{{Short description|International cricket tournament}} {{Use British English|date=August 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2026}} {{Infobox cricket tournament | name = Mandela Trophy | fromdate = 2 December 1994 | todate = 12 January 1995 | administrator = ICC | cricket format = 50 overs | host = {{flag|South Africa}} | champions = {{cr|SA}} | participants = 4 | matches = 14 | player of the series = {{flagicon|PAK}} Aamer Sohail | most runs = {{flagicon|PAK}} Aamer Sohail (432) | most wickets = {{flagicon|PAK}} Waqar Younis (21) | website = | previous_year = | previous_tournament = | next_year = | next_tournament = }}
The '''Mandela Trophy''' was a one-day International cricket tournament which took place from 2 December 1994 to 12 January 1995.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/151163.html|title=Wisden - Mandela Trophy, 1994-95|work=ESPNcricinfo|accessdate=7 March 2017}}</ref> 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== {| |- valign="top" || {| border="1" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center; font-size:100%; border-collapse:collapse;" width=110% |- style="background:#000000;" ! colspan=2|{{flagicon|New Zealand}} <span style="color:white;">New Zealand Squad</span> |- bgcolor="#efefef" | 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 |} || {| border="1" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center; font-size:100%; border-collapse:collapse;" width=110% |- style="background:#009933;" ! colspan=2|{{flagicon|Pakistan}} <span style="color:white;">Pakistan Squad</span> |- bgcolor="#efefef" | 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 |} || {| border="1" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center; font-size:100%; border-collapse:collapse;" width=110% |- style="background:green;" ! colspan=2|{{flagicon|South Africa}} <span style="color:white;">South Africa Squad</span> |- bgcolor="#efefef" | 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 |} || {| border="1" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center; font-size:100%; border-collapse:collapse;" width=110% |- style="background:#0000C8;" ! colspan=2|{{flagicon|Sri Lanka}} <span style="color:white;">Sri Lanka Squad</span> |- bgcolor="#efefef" | 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==
{| class="wikitable" ! Place !! Team !! Played !! Won !! Lost !! NR !! Points |- align="center" | 1 || align="left" | {{cr|PAK}} || 6 || 5 || 1 || 0 || '''10''' |- align="center" | 2 || align="left" | {{cr|RSA}} || 6 || 4 || 2 || 0 || '''8''' |- align="center" | 3 || align="left" | {{cr|SRI}} || 6 || 2 || 3 || 1 || '''5''' |- align="center" | 4 || align="left" | {{cr|NZ}} || 6 || 0 || 5 || 1 || '''1''' |}
==Group matches==
===1st match=== {{Limited overs matches | date = 2 December 1994 | time = | daynight = yes | team1 = {{cr-rt|SRI}} | team2 = {{cr|PAK}} | score1 = 238/5 (50 overs) | runs1 = A Ranatunga 101* (108) | wickets1 = Aaqib Javed 2/44 (10 overs) | score2 = 239/4 (47.5 overs) | runs2 = Aamer Sohail 100 (118) | wickets2 = ST Jayasuriya 1/31 (6 overs) | result = Pakistan won by 6 wickets | report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/59/59726.html Scorecard] | venue = Kingsmead, Durban | umpires = KE Liebenberg (SA) and DL Orchard (SA) | motm = A Ranatunga (SL) | toss = Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat. | rain = | notes = }}
===2nd match=== {{Limited overs matches | date = 4 December 1994 | time = | daynight = | team1 = {{cr-rt|PAK}} | team2 = {{cr|SRI}} | score1 = 245/9 (50 overs) | runs1 = Aamer Sohail 67 (94) | wickets1 = WPUJC Vaas 3/46 (8 overs) | score2 = 233/9 (50 overs) | runs2 = PA de Silva 95 (105) | wickets2 = Aamer Sohail 3/46 (10 overs) | result = Pakistan won by 12 runs | report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/59/59732.html Scorecard] | venue = Centurion Park, Centurion, Gauteng | umpires = WA Diedricks (SA) and RE Koertzen (SA) | motm = Aamer Sohail (PAK) | toss = Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field. | rain = | notes = }}
===3rd match=== {{Limited overs matches | date = 6 December 1994 | time = | daynight = yes | team1 = {{cr-rt|RSA}} | team2 = {{cr|NZL}} | score1 = 203/8 (50 overs) | runs1 = WJ Cronje 38 (63) | wickets1 = C Pringle 2/29 (10 overs) | score2 = 134 (39.5 overs) | runs2 = KR Rutherford 40 (73) | wickets2 = MJR Rindel 2/15 (5 overs) | result = South Africa won by 69 runs | report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/59/59739.html Scorecard] | venue = Newlands, Cape Town | umpires = SB Lambson (SA) and CJ Mitchley (SA) | motm = MJR Rindel (SA) | toss = South Africa won the toss and elected to bat. | rain = | notes = MJR Rindel (SA) made his ODI debut. }}
