1994–95 Wills Triangular Series

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.

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)
Teams  Pakistan  Australia  South Africa Captains Saleem Malik Mark Taylor Kepler Wessels Most runs Inzamam-ul-Haq (240) Mark Waugh (243) Hansie Cronje (354) Most wickets Waqar Younis (6) Damien Fleming (9) Eric Simons (7)
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Using the round robin format, each team played the others three times, before top two teams reaching the final.

Group stage

Points table

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

Fixtures

1st match

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

26 October Scorecard

Australia	v	Pakistan

Match abandoned Jinnah Stadium, Gujranwala

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

9th match

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

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

Batting

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

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

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.

External links

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