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Anwar Ali (cricketer born 1987)

Anwar Ali Khatana
Personal information
Born (1987-11-25) 25 November 1987 (age 29)
Swat District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Batting style Right-handed
Bowling style Right-arm-fast-medium
Role All-Rounder
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 194) 24 November 2013 v South Africa
Last ODI 25 January 2016 2016 v New Zealand
ODI shirt no. 48
T20I debut 12 October 2008 v Zimbabwe
Last T20I 1 August 2015 v Sri lanka
Domestic team information
Years Team
2007 Karachi Harbour
2008–present Pakistan International Airlines
2013–present Rangpur Riders
2016–present Quetta Gladiators
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA
Matches 17 11 78 64
Runs scored 251 65 1,717 624
Batting average 35.85 16.25 20.44 20.80
100s/50s 0/0 –/– 1/5 0/1
Top score 43* 46 100* 79*
Balls bowled 706 162 13,963 2,965
Wickets 13 6 282 88
Bowling average 54.30 38.33 27.16 29.17
5 wickets in innings 0 17 0
10 wickets in match n/a 4 n/a
Best bowling 2/24 2/27 8/16 4/37
Catches/stumpings 4/– 3/– 25/– 16/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 24 July 2015

Anwar Ali (born 25 November 1987 in Swat) is a Pakistani cricketer who guided Pakistan to win the 2006 U-19 Cricket World Cupfinal in Sri Lanka by securing 5 wicket for 35 and was declared man of the match. He represents Karachi Zebras and Sindh Dolphins in domestic circuit. He is inspired by Wasim Akram and Imran Khan.

Anwar Ali has been settled in Karachi, Sindh since long. He belong to Khatana Gujjar family. His family migrated to the city from Swat in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa when he was young. He spent his early years as a factory labourer, ironing socks. He is playing as a professional for Colne Cricket Club in Lancashire, England, in the Lancashire League. He has joined North Down Cricket Club in Northern Ireland for the 2012 season as the club professional. He is currently part of Pakistan Senior cricket team. He belongs to a middle-class family living in the area of Orangi Town Mominabad.

Anwar Ali led a great come-back win for Pakistan against India in the 2006 Under-19 Cricket World Cup. He took five wickets including Rohit Sharma with an inswinger that bowled him. He also took the wicket of Ravindra Jadeja. Both of these players have played for the senior national side in the One Day Internationals.

Anwar Ali made his T20 debut for Pakistan on 12 October 2008 against Zimbabwe. He bowled 2 overs and went for 19 runs without taking a wicket. Anwar made his comeback against Zimbabwe as well, where he took 2 wickets in both matches. Pakistan won the series 2–0. After good form against Zimbabwe and in domestic, he got an ODI cap and scored 43 not out; he also took 2–26 in 6 overs. Together he and Bilawal Bhatti defeated South Africa. He also made a fine 41 not out in an ODI against Sri Lanka and took a wicket in the match. Only in his first One Day International, Anwar Ali promised to be a good player as he was able to win the Man Of The Match award.


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