Syed Anwar

Saeed Anwar
سعید انور

Personal information
Full name	Saeed Anwar
Born	(1968-09-06) 6 September 1968 (age 49) Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
Batting	Left-handed
Bowling	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

Saeed Anwar (Urdu: سعید انور‎; born 6 September 1968, Karachi) is a former Pakistani cricketer and a former captain for Tests and ODIs. An opening batsman and occasional slow left arm orthodox bowler, Anwar played international cricket between 1989 and 2003. Considered as one of greatest opening batsmen cricket has ever produced, Anwar has scored twenty centuries in ODIs, more than any other Pakistani batsmen in this format. He played 55 Test matches, scoring 4052 runs with eleven centuries, average 45.52. In 247 One Day Internationals (ODIs) he made 8824 runs at an average of 39.21.

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 Seventh 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.