Saeed Anwar
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| Batting style | left handed batsman | |
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| Bowling type | left arm slow | |
| Tests | ODIs | |
| Matches | 55 | 247 |
| Runs scored | 4052 | 8823 |
| Batting average | 45.52 | 39.21 |
| 100s/50s | 11/25 | 20/43 |
| Top score | 188 | 194 |
| Overs bowled | 8 | 40.3 |
| Wickets | 0 | 6 |
| Bowling average | N/A | 31.83 |
| 5 wickets in innings | 0 | 0 |
| 10 wickets in match | 0 | n/a |
| Best bowling | N/A | 2/9 |
| Catches/stumpings | 18/0 | 42/0 |
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As of 17 November 2005 |
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Saeed Anwar (Urdu: سعید انور) born. September 6, 1968) in Karachi, Pakistan is a former Pakistani cricketer, who was an opening batsman. He is most notable for scoring 194 runs against India in Chennai, the highest in any One Day International. He was an opener for Pakistan and generally opened with Aamer Sohail.
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[edit] Career
An opening batsman capable of dismantling even the best bowling attacks, Anwar was an attacking player in one-day matches and once settled in Test matches, scored quickly and all over the field. His success came from good timing and wristy flicks rather than physical power, being famous for his trademark flick, and he could lift a ball that had pitched outside off stump for six over midwicket. His sweet timing and ability to score quick runs made him a crowd favourite. He was named as a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1997.
He was the first Pakistani batsman to score a century against India on Indian soil in a One-day match. His timing and wristy play made him one of the attractive batsmen cricket has ever seen. He has the highest Test batting average (59.06) of any Pakistani against Australia, and once scored three consecutive centuries against them. He scored a classic century against South Africa in Durban, which allowed Pakistan to win a Test match for the first time in South Africa.
On 21st May, 1997 in Chennai he Scored 194 against India in an ODI match. This is the highest individual score by any batsman in the world and his record stands, almost a decade after he achieved it, although batsmen have come close to his score in recent years (most recently, Matthew Hayden of Australia made 181 not out against New Zealand). [1]
He is a member of the exclusive club of batsmen who have scored three successive hundreds in ODIs, with hundreds against Sri Lanka, West Indies and Sri Lanka during the 1993–94 Champions Trophy in Sharjah. He scored 2 successive hundreds on three other occasions in his career, and was the first batsman to complete this feat in ODIs.[2]
[edit] Records
- The highest individual score in a ODI match (194)
- He scored 2 or more successive hundreds on four occasions
- He holds the highest Test batting average (59.06) of any Pakistani against Australia in Test matches.
- 20 hundreds in one day internationals
- 8823 ODI runs with 39.21 average
[edit] Moving Away from Cricket
Anwar's loss of form coincided with a great personal tragedy in 2001, when his infant daughter died; after this, Anwar became a born again Muslim. He made his return to cricket after a long hiatus, but after unimpressive performances in the 2003 World Cup, he retired. However, he hit a century against India in the 2003 World Cup, the last of his 20 ODI hundreds.
[edit] Trivia
- Anwar graduated from NED University, Karachi in 1990 and is an engineer by profession.
- He was planning to go to USA for his Master's studies before becoming a professional test cricketer.
- He is now part of tableeghi jamat. He regularly goes out for preaching islam.
[edit] References
- ^ ODI Career Highest Individual Scores: Cricinfo.com Retrieved 23 February 2007.
- ^ Cricinfo - ODIs - 100s in Most Consecutive Innings, from Cricinfo, retrieved 31 August 2006
| Pakistani batsmen with a Test batting average above 40 |  |
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| Javed Miandad | Inzamam-ul-Haq | Mohammad Yousuf | Saeed Anwar | Zaheer Abbas | |
| Shoaib Mohammad | Hanif Mohammad | Saleem Malik | Saeed Ahmed | Younis Khan | |
