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.
Squads Tests WJ Cronje (captain) G Kirsten PJR Steyn JB Commins DJ Cullinan JN Rhodes MJR Rindel BM McMillan DJ Richardson (wicket-keeper) CE Eksteen SD Jack PS de Villiers AA DonaldSaeed Anwar Aamer Sohail Shakeel Ahmed Inzamam-ul-Haq Saleem Malik (captain) Basit Ali Asif Mujtaba Ijaz Ahmed Rashid Latif (vice-captain, wicket-keeper) Moin Khan (wicket-keeper) Ata-ur-Rehman Waqar Younis Aaqib Javed Kabir Khan Manzoor Elahi Akram Raza
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
Nicky Oppenheimer XI v Sri Lankans
This match did not have List A status.
50-over: Transvaal Invitation XI v Pakistanis
This match did not have List A status.
50-over: Eastern Cape Invitation XI v Pakistanis
This match did not have List A status.
First-class: Western Province v Pakistanis
First-class: Natal v Pakistanis
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.
Group stage 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
Final series
South Africa won the best of three final series against Pakistan 2–0.
1st Final
2nd Final
Test series
Only Test
Records 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.
See also New Zealand cricket team in South Africa in 1994–95 Mandela Trophy
Notes
External links CricketArchive Cricinfo Cricinfo: Test match averages
References Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1996: The Pakistanis in South Africa and Zimbabwe, 1994-95