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

Points table

PlaceTeamPlayedWonLostNRPoints
1651010
264208
362315
460511

Final series

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

1st Final

2nd Final

Statistical leaders

Most runs
PlayerRunsAverage
Aamer Sohail 43254.00
Adam Parore 27955.80
Sanath Jayasuriya 26944.83
Arjuna Ranatunga 26666.50
Hansie Cronje 26633.25
Ijaz Ahmed 25242.00
Aravinda de Silva 23739.50

Most wickets
PlayerWicketsAverage
Waqar Younis 2117.47
Eric Simons 1417.78
Aaqib Javed 1126.45
Chris Pringle 927.77
Hansie Cronje 820.87
Chaminda Vaas 825.75
Fanie de Villiers 829.37