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.
Pakistan cricket team in South Africa in 1994–95 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date | 30 November 1994 – 23 January 1995 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Result | South Africa won the only Test | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Player of the series | PS de Villiers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Squads edit
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South Africa[1] | Pakistan[2][3] |
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 edit
Nicky Oppenheimer XI v Sri Lankans edit
This match did not have List A status.
50-over: Transvaal Invitation XI v Pakistanis edit
This match did not have List A status.
50-over: Eastern Cape Invitation XI v Pakistanis edit
This match did not have List A status.
First-class: Western Province v Pakistanis edit
First-class: Natal v Pakistanis edit
Mandela Trophy edit
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 edit
Place | Team | Played | Won | Lost | NR | Points |
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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 edit
South Africa won the best of three final series against Pakistan 2–0.
1st Final edit
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- Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.
2nd Final edit
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- Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.
Test series edit
Only Test edit
Records edit
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.[4]
See also edit
Notes edit
- ^ "Pakistan in South Africa Nov 1994/Jan 1995 - South African Squad". Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
- ^ "Pakistan in South Africa Nov 1994/Jan 1995 - Pakistani Squad". Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
- ^ Ahmed, Qamar (1996). "The Pakistanis in South Africa and Zimbabwe, 1994-95". In Engel, Matthew (ed.). Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1996. Guildford, Surrey: John Wisden & Co Ltd. pp. 1080–1095. ISBN 0-947766-31-6.
- ^ "Team Records: Largest Margin of Victory (By Runs)". Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
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