Mandela Trophy

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.

Mandela Trophy
Dates2 December 1994 – 12 January 1995
Administrator(s)ICC
Cricket format50 overs
Host(s) South Africa
Champions South Africa
Participants4
Matches14
Player of the seriesPakistan Aamer Sohail
Most runsPakistan Aamer Sohail (432)
Most wicketsPakistan Waqar Younis (21)

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 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 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 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 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
PlaceTeamPlayedWonLostNRPoints
1 Pakistan651010
2 South Africa64208
3 Sri Lanka62315
4 New Zealand60511

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

References
  1. "Wisden - Mandela Trophy, 1994-95". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
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