Saeed Anwar is a former Pakistani cricketer and captain of the Pakistan national cricket team. [2] He has scored centuries (100 or more runs in a single innings) in Test matches and One Day International (ODI) matches on 11 and 20 occasions respectively during his international career. [3] [1] He played 55 Tests and 247 ODIs for Pakistan scoring 4,052 and 8,824 runs respectively. [2] He was described by the BBC as "a world-class opener" and "one of the real batting stars of Pakistani cricket". [4] Anwar was named as one of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year, in 1997, and the cricket almanac Wisden noted his "rapid run-scoring". [5]
Anwar made his Test debut against the West Indies in a match where he was dismissed without scoring in either innings at the Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad in 1990. [6] [7] His first Test century came against New Zealand at the Basin Reserve, Wellington in 1994. [8] His highest Test score of 188 not out came against India during the 1998–99 Asian Test Championship at the Eden Gardens, Kolkata in February 1999. [9] In the same innings, he became the third Pakistan opening batsman not to be dismissed at the close of an innings. [10] [N 1] Anwar scored Test centuries against seven different opponents at ten cricket grounds, including seven at venues outside Pakistan. [11] [12] As of November 2016, he is ninth in the list of Test century-makers for Pakistan, a position he shares with Asif Iqbal and Azhar Ali. [13]
Anwar made his ODI debut during the 1888-89 Benson & Hedges World Series against the West Indies at the WACA Ground, Perth. [14] He achieved his first ODI century a year later against Sri Lanka at the Adelaide Oval. [15] He scored three consecutive centuries at the Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium in 1993, the second player to achieve this feat. [N 2] Anwar's score of 194, the highest by a Pakistan batsman, was made against India at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai in 1997. [17] [18] [N 3] He scored all of his twenty ODI centuries against six different opponents, and was most successful against Sri Lanka, making seven against them. [1] As of November 2016, Anwar is the leading ODI century-maker for Pakistan, and is twelfth in the list of ODI century-makers. [20] [21]
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 |
No. | Score | Against | Pos. | Inn. | Test | Venue | H/A/N | Date | Result | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 169 | New Zealand | 1 | 2 | 2/3 | Basin Reserve, Wellington | Away | 17 February 1994 | Won | [8] |
2 | 136 † | Sri Lanka | 1 | 3 | 1/3 | P Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo | Away | 9 August 1994 | Won | [22] |
3 | 176 | England | 1 | 2 | 3/3 | The Oval, London | Away | 22 August 1996 | Won | [23] |
4 | 149 ‡ | New Zealand | 1 | 2 | 2/2 | Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi | Home | 28 November 1996 | Won | [24] |
5 | 118 | South Africa | 1 | 3 | 2/3 | Kingsmead Cricket Ground, Durban | Away | 26 February 1998 | Won | [25] |
6 | 145 | Australia | 1 | 1 | 1/3 | Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi | Home | 1 October 1998 | Lost | [26] |
7 | 126 | Australia | 1 | 2 | 2/3 | Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar | Home | 15 October 1998 | Drawn | [27] |
8 | 188* † [N 4] | India | 1 | 3 | 1/4 | Eden Gardens, Kolkata | Away | 16 February 1999 | Won | [9] |
9 | 119 | Australia | 1 | 3 | 1/3 | Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane | Away | 5 November 1999 | Lost | [28] |
10 | 123 | Sri Lanka | 1 | 2 | 2/3 | Galle International Stadium, Galle | Away | 21 June 2000 | Won | [29] |
11 | 101 | Bangladesh | 1 | 2 | 1/3 | Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan | Home | 29 August 2001 | Won | [30] |
No. | Score | Balls | Against | Pos. | Inn. | S/R | Venue | H/A/N | Date | Result | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 126 † | 99 | Sri Lanka | 2 | 1 | 127.27 | Adelaide Oval, Adelaide | Neutral | 17 February 1990 | Won | [15] |
2 | 101 † | 115 | New Zealand | 1 | 1 | 87.82 | Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore | Home | 2 November 1990 | Won | [31] |
3 | 110 † | 105 | Sri Lanka | 1 | 1 | 104.76 | Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah | Neutral | 4 February 1993 | Won | [32] |
4 | 107 | 108 | Sri Lanka | 1 | 1 | 99.07 | Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah | Neutral | 30 October 1993 | Won | [33] |
