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The birth of one of the most exciting and productive opening batsmen. Several of Saeed Anwar’s Test centuries for Pakistan turned into big ones, often away from home. His first Test ton, for instance, was 169 against New Zealand at Wellington in 1993-94. He also belted 176 against England at The Oval in 1996, as well as an unbeaten 188, his highest Test score, at Calcutta in 1998-99. But it’s Anwar’s style and speed of scoring that will stay in the memory: according to the Almanack, his runs at Lord’s in 1996 “typified the uninhibitedness of modern Pakistani batting”. His one-day international record is one of the very best and his 20 hundreds included the highest score by any batsman: 194 against India at Chennai in 1996-97.
a well put article.. he was quite amazing...i still miss his drives.. although salman butt has shown promising talent.. but he isn't there in saeed's class, and mite never will get there...
just for the record, among the top 10 run scorers against australia (average wise), Saeed Anwer tops that list.. his average is around 62.4... quite astonishing, considering other pakistanis(ex Inzi) have choked against them... Ijaz is second on that list with 59.00..
in the list of top 100 scores in one days, we only have ONE pakistani and thats Saeed Anwer and hez on TOP.. great player he was , and no doubt he will stay in our minds for a long time..
I have never seen anyone with better timing than Saeed Anwar. His batting was an absolute pleasure to watch. Used minimun power but exquisite timing and placement.
A classic plyer indeed he was.He took out his best when playing against India.I still remeber admirely the way he took Pakistan to 87/0 in 10 overs in 1996 quarterfinals in Bangalore.
Surely he was a master of attacking cricket.Rather than his 194 in Chennai I love to watch his 1996 show.He was a gentle man also who never seemed to loose control in tough situations.
1996 show? Are you talking about WC quarterfinal where he scored 48 runs. Are you trying to compare that innings with his 194 marathon. Anwar played alot of remarkable innings in his career which were far better than the 48 runs innings. But even those remarkable innings were over shadowed by his Chennai knock.
I guess you probably don’t like to go back in time and see Anwar thrashing kumble and other indian bowlers during that knock but we still love to see that. Waisay if you don’t like to go back in time, you can still see that happening. Afridi has taken over as the new bogeyman for Indian bowlers:D