List of international cricket centuries by Saeed Anwar

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Saeed Anwar made seven of his ODI centuries at the Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium. SharjahCricket.JPG
Saeed Anwar made seven of his ODI centuries at the Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium.

Saeed Anwar is a former Pakistani cricketer and captain of the Pakistan national cricket team. [2] He has scored centuries (100 or more runs in a single innings) in Test matches and One Day International (ODI) matches on 11 and 20 occasions respectively during his international career. [3] [1] He played 55 Tests and 247 ODIs for Pakistan scoring 4,052 and 8,824 runs respectively. [2] He was described by the BBC as "a world-class opener" and "one of the real batting stars of Pakistani cricket". [4] Anwar was named as one of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year, in 1997, and the cricket almanac Wisden noted his "rapid run-scoring". [5]

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Anwar made his Test debut against the West Indies in a match where he was dismissed without scoring in either innings at the Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad in 1990. [6] [7] His first Test century came against New Zealand at the Basin Reserve, Wellington in 1994. [8] His highest Test score of 188 not out came against India during the 1998–99 Asian Test Championship at the Eden Gardens, Kolkata in February 1999. [9] In the same innings, he became the third Pakistan opening batsman not to be dismissed at the close of an innings. [10] [N 1] Anwar scored Test centuries against seven different opponents at ten cricket grounds, including seven at venues outside Pakistan. [11] [12] As of November 2016, he is ninth in the list of Test century-makers for Pakistan, a position he shares with Asif Iqbal and Azhar Ali. [13]

Anwar made his ODI debut during the 1888-89 Benson & Hedges World Series against the West Indies at the WACA Ground, Perth. [14] He achieved his first ODI century a year later against Sri Lanka at the Adelaide Oval. [15] He scored three consecutive centuries at the Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium in 1993, the second player to achieve this feat. [N 2] Anwar's score of 194, the highest by a Pakistan batsman, was made against India at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai in 1997. [17] [18] [N 3] He scored all of his twenty ODI centuries against six different opponents, and was most successful against Sri Lanka, making seven against them. [1] As of November 2016, Anwar is the leading ODI century-maker for Pakistan, and is twelfth in the list of ODI century-makers. [20] [21]

Key

Key
SymbolMeaning
*Remained not out
† Man of the match
‡Captained the Pakistan cricket team
Balls Balls faced
Pos.Position in the batting order
Inn.The innings of the match
TestThe number of the Test match played in that series
S/R Strike rate during the innings
H/A/NVenue was at home (Pakistan), away or neutral
DateDate the match was held, or the starting date of match for Test matches
LostThe match was lost by Pakistan
WonThe match was won by Pakistan
DrawnThe match was drawn
TiedThe match was tied

Test cricket centuries

List of Test centuries
No.ScoreAgainstPos.Inn.TestVenueH/A/NDateResultRef
1169Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 122/3 Basin Reserve, Wellington Away17 February 1994Won [8]
2136 †Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 131/3 P Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo Away9 August 1994Won [22]
3176Flag of England.svg  England 123/3 The Oval, London Away22 August 1996Won [23]
4149 ‡Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 122/2 Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi Home28 November 1996Won [24]
5118Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 132/3 Kingsmead Cricket Ground, Durban Away26 February 1998Won [25]
6145Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 111/3 Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi Home1 October 1998Lost [26]
7126Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 122/3 Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar Home15 October 1998Drawn [27]
8188* † [N 4] Flag of India.svg  India 131/4 Eden Gardens, Kolkata Away16 February 1999Won [9]
9119Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 131/3 Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane Away5 November 1999Lost [28]
10123Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 122/3 Galle International Stadium, Galle Away21 June 2000Won [29]
11101Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh 121/3 Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan Home29 August 2001Won [30]

One Day International centuries

List of ODI centuries
No.ScoreBallsAgainstPos.Inn.S/RVenueH/A/NDateResultRef
1126†99Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 21127.27 Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Neutral17 February 1990Won [15]
2101†115Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 1187.82 Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore Home2 November 1990Won [31]
3110†105Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 11104.76 Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah Neutral4 February 1993Won [32]
4107108Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 1199.07 Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah Neutral30 October 1993Won [33]
5131†141WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies 1292.90 Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah Neutral1 November 1993Won [34]
6111†104Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 12106.73 Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah Neutral2 November 1993Won [35]
7104*†119Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 1287.39 Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi Home22 October 1994Won [36]
8103*†131Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 2278.62 Harare Sports Club, Harare Away22 February 1995Tied [37]
9115‡120Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 1195.83 Nairobi Gymkhana Club, Nairobi Neutral4 October 1996Won [38]
10104*†132Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 1278.78 Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah Neutral10 November 1996Won [39]
11112*†125Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 1289.60 Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah Neutral12 November 1996Won [40]
12194†146Flag of India.svg  India 11132.87 M.A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Away21 May 1997Won [41]
13108*†129WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies 2283.72 Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore Home4 November 1997Won [42]
14104†128Flag of India.svg  India 1281.25 Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah Neutral14 December 1997Won [43]
15140132Flag of India.svg  India 11106.06 Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka Neutral18 January 1998Lost [44]
16103†144Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 1171.52 Kennington Oval, London Neutral11 June 1999Won [45]
17113*148Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 1276.35 Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester Neutral16 June 1999Won [46]
18105*†134Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 1278.35 Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi Neutral8 October 2000Won [47]
19104115Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 1190.43 Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi Neutral11 October 2000Lost [48]
20101126Flag of India.svg  India 1180.15 Centurion Park, Centurion Neutral1 March 2003Lost [49]

Notes

  1. ↑ The previous players to accomplish this feat were Nazar Mohammed and Mudassar Nazar. [10]
  2. ↑ This feat was previously accomplished by Zaheer Abbas and subsequently Herschelle Gibbs, AB de Villiers and Quinton de Kock. [16]
  3. ↑ Saeed Anwar broke Viv Richards' record for most runs in an ODI innings and held it for nearly 13 years. The score was equalled by Charles Coventry, it was broken by Sachin Tendulkar (200*), Virender Sehwag (219) and Rohit Sharma (209). [19]
  4. ↑ Anwar shared the Man of the Match award with Javagal Srinath.

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