5 | 131 † | 141 | West Indies | 1 | 2 | 92.90 | Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah | Neutral | 1 November 1993 | Won | [34] |
6 | 111 † | 104 | Sri Lanka | 1 | 2 | 106.73 | Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah | Neutral | 2 November 1993 | Won | [35] |
7 | 104* † | 119 | Australia | 1 | 2 | 87.39 | Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi | Home | 22 October 1994 | Won | [36] |
8 | 103* † | 131 | Zimbabwe | 2 | 2 | 78.62 | Harare Sports Club, Harare | Away | 22 February 1995 | Tied | [37] |
9 | 115 ‡ | 120 | Sri Lanka | 1 | 1 | 95.83 | Nairobi Gymkhana Club, Nairobi | Neutral | 4 October 1996 | Won | [38] |
10 | 104* † | 132 | New Zealand | 1 | 2 | 78.78 | Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah | Neutral | 10 November 1996 | Won | [39] |
11 | 112* † | 125 | Sri Lanka | 1 | 2 | 89.60 | Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah | Neutral | 12 November 1996 | Won | [40] |
12 | 194 † | 146 | India | 1 | 1 | 132.87 | M.A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai | Away | 21 May 1997 | Won | [41] |
13 | 108* † | 129 | West Indies | 2 | 2 | 83.72 | Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore | Home | 4 November 1997 | Won | [42] |
14 | 104 † | 128 | India | 1 | 2 | 81.25 | Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah | Neutral | 14 December 1997 | Won | [43] |
15 | 140 | 132 | India | 1 | 1 | 106.06 | Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka | Neutral | 18 January 1998 | Lost | [44] |
16 | 103 † | 144 | Zimbabwe | 1 | 1 | 71.52 | Kennington Oval, London | Neutral | 11 June 1999 | Won | [45] |
17 | 113* | 148 | New Zealand | 1 | 2 | 76.35 | Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester | Neutral | 16 June 1999 | Won | [46] |
18 | 105* † | 134 | Sri Lanka | 1 | 2 | 78.35 | Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi | Neutral | 8 October 2000 | Won | [47] |
19 | 104 | 115 | New Zealand | 1 | 1 | 90.43 | Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi | Neutral | 11 October 2000 | Lost | [48] |
20 | 101 | 126 | India | 1 | 1 | 80.15 | Centurion Park, Centurion | Neutral | 1 March 2003 | Lost | [49] |
Saeed Anwar is a former Pakistani cricketer and captain of the Pakistan national cricket team. [2] He has scored centuries (100 or more runs in a single innings) in Test matches and One Day International (ODI) matches on 11 and 20 occasions respectively during his international career. [3] [1] He played 55 Tests and 247 ODIs for Pakistan scoring 4,052 and 8,824 runs respectively. [2] He was described by the BBC as "a world-class opener" and "one of the real batting stars of Pakistani cricket". [4] Anwar was named as one of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year, in 1997, and the cricket almanac Wisden noted his "rapid run-scoring". [5]
Anwar made his Test debut against the West Indies in a match where he was dismissed without scoring in either innings at the Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad in 1990. [6] [7] His first Test century came against New Zealand at the Basin Reserve, Wellington in 1994. [8] His highest Test score of 188 not out came against India during the 1998–99 Asian Test Championship at the Eden Gardens, Kolkata in February 1999. [9] In the same innings, he became the third Pakistan opening batsman not to be dismissed at the close of an innings. [10] [N 1] Anwar scored Test centuries against seven different opponents at ten cricket grounds, including seven at venues outside Pakistan. [11] [12] As of November 2016, he is ninth in the list of Test century-makers for Pakistan, a position he shares with Asif Iqbal and Azhar Ali. [13]
Anwar made his ODI debut during the 1888-89 Benson & Hedges World Series against the West Indies at the WACA Ground, Perth. [14] He achieved his first ODI century a year later against Sri Lanka at the Adelaide Oval. [15] He scored three consecutive centuries at the Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium in 1993, the second player to achieve this feat. [N 2] Anwar's score of 194, the highest by a Pakistan batsman, was made against India at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai in 1997. [17] [18] [N 3] He scored all of his twenty ODI centuries against six different opponents, and was most successful against Sri Lanka, making seven against them. [1] As of November 2016, Anwar is the leading ODI century-maker for Pakistan, and is twelfth in the list of ODI century-makers. [20] [21]
