Cricket Career of Saeed Anwar

Saeed Anwar was one of the greatest  Pakistani opening batsman and occasional Slow left arm orthodox bowler. He was born 6 September 1968, Karachi. He 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. 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.

During his career, he was an elegant batsman and played particularly well on the off side, his trademark flick being a sure shot feature in almost all of his innings.

International Career of Saeed Anwar

Personal information
Full name	Saeed Anwar
Born	6 September 1968 (age 46) Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
Batting style	Left-handed
Bowling style	Slow left arm orthodox
International information
National side	Pakistan
Test debut (cap 120)	23 November 1990 v West Indies
Last Test	31 August 2001 v Bangladesh
ODI debut (cap 68)	1 January 1989 v West Indies
Last ODI	4 March 2003 v Zimbabwe
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA Matches 55 247 146 325 Runs scored 4,052 8,824 10,169 11,223 Batting average 45.52 39.21 45.19 37.91 100s/50s 11/25 20/43 30/51 26/54 Top score 188* 194 221 194 Balls bowled 48 242 653 858 Wickets 0 6 9 31 Bowling average – 31.83 45.77 20.80 5 wickets in innings – 0 0 0 10 wickets in match – n/a – n/a Best bowling – 2/9 3/83 4/39 Catches/stumpings 18/– 42/– 65/– 64/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 29 May 2012

Records and achievements

• 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.
• The third Pakistan batsman after Nazar Mohammed and Mudassar Nazar to carry his bat in a test innings. He scored unbeaten 188 runs in the match and Pakistan won the match by 46 runs. it was also the highest Test score by a Pakistani on Indian soil which was surpassed by Younis Khan in 2005.
• 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.
• Anwar scored two or more successive hundreds on four occasions, and made 20 hundreds in One Day Internationals as a Pakistani opening batsman.
• 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.

Performance

 Test Performance by Opponent

Saeed Anwar's performance in Test matches

Opponent	Matches	inn	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	Ct
Australia	8	15	0	886	145	59.06	3	5	1
Bangladesh	1	1	0	101	101	101.00	1	0	0
England	8	14	0	545	176	38.92	1	3	4
India	3	6	0	289	188*	57.80	1	1	0
New Zealand	5	8	0	418	169	52.25	2	1	3
South Africa	7	15	0	279	118	23.25	1	1	1
Sri Lanka	11	16	0	919	136	57.43	2	8	6
West Indies	4	5	0	96	65	19.20	0	1	1
Zimbabwe	8	14	1	519	145	59.06	1	5	2
Total	55	91	2	4052	188*	45.52	11	25	18

ODI Performance by Opponent

Saeed Anwar's performance in ODI matches

Opponent	Matches	inn	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	Ct
Australia	30	30	1	683	104*	23.55	1	0	6
Bangladesh	6	6	1	285	90	57.00	0	3	3
England	11	11	0	488	77	44.36	0	5	1
India	50	48	2	2002	194	43.52	4	8	12
Kenya	3	3	1	29	27	9.66	0	0	0
Namibia	1	1	0	23	23	23.00	0	0	0
Netherlands	3	3	2	136	83*	136.52	0	1	0
New Zealand	32	32	4	1260	113*	45.00	4	7	5
Scotland	1	1	0	6	6	6.00	0	0	0
South Africa	24	24	1	398	42	17.30	0	0	1
Sri Lanka	52	52	3	2198	126	44.85	7	13	9
United Arab Emirates	2	2	1	79	40*	79.00	0	0	0
West Indies	17	16	1	534	131	35.60	2	2	4
Zimbabwe	15	15	3	703	103*	58.58	2	4	1
Total	247	244	19	8824	194	39.21	20	43	42

Key

Symbol	Meaning
*	Remained not out
	Man of the match
	Captained the Pakistan cricket team
Balls	Balls faced
Pos.	Position in the batting order
Inn.	The innings of the match
Test	The number of the Test match played in that series
S/R	Strike rate during the innings
H/A/N	Venue was at home (Pakistan), away or neutral
Date	Date the match was held, or the starting date of match for Test matches
Lost	The match was lost by Pakistan
Won	The match was won by Pakistan
Drawn	The match was drawn
Tied	The match was tied

