Mandela Trophy

Dates	2 December 1994 – 12 January 1995
Administrator(s)	ICC
Cricket format	50 overs
Host(s)	South Africa
Champions	South Africa
Participants	4
Matches	14
Player of the series	Aamer Sohail
Most runs	Aamer Sohail (432)
Most wickets	Waqar Younis (21)

The Mandela Trophy was a one-day International cricket tournament which took place from 2 December 1994 to 12 January 1995.^[1] The tournament was hosted by South Africa, who were one of the four sides competing, with the others being New Zealand, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Each side played each other twice before the two with the most points took part in a best of three finals series. The finals were contested between Pakistan and South Africa with the hosts winning 2–0.

Man of the Series Aamer Sohail scored 432 runs while his teammate Waqar Younis was the tournament's leading wicket taker with 21 victims. The tournament saw Sanath Jayasuriya, Adam Parore, Dave Callaghan and Michael Rindel all make their maiden ODI hundreds.

Squads

New Zealand Squad Ken Rutherford (c) Adam Parore (wk) Martin Crowe Richard de Groen Simon Doull Stephen Fleming Lee Germon Chris Harris Blair Hartland Dion Nash Mark Priest Chris Pringle Murphy Su'a Shane Thomson Bryan Young	Pakistan Squad Saleem Malik (c) Rashid Latif (wk) Aamer Sohail Aaqib Javed Akram Raza Asif Mujtaba Ata-ur-Rehman Basit Ali Ijaz Ahmed Inzamam-ul-Haq Kabir Khan Manzoor Elahi Moin Khan Saeed Anwar Waqar Younis Saeed Anwar	South Africa Squad Hansie Cronje (c) Dave Richardson (wk) Dave Callaghan Daryll Cullinan Fanie de Villiers Allan Donald Clive Eksteen Andrew Hudson Steven Jack Gary Kirsten Brian McMillan Craig Matthews Jonty Rhodes Michael Rindel Eric Simons Richard Snell Pat Symcox	Sri Lanka Squad Arjuna Ranatunga (c) Pubudu Dassanayake (wk) Hashan Tillakaratne (wk) Aravinda de Silva Kumar Dharmasena Asanka Gurusinha Sanath Jayasuriya Ruwan Kalpage Roshan Mahanama Muttiah Muralitharan Ravindra Pushpakumara Chaminda Vaas Pramodya Wickramasinghe

Points table

Place	Team	Played	Won	Lost	NR	Points
1	Pakistan	6	5	1	0	10
2	South Africa	6	4	2	0	8
3	Sri Lanka	6	2	3	1	5
4	New Zealand	6	0	5	1	1

Group matches

1st match

2 December 1994 (D/N) Scorecard

Sri Lanka  238/5 (50 overs)	v	Pakistan 239/4 (47.5 overs)
A Ranatunga 101* (108) Aaqib Javed 2/44 (10 overs)		Aamer Sohail 100 (118) ST Jayasuriya 1/31 (6 overs)

Pakistan won by 6 wickets Kingsmead, Durban Umpires: KE Liebenberg (SA) and DL Orchard (SA) Player of the match: A Ranatunga (SL)

• Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.

2nd match

4 December 1994 Scorecard

Pakistan  245/9 (50 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 233/9 (50 overs)
Aamer Sohail 67 (94) WPUJC Vaas 3/46 (8 overs)		PA de Silva 95 (105) Aamer Sohail 3/46 (10 overs)

Pakistan won by 12 runs Centurion Park, Centurion, Gauteng Umpires: WA Diedricks (SA) and RE Koertzen (SA) Player of the match: Aamer Sohail (PAK)

• Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.

3rd match

6 December 1994 (D/N) Scorecard

South Africa  203/8 (50 overs)	v	New Zealand 134 (39.5 overs)
WJ Cronje 38 (63) C Pringle 2/29 (10 overs)		KR Rutherford 40 (73) MJR Rindel 2/15 (5 overs)

South Africa won by 69 runs Newlands, Cape Town Umpires: SB Lambson (SA) and CJ Mitchley (SA) Player of the match: MJR Rindel (SA)

• South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.
• MJR Rindel (SA) made his ODI debut.

4th match

8 December 1994 (D/N) Scorecard

Sri Lanka  288/4 (50 overs)	v	New Zealand 66/1 (14.3 overs)
ST Jayasuriya 140 (143) C Pringle 3/29 (10 overs)		AC Parore 31* (48) KR Pushpakumara 1/18 (5 overs)

No result Goodyear Park, Bloemfontein Umpires: WA Diedricks (SA) and RE Koertzen (SA)

• Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
• LK Germon (NZ) made his ODI debut.

5th match

10 December 1994 Scorecard

Pakistan  214 (49.1 overs)	v	South Africa 215/3 (45.4 overs)
Ijaz Ahmed 73 (86) RP Snell 4/37 (9.1 overs)		WJ Cronje 81 (104) Waqar Younis 2/38 (9.4 overs)

South Africa won by 7 wickets New Wanderers, Johannesburg Umpires: SB Lambson (SA) and CJ Mitchley (SA) Player of the match: WJ Cronje (SA)

• Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.

