# Pakistani cricket team in South Africa in 1994–95

The Pakistani cricket team toured South Africa in the 1994–95 season. On the tour they played two first-class tour matches, three one-day matches and a single Test match. They also competed in a quadrangular tournament against New Zealand, South Africa and Sri Lanka, entitled the Mandela Trophy. They lost the best-of-three final series 2–0 to South Africa, having topped the table in the group stage. They lost the only Test by 324 runs.

## Squads

Tests :
| South Africa | Pakistan |
| WJ Cronje (captain) G Kirsten PJR Steyn JB Commins DJ Cullinan JN Rhodes MJR Rindel BM McMillan DJ Richardson (wicket-keeper) CE Eksteen SD Jack PS de Villiers AA Donald | Saeed Anwar Aamer Sohail Shakeel Ahmed Inzamam-ul-Haq Saleem Malik (captain) Basit Ali Asif Mujtaba Ijaz Ahmed Rashid Latif (vice-captain, wicket-keeper) Moin Khan (wicket-keeper) Ata-ur-Rehman Waqar Younis Aaqib Javed Kabir Khan Manzoor Elahi Akram Raza |
Wasim Akram missed the South African leg of the tour with sinus trouble and was replaced by Ata-ur-Rehman. Aamer Nazir joined the tour party when Waqar Younis returned home injured.

## Tour matches
### Nicky Oppenheimer XI v Sri Lankans

* 30 November 1994 Scorecard
| Pakistanis 349/7d (55 overs) | v | Nicky Oppenheimer XI 168/5 (32.5 overs) |
| Saleem Malik 135 retired out SD Jack 2/70 (10 overs) | | MJR Rindel 100* Waqar Younis 2/41 (8 overs) |
* Match drawn NF Oppenheimer Ground, Randjesfontein
This match did not have List A status.

### 50-over: Transvaal Invitation XI v Pakistanis

* 7 December 1994 Scorecard
| Pakistanis 262/7 (50 overs) | v | Transvaal Invitation XI 211 (49.4 overs) |
| Ijaz Ahmed 112 BM White 2/38 (8 overs) | | MW Rushmere 55 Akram Raza 3/33 (10 overs) |
* Pakistanis won by 51 runs Lenasia Stadium, Johannesburg Player of the match: Ijaz Ahmed (Pakistanis)
This match did not have List A status.

### 50-over: Eastern Cape Invitation XI v Pakistanis

* 20 December 1994 Scorecard
| Pakistanis 260/7 (50 overs) | v | Eastern Cape Invitation XI 117 (32 overs) |
| Asif Mujtaba 101 W Wiblin 2/30 (6 overs) | | S Abrahams 77* Ata-ur-Rehman 5/18 (7 overs) |
* Pakistanis won by 143 runs Place of Water, Ntselamanzi, Alice Umpires: M Gajjar and G Pieterse
This match did not have List A status.

### First-class: Western Province v Pakistanis

* 26–29 December 1994 Scorecard
* Western Province won by 192 runs Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town Umpires: M Bagus and R Brooks
* Western Province won the toss and elected to bat.

### First-class: Natal v Pakistanis

* 4–7 January 1995 Scorecard
* Natal won by 232 runs Kingsmead Cricket Ground, Durban Umpires: WA Diedricks and DL Orchard
* Pakistanis won the toss and elected to field.

## Mandela Trophy

Pakistan played in a quadrangular tournament with New Zealand, South Africa and Sri Lanka. Played in a round-robin format, all four teams played each other once, with the top two teams going through to a best-of-three final series to decide the winner.

### Group stage

| 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 |

### 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.

## Test series
### Only Test

* 19–23 January 1995 Scorecard
* South Africa won by 324 runs New Wanderers, Johannesburg Umpires: MJ Kitchen (ENG) and CJ Mitchley (SA) Player of the match: PS de Villiers (SA)
* South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.

#### Records

This match was the inaugural Test between Pakistan and South Africa. At the time, this was South Africa's second-largest Test victory by runs.