Saeed Anwar
Saeed Anwar (}}; born 6 September 1968) is a Pakistani former
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 one of greatest opening batsmen Pakistan has ever produced and also regarded as one of the finest batsmen of his era. 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 is credited for being one of the most stylish batsmen of 1990s alongside
Mark Waugh,
Damien Martyn and
Sourav Ganguly. His timing, elegance and placement of cricket shots are widely admired by cricket fans. He was a part of the squad which finished as
runners-up at the
1999 Cricket World Cup.
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 seven ODI centuries at
Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, including three consecutive during 1993–94. Anwar scored two successive hundreds on three 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 tenth 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.
Saeed Anwar was the highest runs scoring batsman for Pakistan in 1996,1999 and 2003 World Cup.
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