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 |
No. | Score | Against | Pos. | Inn. | Test | Venue | H/A/N | Date | Result | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 169 | New Zealand | 1 | 2 | 2/3 | Basin Reserve, Wellington | Away | 17 February 1994 | Won | [8] |
2 | 136 † | Sri Lanka | 1 | 3 | 1/3 | P Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo | Away | 9 August 1994 | Won | [22] |
3 | 176 | England | 1 | 2 | 3/3 | The Oval, London | Away | 22 August 1996 | Won | [23] |
4 | 149 ‡ | New Zealand | 1 | 2 | 2/2 | Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi | Home | 28 November 1996 | Won | [24] |
5 | 118 | South Africa | 1 | 3 | 2/3 | Kingsmead Cricket Ground, Durban | Away | 26 February 1998 | Won | [25] |
6 | 145 | Australia | 1 | 1 | 1/3 | Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi | Home | 1 October 1998 | Lost | [26] |
7 | 126 | Australia | 1 | 2 | 2/3 | Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar | Home | 15 October 1998 | Drawn | [27] |
8 | 188* † [N 4] | India | 1 | 3 | 1/4 | Eden Gardens, Kolkata | Away | 16 February 1999 | Won | [9] |
9 | 119 | Australia | 1 | 3 | 1/3 | Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane | Away | 5 November 1999 | Lost | [28] |
10 | 123 | Sri Lanka | 1 | 2 | 2/3 | Galle International Stadium, Galle | Away | 21 June 2000 | Won | [29] |
11 | 101 | Bangladesh | 1 | 2 | 1/3 | Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan | Home | 29 August 2001 | Won | [30] |
No. | Score | Balls | Against | Pos. | Inn. | S/R | Venue | H/A/N | Date | Result | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 126 † | 99 | Sri Lanka | 2 | 1 | 127.27 | Adelaide Oval, Adelaide | Neutral | 17 February 1990 | Won | [15] |
2 | 101 † | 115 | New Zealand | 1 | 1 | 87.82 | Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore | Home | 2 November 1990 | Won | [31] |
3 | 110 † | 105 | Sri Lanka | 1 | 1 | 104.76 | Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah | Neutral | 4 February 1993 | Won | [32] |
4 | 107 | 108 | Sri Lanka | 1 | 1 | 99.07 | Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah | Neutral | 30 October 1993 | Won | [33] |
5 | 131 † | 141 | West Indies | 1 | 2 | 92.90 | Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah | Neutral | 1 November 1993 | Won | [34] |
6 | 111 † | 104 | Sri Lanka | 1 | 2 | 106.73 | Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah | Neutral | 2 November 1993 | Won | [35] |
7 | 104* † | 119 | Australia | 1 | 2 | 87.39 | Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi | Home | 22 October 1994 | Won | [36] |
8 | 103* † | 131 | Zimbabwe | 2 | 2 | 78.62 | Harare Sports Club, Harare | Away | 22 February 1995 | Tied | [37] |
9 | 115 ‡ | 120 | Sri Lanka | 1 | 1 | 95.83 | Nairobi Gymkhana Club, Nairobi | Neutral | 4 October 1996 | Won | [38] |
10 | 104* † | 132 | New Zealand | 1 | 2 | 78.78 | Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah | Neutral | 10 November 1996 | Won | [39] |
11 | 112* † | 125 | Sri Lanka | 1 | 2 | 89.60 | Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah | Neutral | 12 November 1996 | Won | [40] |
12 | 194 † | 146 | India | 1 | 1 | 132.87 | M.A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai | Away | 21 May 1997 | Won | [41] |
13 | 108* † | 129 | West Indies | 2 | 2 | 83.72 | Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore | Home | 4 November 1997 | Won | [42] |
14 | 104 † | 128 | India | 1 | 2 | 81.25 | Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah | Neutral | 14 December 1997 | Won | [43] |
15 | 140 | 132 | India | 1 | 1 | 106.06 | Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka | Neutral | 18 January 1998 | Lost | [44] |
16 | 103 † | 144 | Zimbabwe | 1 | 1 | 71.52 | Kennington Oval, London | Neutral | 11 June 1999 | Won | [45] |
17 | 113* | 148 | New Zealand | 1 | 2 | 76.35 | Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester | Neutral | 16 June 1999 | Won | [46] |
18 | 105* † | 134 | Sri Lanka | 1 | 2 | 78.35 | Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi | Neutral | 8 October 2000 | Won | [47] |
19 | 104 | 115 | New Zealand | 1 | 1 | 90.43 | Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi | Neutral | 11 October 2000 | Lost | [48] |
20 | 101 | 126 | India | 1 | 1 | 80.15 | Centurion Park, Centurion | Neutral | 1 March 2003 | Lost | [49] |