Test cricket centuries

List of Test centuries

No.	Score	Against	Pos.	Inn.	Test	Venue	H/A/N	Date	Result
1	169	New Zealand	1	2	2/3	Basin Reserve, Wellington	Away	17 February 1994	Won
2	136	Sri Lanka	1	3	1/3	P Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo	Away	9 August 1994	Won
3	176	England	1	2	3/3	The Oval, London	Away	22 August 1996	Won
4	149	New Zealand	1	2	2/2	Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi	Home	28 November 1996	Won
5	118	South Africa	1	3	2/3	Kingsmead Cricket Ground, Durban	Away	26 February 1998	Won
6	145	Australia	1	1	1/3	Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi	Home	1 October 1998	Lost
7	126	Australia	1	2	2/3	Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar	Home	15 October 1998	Drawn
8	188*	India	1	3	1/4	Eden Gardens, Kolkata	Away	16 February 1999	Won
9	119	Australia	1	3	1/3	Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane	Away	5 November 1999	Lost
10	123	Sri Lanka	1	2	2/3	Galle International Stadium, Galle	Away	21 June 2000	Won
11	101	Bangladesh	1	2	1/3	Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan	Home	29 August 2001	Won

One Day International centuries

List of ODI centuries

No.	Score	Balls	Against	Pos.	Inn.	S/R	Venue	H/A/N	Date	Result
1	126	99	Sri Lanka	2	1	127.27	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide	Neutral	17 February 1990	Won
2	101	115	New Zealand	1	1	87.82	Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore	Home	2 November 1990	Won
3	110	105	Sri Lanka	1	1	104.76	Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah	Neutral	4 February 1993	Won
4	107	108	Sri Lanka	1	1	99.07	Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah	Neutral	30 October 1993	Won
5	131	141	West Indies	1	2	92.90	Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah	Neutral	1 November 1993	Won
6	111	104	Sri Lanka	1	2	106.73	Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah	Neutral	2 November 1993	Won
7	104*	119	Australia	1	2	87.39	Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi	Home	22 October 1994	Won
8	103*	131	Zimbabwe	2	2	78.62	Harare Sports Club, Harare	Away	22 February 1995	Tied
9	115	120	Sri Lanka	1	1	95.83	Nairobi Gymkhana Club, Nairobi	Neutral	4 October 1996	Won
10	104*	132	New Zealand	1	2	78.78	Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah	Neutral	10 November 1996	Won
11	112*	125	Sri Lanka	1	2	89.60	Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah	Neutral	12 November 1996	Won
12	194	146	India	1	1	132.87	M.A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai	Away	21 May 1997	Won
13	108*	129	West Indies	2	2	83.72	Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore	Home	4 November 1997	Won
14	104	128	India	1	2	81.25	Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah	Neutral	14 December 1997	Won
15	140	132	India	1	1	106.06	Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka	Neutral	18 January 1998	Lost
16	103	144	Zimbabwe	1	1	71.52	Kennington Oval, London	Neutral	11 June 1999	Won
17	113*	148	New Zealand	1	2	76.35	Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester	Neutral	16 June 1999	Won
18	105*	134	Sri Lanka	1	2	78.35	Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi	Neutral	8 October 2000	Won
19	104	115	New Zealand	1	1	90.43	Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi	Neutral	11 October 2000	Lost
20	103	126	India	1	1	80.15	Centurion Park, Centurion	Neutral	1 March 2003	Lost

AWARD

Test Awards

Player of the series award

No	Series (Opponents)	Season	Series performance
1	New Zealand in  Pakistan (Test Series)	1996/97	157 Runs (2 Matches & 3 Innings, 1x100, 0x50); 2 Catches

Player of the match awards

No	Date	Opposition	Venue	Match performance	Result
1	9 August 1994	SriLanka	Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo	230 Runs (94 and136 runs)	Won
2	16 February 1999	India	Eden Gardens, Kolkata	188*	Won

SOURCE: WIkipedia