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Saeed Anwar

Pakistan

Full name Saeed Anwar

Born September 6, 1968, Karachi, Sind

Current age 45 years 326 days

Major teams Pakistan, Agriculture Development Bank of Pakistan, Karachi, Lahore, United Bank Limited

Batting style Left-hand bat

Bowling style Slow left-arm orthodox

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct
Tests	55	91	2	4052	188*	45.52	7265	55.77	11	25	535	14	18
ODIs	247	244	19	8824	194	39.21	10938	80.67	20	43	938	97	42
First-class	146	232	7	10169	221	45.19			30	51			65
List A	325	319	23	11223	194	37.91			26	54			64

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w
Tests	55	4	48	23	0	-	-	-	2.87	-	0
ODIs	247	13	242	191	6	2/9	2/9	31.83	4.73	40.3	0
First-class	146		653	412	9	3/83		45.77	3.78	72.5
List A	325		858	645	31	4/39	4/39	20.80	4.51	27.6	1

Career statistics

Test debut	Pakistan v West Indies at Faisalabad, Nov 23-25, 1990 scorecard
Last Test	Pakistan v Bangladesh at Multan, Aug 29-31, 2001 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut	Pakistan v West Indies at Perth, Jan 1, 1989 scorecard
Last ODI	Zimbabwe v Pakistan at Bulawayo, Mar 4, 2003 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span	1986-2003
List A span	1985-2003

Profile

Wisden overview
Majestic timing and placement were Saeed Anwar's hallmarks. He was an opener capable of electrifying starts in all cricket through graceful strokeplay rather than brute force. He loved driving through the off side with minimal footwork. He annihilated any bowler offering width outside off stump although he too regularly guided the ball straight into the hands of fourth slip or gully. He first came to prominence as a one-day player but soon achieved equal success in Test cricket. Anwar's fielding was weak, he was injury prone, and his footwork became less assured as his career drew to a close. Opting to take a break from the game after the death of his daughter in August 2001, he was a lesser force when he came back, though he still managed a hundred against India in the 2003 World Cup. His batting prowess on the wane, Anwar finally announced his retirement just before Pakistan's home series against Bangladesh. He held the record for the highest ODI score till Sachin Tendulkar upstaged him, and on his day he was one of the most gracefully compelling players on the international stage. Kamran Abbasi

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