morkel took 4/47 as SA defended their 228/9 total, but the match came down to a nail-biting final over bowled by Rusty Theron, conceding nine of the 12 runs required by Pakistan. The win gave SA a 2-1 lead in the five-match series.
2019 — Siya Kolisi leads the Springboks into the World Cup final against a high-riding England team that had demolished the All Blacks in the semifinals. SA were widely considered the underdogs, but they dominated to win the match 32-12 and claim their third Webb-Ellis trophy. Having failed to score a try in their previous two World Cup finals, the Boks went over twice, courtesy of wingers Makazole Mapimpi and Cheslin Kolbe. Flyhalf Handré Pollard, who converted both tries and kicked six penalties, finished as the tournament's top points scorer with 69. To date, the Boks have not conceded a try in a World Cup final.
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