Saeed Anwar

Saeed Anwar (born 6 September 1968) is a Pakistani former cricketer and captain of the national Test and ODI teams. An opening batsman and occasional slow left arm orthodox bowler, Anwar played international cricket between 1989 and 2003. He is 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 the 1990s alongside Mark Waugh, Damien Martyn and Sourav Ganguly. Cricket fans widely admire his timing, elegance, and placement of cricket shots. He was a part of the squad which finished as runners-up at the 1999 Cricket World Cup. Anwar got a pair on Test debut against the West Indies in 1990, but showed his class early, when he scored 169 runs in his third Test against New Zealand in February 1994. In 1998–99, he became the third Pakistani to carry the 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 ones 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, where he smashed three consecutive sixes to Anil Kumble. The highest ODI score at the time. 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. He was...