Date-stamped : 17 Dec94 - 22:26 4 Nation Mandela Cup South Africa v Pakistan played at Kingsmead, Durban, 17 December 1994 Pakistan romp to final of Mandela Trophy Pakistan's batsmen Saturday savaged South Africa's pace attack to crush the home side by eight wickets in their Mandela Trophy one-day international clash at Kingsmead here. Needing 207 for victory, the Pakistanis comfortably reached the target with 15.1 overs to spare and, with eight points from five matches, have now secured a place in the final. Aamir Sohail (44 off 52 balls) and Ijaz Ahmed (114 off 90 balls) set Pakistan on the victory path with a second-wicket partnership of 59 off 72 balls. Ahmed and his brother-in-law, Pakistan captain Salim Malik, then put on 136 from 119 balls in only 82 minutes to take Pakistan to victory. Ahmed has proved to be South Africa's nemesis, having scored 417 runs in four separate innings in the most recent clashes between the two teams in Pakistan last month and in South Africa this month. Earlier, Pakistan's bowlers restricted South Africa to 206, with Jonty Rhodes top-scoring with a defiant 61 off 77 balls and putting on 88 for the sixth wicket with Dave Richardson (53). Eric Simons (19) and Richard Snell (27) were the only other batsmen to reach double figures. Waqar Younis was Pakistan's most successful bowler, with 4-72 but was taken apart in his last spell when the slog was on. Snell was particularly severe on Aqid Javed, with Craig Matthews plundering 18 runs off last over of the innings to take South Africa past the 200 mark. Contributed by Ram.Krishnan (rkrishna@garnet.acns.fsu.edu)