THIS DAY IN HISTORY

1984: The Springboks score four tries as they beat South America 22-13 in the final 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

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 steamrolled Pakistan for 89 in 25 overs. The Proteas advanced to the semifinals, where they were eliminated by the West Indies, who lost to Australia in the final

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