1965 — Wing Jannie Engelbrecht scores the only try for the Springboks as they go down 5-8 against Scotland at Murrayfield to lose their third match in a row. The difference between the teams was a drop by Scottish flyhalf David Chisholm.
1978 — South Africa is officially booted out the Davis and Federation Cup competitions by the International Tennis Federation at a meeting in Monaco. SA had faced growing opposition since winning the Davis Cup in 1974 by walkover after India had refused to play them in the final in protest against apartheid. More and more nations joined the boycott, forcing the world governing body into action. The ITF said that if SA’s white body merged with the two black organisations to form a non-racial association the country would be allowed to return. But that was too forward thinking for local administrators at the time. SA returned to both competitions only in 1992.
1996 — The Proteas beat India by five wickets in Sharjah to secure a spot in the final of the triangular tournament also featuring Pakistan. An unbeaten 71 by Ajay Jadeja lifted India to 215/8, but Daryll Cullinan (64) and Derek Crookes (54) laid the groundwork as SA won with 17 balls remaining.
1998 — Jacque Kallis scores an unbeaten 79 as the Proteas beat Pakistan by seven wickets in an ODI triangular match at Centurion. SA bowled out the visitors for 145, spearheaded by Steve Elworthy on 3/28 from nine overs. The hosts reached the target in the 36th over.
2002 — Cassius Baloyi becomes the first South African to win three world titles at different weights when he stops Tiger Ari of the Philippines to lift the vacant IBO junior-lightweight title at Carnival City. Baloyi had previously held the WBU junior-featherweight and featherweight titles.
2002 — Bafana Bafana play to a goalless draw against Ecuador in a pre-World Cup friendly in Murcia, Spain. Both SA and Ecuador had qualified for the World Cup co-hosted by Japan and South Korea later that year.
2003 — The Proteas beat Bangladesh by 93 runs in an ODI triangular tournament in Dhaka. Jacques Rudolph top-scored with 81 in SA’s 261/5 and then Shaun Pollock’s 3/17, and Andrew Hall’s 3/32 helped dismiss the hosts for 168.
2007 — The Proteas thump England by nine wickets in their final World Cup Super Eight match in Bridgetown to advance to the semifinals. Andrew Hall took five wickets as SA bowled out their opponents for 154. Graeme Smith made an unbeaten 89 from 58 deliveries as the Proteas romped to victory in the 20th over.
2009 — With the series already won, the Proteas lose the final ODI against Australia, going down by 47 runs at the Wanderers. Chasing 304 for victory, SA appeared to be on track with Herschelle Gibbs making 82 and Jacques Kallis 64, but the dream faded quickly after that as they lost their last seven wickets for 68 runs. SA won the series 3-2.
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