47 Facts About Saeed Anwar

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Saeed Anwar PP is a Pakistani former cricketer and a former captain for Tests and ODIs.

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An opening batsman and occasional slow left arm orthodox bowler, Anwar played international cricket between 1989 and 2003.

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Saeed Anwar played 55 Test matches, scoring 4052 runs with eleven centuries, average 45.52.

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Saeed Anwar is credited for being one of the most stylish batsmen of 1990s alongside Mark Waugh, Damien Martyn and Sourav Ganguly.

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Saeed 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.

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Saeed Anwar scored two successive hundreds on three occasions in his career.

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Saeed Anwar 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.

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Saeed Anwar participated in three Cricket World Cups, and captained Pakistan in seven Tests and 11 ODIs.

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Saeed Anwar was the highest runs scoring batsman for Pakistan in 1996,1999 and 2003 World Cup.

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Saeed Anwar was born on 6 September 1968 in Karachi.

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Saeed Anwar went to high school at Government Degree Science College, Malir Cantt and went to university at NED University of Engineering and Technology, Karachi.

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Saeed Anwar graduated from NED in 1989 majoring in Computer System Engineering.

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Saeed Anwar was planning to go to the United States for his Master's studies before becoming a professional Test cricketer.

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Saeed Anwar married his cousin, Lubna, a doctor by profession, in March 1996.

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Saeed Anwar faced a personal tragedy in 2001 when his daughter, Bismah, died after a prolonged illness.

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Saeed Anwar made his return to cricket after a long hiatus and was one of the most consistent Pakistani batsmen in the 2003 World Cup.

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Saeed Anwar was criticized for the loss of form which led to his retirement from cricket soon.

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Saeed Anwar led the funeral prayers for his former teammate Wasim Akram's spouse, Huma Akram, in Lahore.

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Saeed Anwar played 55 Test matches for Pakistan and scored 4052 at the average of 45.52.

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Saeed Anwar is the seventh-highest run scorer for Pakistan in Test cricket, and scored 11 centuries and 25 half-centuries during his international career.

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Saeed Anwar has the highest Test batting average of any Pakistani against Australia, and once scored two consecutive centuries against them.

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Saeed Anwar made his Test debut against the West Indies in a match which Pakistan lost at Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad, in 1990.

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Saeed Anwar scored three consecutive fifties against Sri Lanka in the 1995 home series.

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Saeed Anwar scored 88 and 74 runs in the first Test at Lord's, and 176 and one runs in the third match at The Oval.

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Saeed Anwar was the second highest run-scorer , accumulating 157 runs in three innings, including 149 in the second Test at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium.

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Saeed Anwar scored 118 runs in the second Test at Kingsmead Cricket Ground, which allowed Pakistan to win a Test match for the first time in South Africa.

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Saeed Anwar scored 150 runs at the average of 37.50, during Pakistan's tour to Zimbabwe.

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Saeed Anwar scored 145 runs in the match, but Pakistan lost the match by an innings and 99 runs.

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Saeed Anwar was ineffective against India, scoring 101 runs in two matches, during Pakistan's tour to India.

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Saeed Anwar was the fourth highest run-scorer of the tournament, with 290 runs from five innings, averaged 72.50.

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Saeed Anwar captained Pakistan in the first two Tests during the Sri Lanka tour to Pakistan, and scored 217 runs at the average of 54.25.

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Saeed Anwar scored 185 runs, including a century and a fifty.

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Saeed Anwar played 247 ODI matches for Pakistan and scored 8824 runs from 244 innings at the average of 39.21.

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Saeed Anwar is third in the list of leading run-scorers for Pakistan in the format after Inzamam-ul-Haq and Mohammad Yousuf.

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Saeed Anwar was the first Pakistani batsman to score a century against India on Indian soil in an ODI match.

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Under the captaincy of Imran Khan, Saeed Anwar started his international career in January 1989 with an ODI match played at WACA Ground which Pakistan lost to West Indies.

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Saeed Anwar scored unbeaten 42 runs off 32 balls in the match.

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Saeed Anwar scored a century against Sri Lanka at Gymkhana Club Ground in October 1996, while captaining the team.

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On 21 May 1997 in Chennai, Saeed Anwar scored 194 against India in India in an ODI match in the 1997 Pepsi Independence Cup.

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Saeed Anwar accumulated 315 runs from the five matches of the 1998 Silver Jubilee Independence Cup, including 140 runs in the third final against India at Dhaka; India won the match by three wickets.

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Saeed Anwar played in three Cricket World Cups for Pakistan: 1996,1999 and 2003.

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Saeed Anwar played 21 matches and scored 915 runs at the average of 53.82, and his highest score in a world cup match remained 113 not out.

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In 1996 Cricket World Cup, Saeed Anwar made three fifties, Against India in the second Quarter-final at Bangalore, he made 48.

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Saeed Anwar played his last match against Zimbabwe during the 2003 World Cup in which he made unbeaten 40 runs.

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Saeed Anwar dedicated the century to his daughter, who died in 2001.

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46.

Saeed Anwar captained Pakistan in seven Tests and 11 ODIs, but his performance as captain was average.

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Saeed Anwar announced his retirement from International cricket on 15 August 2003, after he was dropped from the squad for the upcoming One-Day International tournament in Sharjah.