Series: | Pakistan cricket team in South Africa in 1994–95 |
Date: | 30 November 1994 – 23 January 1995 |
Place: | South Africa |
Result: | South Africa won the only Test |
Player Of Series: | PS de Villiers |
Captain1: | WJ Cronje |
Captain2: | Saleem Malik |
Runs1: | BM McMillan (146) G Kirsten (104) |
Runs2: | Inzamam-ul-Haq (114) Saleem Malik (100) |
Wickets1: | PS de Villiers (10) BM McMillan (4) AA Donald (4) |
Wickets2: | Aaqib Javed (5) Wasim Akram (4) |
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.
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.
This match did not have List A status.
This match did not have List A status.
This match did not have List A status.
See main article: Mandela Trophy. 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.
Place | Team | Played | Won | Lost | NR | Points | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 | ||
2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 | ||
3 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | ||
4 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
South Africa won the best of three final series against Pakistan 2–0.
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]