Saeed Anwar born 6 September 1968, Karachi) is a former Pakistani opening batsman and occasional Slow left arm orthodox bowler who played international cricket between 1989 and 2003. He played 55 Test matches scoring 4052 with the help of eleven centuries, averaged 45.52. In 247 One Day Internationals
(ODIs) he made 8824 runs at the average of 39.21. He made twenty
centuries in ODIs which are more than any other Pakistani batsmen in
this format.
Anwar got a pair at his Test debut
against the West Indies in 1990, and scored 169 runs in his third Test
against New Zealand in February 1994. In 1998–99, he became the third
Pakistani to carry his bat through a Test innings, and scored his highest Test score of 188 not out. He made four ODI centuries at Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium,
including three consecutive during 1993–94. Anwar scored two successive
hundreds on three different occasions in his career. He is most notable
for scoring 194 runs against India in Chennai in 1997, the highest score for that time, and now the joint fourth highest individual score in an ODI.[3][4] Anwar participated in three Cricket World Cups, and captained Pakistan in seven Tests and 11 ODIs. In August 2003, he announced his retirement from International cricket.
Wisden Cricketer of the Year – 1997
An opening batsman capable of annihilating any bowling attack on his
day, Anwar was an attacking batsman in ODI matches and once settled in Test matches,
scored quickly and all over the field. His success came from good
timing. Anwar became famous for his trademark flick. He was able to lift
a ball that had pitched outside off stump for six over midwicket.
Anwar's timing and ability to score quick runs made him a crowd
favourite. In 1997, when he was as one of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year, the cricket almanack Wisden
described him that he "moved his front foot and head well across, then
his wrists hovered, hawk-like, over the advancing ball, extending
further and further as if they were elastic if the ball was slanted ever
more away from him, before the bat flowed into a square-drive to the
boundary".
Captaincy
Anwar captained Pakistan in seven Tests and 11 ODIs, but his performance as captain was average.[8]
Records and achievements
Main article: List of international cricket centuries by Saeed Anwar
- Named as one of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 1997.
- Opened in 32 ODI innings with Aamir Sohail for Pakistan, in 1994–95, the most consecutive by a Pakistan opening pair and fourth overall.[89]
- The third Pakistan batsman after Nazar Mohammed and Mudassar Nazar to carry his bat in a test innings.[46] He scored unbeaten 188 runs in the match and Pakistan won the match by 46 runs.[48] it was also the highest Test score by a Pakistani on Indian soil which was surpassed by Younis Khan in 2005.[48][49][50]
- Anwar (194) and Charles Coventry (194*) shared the record for highest individual score in an ODI match until it was overtaken by India's Sachin Tendulkar (200*) against South Africa on 24 February 2010.[75][3][90][91]
- Anwar scored two or more successive hundreds on four occasions, and made 20 hundreds in One Day Internationals as a Pakistani opening batsman.[92]
- He holds the highest Test batting average (59.06) of any Pakistani against Australia in Test matches.
Retirement
He announced his retirement from International cricket on 15 August
2003, after he was dropped from the squad for the upcoming One-Day
International tournament in Sharjah.[6]
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