Shaiman Anwar Butt is a former cricketer who played for the United Arab Emirates national cricket team.
11 Facts About Shaiman Anwar
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In March 2021, Shaiman was found guilty of corruption and banned from all cricket for eight years.
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Shaiman Anwar made his first-class debut during the following season of the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy, and in his third match, against the Lahore Whites, scored a maiden century.
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Opening the batting with Usman Mushtaq, Shaiman Anwar scored 106 runs from 118 balls, putting on a 177-run opening stand.
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Shaiman Anwar made his One Day International debut in February 2014, against Scotland in the final of the World Cup Qualifier, and his Twenty20 International debut in March 2014, against the Netherlands in the World Twenty20.
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Shaiman Anwar was selected in the Emirati squad for the 2015 World Cup, and in the team's first match, against Zimbabwe, top scored with 67 from 50 balls.
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Shaiman Anwar became the first UAE player to score centuries in both ODIs and T20Is.
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Shaiman Anwar holds the record for facing the most number of balls in a T20I innings when batting at number three position.
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In March 2018, during the United Arab Emirates match against Zimbabwe in the 2018 Cricket World Cup Qualifier, Shaiman Anwar became the first batsman for the United Arab Emirates to score 1,000 runs in ODIs.
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Two days before the start of the tournament, the ICC confirmed that Shaiman Anwar had been suspended, after breaching cricket's anti-corruption rules.
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In March 2021, Shaiman Anwar was given an eight-year ban from all cricket, backdated to 16 October 2019, after being found guilty on charges of corruption.