===4th match=== {{Limited overs matches | date = 8 December 1994 | time = | daynight = yes | team1 = {{cr-rt|SRI}} | team2 = {{cr|NZL}} | score1 = 288/4 (50 overs) | runs1 = ST Jayasuriya 140 (143) | wickets1 = C Pringle 3/29 (10 overs) | score2 = 66/1 (14.3 overs) | runs2 = AC Parore 31* (48) | wickets2 = KR Pushpakumara 1/18 (5 overs) | result = No result | report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/59/59744.html Scorecard] | venue = Goodyear Park, Bloemfontein | umpires = WA Diedricks (SA) and RE Koertzen (SA) | motm = | toss = Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat. | rain = | notes = LK Germon (NZ) made his ODI debut. }}
===5th match=== {{Limited overs matches | date = 10 December 1994 | time = | daynight = | team1 = {{cr-rt|PAK}} | team2 = {{cr|RSA}} | score1 = 214 (49.1 overs) | runs1 = Ijaz Ahmed 73 (86) | wickets1 = RP Snell 4/37 (9.1 overs) | score2 = 215/3 (45.4 overs) | runs2 = WJ Cronje 81 (104) | wickets2 = Waqar Younis 2/38 (9.4 overs) | result = South Africa won by 7 wickets | report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/59/59769.html Scorecard] | venue = New Wanderers, Johannesburg | umpires = SB Lambson (SA) and CJ Mitchley (SA) | motm = WJ Cronje (SA) | toss = Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat. | rain = | notes = }}
===6th match=== {{Limited overs matches | date = 11 December 1994 | time = | daynight = | team1 = {{cr-rt|RSA}} | team2 = {{cr|NZL}} | score1 = 314/7 (50 overs) | runs1 = DJ Callaghan 169* (143) | wickets1 = ML Su'a 4/59 (10 overs) | score2 = 233 (40.3 overs) | runs2 = AC Parore 108 (95) | wickets2 = DJ Callaghan 3/32 (6 overs) | result = South Africa won by 81 runs | report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/59/59781.html Scorecard] | venue = Centurion Park, Centurion, Gauteng | umpires = KE Liebenberg (SA) and DL Orchard (SA) | motm = DJ Callaghan (SA) | toss = South Africa won the toss and elected to bat. | rain = | notes = }}
===7th match=== {{Limited overs matches | date = 13 December 1994 | time = | daynight = yes | team1 = {{cr-rt|NZL}} | team2 = {{cr|PAK}} | score1 = 201 (49.4 overs) | runs1 = MD Crowe 83 (99) | wickets1 = Waqar Younis 4/32 (10 overs) | score2 = 206/5 (46.2 overs) | runs2 = Aamer Sohail 75 (95) | wickets2 = C Pringle 3/43 (10 overs) | result = Pakistan won by 5 wickets | report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/59/59783.html Scorecard] | venue = St George's Park Cricket Ground, Port Elizabeth | umpires = RE Koertzen (SA) and CJ Mitchley (SA) | motm = Aaqib Javed and Waqar Younis (both PAK) | toss = Pakistan won the toss and elected to field. | rain = | notes = }}
===8th match=== {{Limited overs matches | date = 15 December 1994 | time = | daynight = yes | team1 = {{cr-rt|SRI}} | team2 = {{cr|RSA}} | score1 = 226/8 (50 overs) | runs1 = PA de Silva 73 (95) | wickets1 = EO Simons 3/51 (10 overs) | score2 = 191 (47.5 overs) | runs2 = AC Hudson 44 (75) | wickets2 = M Muralitharan 2/23 (10 overs) | result = Sri Lanka won by 35 runs | report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/59/59791.html Scorecard] | venue = Goodyear Park, Bloemfontein | umpires = SB Lambson (SA) and DL Orchard (SA) | motm = A Ranatunga (SL) | toss = Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat. | rain = | notes = SD Jack (SA) made his ODI debut. }}
===9th match=== {{Limited overs matches | date = 17 December 1994 | time = | daynight = | team1 = {{cr-rt|RSA}} | team2 = {{cr|PAK}} | score1 = 206/8 (50 overs) | runs1 = JN Rhodes 61 (77) | wickets1 = Waqar Younis 4/52 (10 overs) | score2 = 208/2 (35 overs) | runs2 = Ijaz Ahmed 114* (90) | wickets2 = PS de Villiers 1/46 (10 overs) | result = Pakistan won by 8 wickets | report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/59/59817.html Scorecard] | venue = Kingsmead, Durban | umpires = WA Diedricks (SA) and KE Liebenberg (SA) | motm = Ijaz Ahmed (PAK) | toss = Pakistan won the toss and elected to field. | rain = | notes = }}
