# Mandela Trophy

The Mandela Trophy was a one-day International cricket tournament which took place from 2 December 1994 to 12 January 1995. 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

| 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 |
| 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 |