1994–95 Wills Triangular Series

1994–95 Wills Triangular Series
1994–95 Wills Triangular Series
Date	14 – 30 October 1994
Location	Pakistan
Result	Australia beat Pakistan in the finals
Player of the series	Glenn McGrath (Aus)
Pakistan
Teams
Pakistan	Australia
Captains
Saleem Malik	Mark Taylor
Most runs
Inzamam-ul-Haq (240)	Mark Waugh (243)
Most wickets
Waqar Younis (6)	Damien Fleming (9)
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The 1994–95 Wills Triangular Series was a One Day International cricket tournament played entirely in Pakistan. It was held in October, with players from Australia, South Africa and Pakistan. Tournament started with the match between Australia and South Africa. In the final, Australia defeated Pakistan by 64 runs to win the tournament.

Using the round robin format, each team played the others three times, before top two teams reaching the final.

Group stage edit

Points table edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR
1	Pakistan	6	4	1	1	9	+4.773
2	Australia	6	4	1	1	9	+4.551
3	South Africa	6	0	6	0	0	−4.110

Fixtures edit

1st match edit

12 October
Scorecard

Australia 207/6 (50 overs)	v	South Africa 201/8 (50 overs)
Steve Waugh 56 (71) Tim Shaw 2/34 (10 overs)		Hansie Cronje 98 (130) Craig McDermott 3/32 (10 overs)

Australia won by 6 runs
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
Umpires: Athar Zaidi and Mohammad Aslam
Player of the match: Steve Waugh (Aus)

Australia won the toss and elected to bat.

2nd match edit

14 October
Scorecard

Pakistan 200/8 (50 overs)	v	Australia 201/3 (46 overs)
Inzamam-ul-Haq 59 (86) Damien Fleming 4/49 (10 overs)		David Boon 84 (131) Wasim Akram 1/26 (8 overs)

Australia won by 7 wickets
Ibn-e-Qasim Bagh Stadium, Multan
Umpires: Riazuddin and Saqib Qureshi
Player of the match: David Boon (Aus)

Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.

3rd match edit

16 October
Scorecard

South Africa 163/9 (50 overs)	v	Pakistan 166/2 (44.4 overs)
Kepler Wessels 33 (66) Wasim Akram 2/28 (10 overs)		Saleem Malik 62* (85) Eric Simons 1/39 (10 overs)

Pakistan won by 8 wickets
National Stadium, Karachi
Umpires: Feroze Butt and Saleem Badar
Player of the match: Saleem Malik (Pak)

South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.
Derek Crookes (SA) made his ODI debut.

4th match edit

18 October
Scorecard

Australia 208/6 (50 overs)	v	South Africa 186 (48.2 overs)
David Boon 43 (73) Eric Simons 2/41 (10 overs)		Hansie Cronje 64 (94) Shane Warne 4/40 (9.2 overs)

Australia won by 22 runs
Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad
Umpires: Islam Khan and Khizer Hayat
Player of the match: Hansie Cronje (SA)

Australia won the toss and elected to bat.

5th match edit

20 October
Scorecard

Pakistan 249/6 (50 overs)	v	South Africa 210/5 (50 overs)
Ijaz Ahmed 110 (110) Craig Matthews 3/50 (10 overs)		Hansie Cronje 53 (80) Waqar Younis 2/35 (10 overs)

Pakistan won by 39 runs
Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi
Umpires: Javed Akhtar and Said Shah
Player of the match: Ijaz Ahmed (Pak)

South Africa won the toss and elected to field.

6th match edit

22 October
Scorecard

Australia 250/6 (50 overs)	v	Pakistan 251/1 (39 overs)
Mark Waugh 121* (134) Aaqib Javed 2/44 (10 overs)		Saeed Anwar 104* (119) Tim May 1/65 (9 overs)

Pakistan won by 9 wickets
Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi
Umpires: Saleem Badar and Siddiq Khan
Player of the match: Saeed Anwar (Pak)

Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.

7th match edit

24 October
Scorecard

South Africa 251/6 (50 overs)	v	Australia 252/7 (49.4 overs)
Hansie Cronje 100* (124) Glenn McGrath 2/22 (10 overs)		Michael Slater 54 (82) Fanie de Villiers 2/49 (10 overs)

Australia won by 3 wickets
Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar
Umpires: Mohammad Nazir and Shakeel Khan
Player of the match: Hansie Cronje (SA)

South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.

8th match edit

26 October
Scorecard

Australia	v	Pakistan

Match abandoned
Jinnah Stadium, Gujranwala

Both teams played a 15 over-a-side "exhibition" match.

9th match edit

28 October
Scorecard

South Africa 222/4 (50 overs)	v	Pakistan 223/4 (44.3 overs)
Gary Kirsten 69 (97) Wasim Akram 1/36 (10 overs)		Ijaz Ahmed 98* (87) Eric Simons 3/49 (8.3 overs)

Pakistan won by 6 wickets
Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad
Umpires: Afzaal Ahmed and Saleem Badar
Player of the match: Ijaz Ahmed (Pak)

South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.

Final edit

30 October
Scorecard

Australia 269/5 (50 overs)	v	Pakistan 205 (46.5 overs)
Michael Slater 66 (76) Saleem Malik 3/31 (10 overs)		Basit Ali 63 (64) Glenn McGrath 5/52 (10 overs)

Australia won by 64 runs
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
Umpires: Khizer Hayat and Mohammad Aslam
Player of the match: Glenn McGrath (Ind)

Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
Phil Emery (Aus) made his ODI debut.

Statistics edit

Batting edit

Most runs^[1]

Player	Matches	Runs	Avg	HS
Hansie Cronje	6	354	88.50	100*
Mark Waugh	6	243	48.60	121*
Inzamam-ul-Haq	6	240	60.00	91*
Ijaz Ahmed	4	233	77.66	110
Michael Slater	6	206	34.33	66

Bowling edit

Most wickets^[2]

Player	Matches	Wickets	Econ	BBI
Damien Fleming	3	9	3.92	4/49
Glenn McGrath	4	9	3.94	5/52
Craig McDermott	6	7	4.25	3/32
Eric Simons	6	7	4.91	3/49
Craig Matthews	4	6	4.26	3/50

References edit

^ "Wills Triangular Series, 1994-95 – Most runs". Cricinfo.com. ESPN. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
^ "Wills Triangular Series, 1994-95 – Most wickets". Cricinfo.com. ESPN. Retrieved 25 October 2015.

External links edit

http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/series/60960.html

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[1] "Wills Triangular Series, 1994-95 – Most runs". Cricinfo.com. ESPN. Retrieved 25 October 2015.

[2] "Wills Triangular Series, 1994-95 – Most wickets". Cricinfo.com. ESPN. Retrieved 25 October 2015.

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