===10th match=== {{Limited overs matches | date = 18 December 1994 | time = | daynight = | team1 = {{cr-rt|NZL}} | team2 = {{cr|SRI}} | score1 = 255/4 (50 overs) | runs1 = KR Rutherford 102* (98) | wickets1 = WPUJC Vaas 1/33 (10 overs) | score2 = 257/5 (47.1 overs) | runs2 = HP Tillakaratne 68* (86) | wickets2 = DJ Nash 2/52 (10 overs) | result = Sri Lanka won by 5 wickets | report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/59/59827.html Scorecard] | venue = Buffalo Park, East London | umpires = CJ Mitchley (SA) and DL Orchard (SA) | motm = KR Rutherford (NZ) | toss = New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat. | rain = | notes = }}
===11th match=== {{Limited overs matches | date = 19 December 1994 | time = | daynight = yes | team1 = {{cr-rt|NZL}} | team2 = {{cr|PAK}} | score1 = 172 (47.4 overs) | runs1 = BR Hartland 44 (69) | wickets1 = Waqar Younis 4/33 (8.4 overs) | score2 = 175/5 (38.5 overs) | runs2 = Aamer Sohail 52 (62) | wickets2 = MW Priest 2/27 (6 overs) | result = Pakistan won by 5 wickets | report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/59/59835.html Scorecard] | venue = Buffalo Park, East London | umpires = WA Diedricks (SA) and SB Lambson (SA) | motm = Waqar Younis (PAK) | toss = New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat. | rain = | notes = }}
===12th match=== {{Limited overs matches | date = 21 December 1994 | time = | daynight = yes | team1 = {{cr-rt|RSA}} | team2 = {{cr|SRI}} | score1 = 237/8 (50 overs) | runs1 = DJ Cullinan 63 (75) | wickets1 = HDPK Dharmasena 4/37 (10 overs) | score2 = 139/6 (34 overs) | runs2 = HP Tillakaratne 36* (52) | wickets2 = CR Matthews 3/22 (7 overs) | result = South Africa won by 44 runs (Highest scoring consecutive overs) | report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/59/59839.html Scorecard] | venue = St George's Park Cricket Ground, Port Elizabeth | umpires = RE Koertzen (SA) and KE Liebenberg (SA) | motm = CR Matthews (SA) | toss = South Africa won the toss and elected to bat. | rain = | notes = 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=== {{Limited overs matches | date = 10 January 1995 | time = | daynight = yes | team1 = {{cr-rt|RSA}} | team2 = {{cr|PAK}} | score1 = 215 (49.3 overs) | runs1 = DJ Cullinan 64 (90) | wickets1 = Waqar Younis 3/32 (9.3 overs) | score2 = 178 (42.5 overs) | runs2 = Aamer Sohail 71 (74) | wickets2 = EO Simons 4/42 (8 overs) | result = South Africa won by 37 runs | report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/59/59978.html Scorecard] | venue = Newlands, Cape Town | umpires = CJ Mitchley (SA) and DL Orchard (SA) | motm = EO Simons (SA) | toss = Pakistan won the toss and elected to field. | rain = | notes = }}
===2nd Final=== {{Limited overs matches | date = 12 January 1995 | time = | daynight = yes | team1 = {{cr-rt|RSA}} | team2 = {{cr|PAK}} | score1 = 266/5 (50 overs) | runs1 = MJR Rindel 106 (139) | wickets1 = Saleem Malik 1/24 (4 overs) | score2 = 109 (32.3 overs) | runs2 = Wasim Akram 26 (42) | wickets2 = PS de Villiers 3/21 (7 overs) | result = South Africa won by 157 runs | report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/59/59987.html Scorecard] | venue = New Wanderers, Johannesburg | umpires = KE Liebenberg (SA) and CJ Mitchley (SA) | motm = MJR Rindel (SA) | toss = Pakistan won the toss and elected to field. | rain = | notes = }}
==Statistical leaders== {{col-begin}} {{col-break}} '''Most runs''' {| class="wikitable" |- bgcolor=#bdb76b ! Player!!Runs!!Average |- |Aamer Sohail {{flagicon|Pakistan}} || 432 || 54.00 |- |Adam Parore {{flagicon|New Zealand}} || 279 || 55.80 |- |Sanath Jayasuriya {{flagicon|Sri Lanka}} || 269 || 44.83 |- |Arjuna Ranatunga {{flagicon|Sri Lanka}} || 266 || 66.50 |- |Hansie Cronje {{flagicon|South Africa}} || 266 || 33.25 |- |Ijaz Ahmed {{flagicon|Pakistan}} || 252 || 42.00 |- |Aravinda de Silva {{flagicon|Sri Lanka}} || 237 || 39.50 |} {{col-break}}
'''Most wickets''' {| class="wikitable" |- bgcolor=#bdb76b ! Player!!Wickets!!Average |- |Waqar Younis {{flagicon|Pakistan}} || 21 || 17.47 |- |Eric Simons {{flagicon|South Africa}} || 14 || 17.78 |- |Aaqib Javed {{flagicon|Pakistan}} || 11 || 26.45 |- |Chris Pringle {{flagicon|New Zealand}} || 9 || 27.77 |- |Hansie Cronje {{flagicon|South Africa}} || 8 || 20.87 |- |Chaminda Vaas {{flagicon|Sri Lanka}} || 8 || 25.75 |- |Fanie de Villiers {{flagicon|South Africa}} || 8 || 29.37 |} {{col-end}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/2/Mandela_Trophy_1994-95.html CricketArchive tournament page] {{International cricket in 1994–95}} {{International cricket tours of South Africa}}
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