6th match

11 December 1994 Scorecard

South Africa  314/7 (50 overs)	v	New Zealand 233 (40.3 overs)
DJ Callaghan 169* (143) ML Su'a 4/59 (10 overs)		AC Parore 108 (95) DJ Callaghan 3/32 (6 overs)

South Africa won by 81 runs Centurion Park, Centurion, Gauteng Umpires: KE Liebenberg (SA) and DL Orchard (SA) Player of the match: DJ Callaghan (SA)

• South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.

7th match

13 December 1994 (D/N) Scorecard

New Zealand  201 (49.4 overs)	v	Pakistan 206/5 (46.2 overs)
MD Crowe 83 (99) Waqar Younis 4/32 (10 overs)		Aamer Sohail 75 (95) C Pringle 3/43 (10 overs)

Pakistan won by 5 wickets St George's Park Cricket Ground, Port Elizabeth Umpires: RE Koertzen (SA) and CJ Mitchley (SA) Player of the match: Aaqib Javed and Waqar Younis (both PAK)

• Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.

8th match

15 December 1994 (D/N) Scorecard

Sri Lanka  226/8 (50 overs)	v	South Africa 191 (47.5 overs)
PA de Silva 73 (95) EO Simons 3/51 (10 overs)		AC Hudson 44 (75) M Muralitharan 2/23 (10 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 35 runs Goodyear Park, Bloemfontein Umpires: SB Lambson (SA) and DL Orchard (SA) Player of the match: A Ranatunga (SL)

• Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
• SD Jack (SA) made his ODI debut.

9th match

17 December 1994 Scorecard

South Africa  206/8 (50 overs)	v	Pakistan 208/2 (35 overs)
JN Rhodes 61 (77) Waqar Younis 4/52 (10 overs)		Ijaz Ahmed 114* (90) PS de Villiers 1/46 (10 overs)

Pakistan won by 8 wickets Kingsmead, Durban Umpires: WA Diedricks (SA) and KE Liebenberg (SA) Player of the match: Ijaz Ahmed (PAK)

• Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.

10th match

18 December 1994 Scorecard

New Zealand  255/4 (50 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 257/5 (47.1 overs)
KR Rutherford 102* (98) WPUJC Vaas 1/33 (10 overs)		HP Tillakaratne 68* (86) DJ Nash 2/52 (10 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 5 wickets Buffalo Park, East London Umpires: CJ Mitchley (SA) and DL Orchard (SA) Player of the match: KR Rutherford (NZ)

• New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.

11th match

19 December 1994 (D/N) Scorecard

New Zealand  172 (47.4 overs)	v	Pakistan 175/5 (38.5 overs)
BR Hartland 44 (69) Waqar Younis 4/33 (8.4 overs)		Aamer Sohail 52 (62) MW Priest 2/27 (6 overs)

Pakistan won by 5 wickets Buffalo Park, East London Umpires: WA Diedricks (SA) and SB Lambson (SA) Player of the match: Waqar Younis (PAK)

• New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.

12th match

21 December 1994 (D/N) Scorecard

South Africa  237/8 (50 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 139/6 (34 overs)
DJ Cullinan 63 (75) HDPK Dharmasena 4/37 (10 overs)		HP Tillakaratne 36* (52) CR Matthews 3/22 (7 overs)

South Africa won by 44 runs (Highest scoring consecutive overs) St George's Park Cricket Ground, Port Elizabeth Umpires: RE Koertzen (SA) and KE Liebenberg (SA) Player of the match: CR Matthews (SA)

• South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.
• Sri Lankan target was reduced to 184 off 34 overs.

Final series

South Africa won the best of three final series against Pakistan 2-0.

1st Final

10 January 1995 (D/N) Scorecard

South Africa  215 (49.3 overs)	v	Pakistan 178 (42.5 overs)
DJ Cullinan 64 (90) Waqar Younis 3/32 (9.3 overs)		Aamer Sohail 71 (74) EO Simons 4/42 (8 overs)

South Africa won by 37 runs Newlands, Cape Town Umpires: CJ Mitchley (SA) and DL Orchard (SA) Player of the match: EO Simons (SA)

• Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.

2nd Final

12 January 1995 (D/N) Scorecard

South Africa  266/5 (50 overs)	v	Pakistan 109 (32.3 overs)
MJR Rindel 106 (139) Saleem Malik 1/24 (4 overs)		Wasim Akram 26 (42) PS de Villiers 3/21 (7 overs)

South Africa won by 157 runs New Wanderers, Johannesburg Umpires: KE Liebenberg (SA) and CJ Mitchley (SA) Player of the match: MJR Rindel (SA)

• Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.

Statistical leaders

Most runs Player Runs Average Aamer Sohail 432 54.00 Adam Parore 279 55.80 Sanath Jayasuriya 269 44.83 Arjuna Ranatunga 266 66.50 Hansie Cronje 266 33.25 Ijaz Ahmed 252 42.00 Aravinda de Silva 237 39.50

Most wickets Player Wickets Average Waqar Younis 21 17.47 Eric Simons 14 17.78 Aaqib Javed 11 26.45 Chris Pringle 9 27.77 Hansie Cronje 8 20.87 Chaminda Vaas 8 25.75 Fanie de Villiers 8 29.37

References

External links

• CricketArchive tournament page