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{{short description|Pakistani cricketer}}
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{{Use British English|date=January 2013}} 
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Saeed Anwar
| honorific-prefix = [[Pride of Performance|PP]]
| image= Saeed Anwar (Jan, 2023).jpg
| caption = Saeed Anwar in January 2023
| country = Pakistan
| fullname = Saeed Anwar
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1968|9|6|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Karachi]], Sindh, Pakistan
| height = 5 ft 8 in<ref name="Wisden2001-447182">{{cite news
 |title=Wisden Cricket News (2 July 2001)
 |url=https://downloads.cricinfo.com/link_to_database/ARCHIVE/CRICKET_NEWS/2001/JUL/447182_WISDEN_02JUL2001.html
 |work=[[ESPNcricinfo]]
 |date=2 July 2001
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250922160144/https://downloads.cricinfo.com/link_to_database/ARCHIVE/CRICKET_NEWS/2001/JUL/447182_WISDEN_02JUL2001.html
 |archive-date=22 September 2025
 |url-status=dead
 |access-date=22 September 2025
}}</ref>
| batting = Left-handed
| bowling = [[Slow left arm orthodox]]
| international = true
| internationalspan = 1989–2003

| testdebutdate = 23 November
| testdebutyear = 1990
| testdebutagainst = West Indies
| testcap = 120
| lasttestdate = 31 August
| lasttestyear = 2001
| lasttestagainst = Bangladesh

| odidebutdate = 1 January
| odidebutyear = 1989
| odidebutagainst = West Indies
| odicap = 68
| lastodidate = 4 March
| lastodiyear = 2003
| lastodiagainst = Zimbabwe
| odishirt = 1

| columns = 4
| column1 = [[Test cricket|Test]]
| matches1 = 55
| runs1 = 4,052
| bat avg1 = 45.52
| 100s/50s1 = 11/25
| top score1 = 188[[not out|*]]
| deliveries1 = 48
| wickets1 = 0
| bowl avg1 = –
| fivefor1 = –
| tenfor1 = –
| best bowling1 = –
| catches/stumpings1 = 18/–
| column2 = [[One Day International|ODI]]
| matches2 = 247
| runs2 = 8824
| bat avg2 = 39.21
| 100s/50s2 = 20/43
| top score2 = 194
| deliveries2 = 242
| wickets2 = 6
| bowl avg2 = 31.83
| fivefor2 = 0
| tenfor2 = 0
| best bowling2 = 2/9
| catches/stumpings2 = 42/–
| column3 = [[First-class cricket|FC]]
| matches3 = 146
| runs3 = 10,169
| bat avg3 = 45.19
| 100s/50s3 = 30/51
| top score3 = 221
| deliveries3 = 653
| wickets3 = 9
| bowl avg3 = 45.77
| fivefor3 = 0
| tenfor3 = 0
| best bowling3 = 3/83
| catches/stumpings3 = 65/–
| column4 = [[List A cricket|LA]]
| matches4 = 242
| runs4 = 8842
| bat avg4 = 39.21
| 100s/50s4 = 26/54
| top score4 = 194
| deliveries4 = 858
| wickets4 = 31
| bowl avg4 = 20.80
| fivefor4 = 0
| tenfor4 = 0
| best bowling4 = 4/39
| catches/stumpings4 = 64/–
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| date = 29 May
| year = 2012
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/42605.html ESPNcricinfo
| role = 
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'''Saeed Anwar'''{{Efn|{{langx|ur|{{nastaliq|سعید انور}}}}}} {{post-nominals|country=PAK|PP}} (born 6 September 1968) is a Pakistani former [[cricketer]] and a former captain of the national Test and ODI teams. An opening [[Batting (cricket)|batsman]] and occasional [[Left-arm orthodox spin|slow left arm orthodox]] [[Bowling (cricket)|bowler]], Anwar played international cricket between 1989 and 2003. He is considered one of greatest opening batsmen Pakistan has ever produced and also regarded as one of the finest batsmen of his era.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pakistan inspired by Saeed Anwar's Chennai magic at World Cup |url=https://gulftoday.ae/sport/2023/10/22/pakistan-inspired-by-saeed-anwar-chennai-magic-at-world-cup |access-date=2023-12-16 |website=gulftoday.ae|date=22 October 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-01-09 |title='He should have been Pakistan's Brian Lara': Wasim Akram singles out 'casual' ex-teammate; calls him 'shallow thinker' |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cricket/he-should-have-been-pakistan-s-brian-lara-wasim-akram-singles-out-casual-ex-teammate-calls-him-shallow-thinker-101673251796112.html |access-date=2023-12-16 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}}</ref> Anwar has scored twenty centuries in ODIs, more than any other Pakistani batsmen in this format.<ref name="saeed_anwar">{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/42605.html |title=Players – Pakistan – Saeed Anwar  |publisher=[[ESPNcricinfo]] |access-date=29 May 2012}}</ref><ref name="most_hundreds_career">{{cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/Pakistan/engine/records/batting/most_hundreds_career.html?class=2;id=7;type=team |title=Cricket Records – Pakistan– One-Day Internationals – Most hundreds |publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=29 May 2012}}</ref> He played 55 [[Test cricket|Test]] matches, scoring 4052 runs with eleven [[Century (cricket)|centuries]], average 45.52. In 247 [[One Day International]]s (ODIs) he made 8824 runs at an average of 39.21. Anwar is credited for being one of the most stylish batsmen of 1990s alongside [[Mark Waugh]], [[Damien Martyn]] and [[Sourav Ganguly]]. His timing, elegance and placement of cricket shots are widely admired by cricket fans. He was a part of the squad which finished as [[1999 Cricket World Cup final|runners-up]] at the [[1999 Cricket World Cup]].

Anwar got [[Pairs in Test and first-class cricket|a pair on Test debut]] against the West Indies in 1990, but showed his class early, when he scored 169 runs in his third Test against New Zealand in February 1994. In 1998–99, he became the third Pakistani to [[Carry the bat|carry the bat through a Test innings]], and scored his highest Test score of 188 [[not out]]. He made seven ODI centuries at [[Sharjah Cricket Stadium|Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium]], including three consecutive ones during 1993–94. Anwar scored two successive hundreds on three occasions in his career. He is most notable for scoring 194 runs against [[India national cricket team|India]] in [[M. A. Chidambaram Stadium|Chennai]] in 1997, the highest ODI score at the time.<ref name="Sachin's_200">{{cite web|agency=Press Trust of India| url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/series-tournaments/south-africa-in-india-2010/top-stories/Sachin-becomes-first-batsman-to-score-200-in-an-ODI/articleshow/5611817.cms |title=Sachin becomes first batsman to score 200 in an ODI |work=The Times of India |date=24 February 2010 |access-date=24 November 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cricketworld4u.com/articles/sachin-becomes-1st-batsman-to-score-200-3510.php |title=Sachin break Anwar's Record |publisher=Cricketworld4u.com |access-date=24 November 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100506081814/http://www.cricketworld4u.com/articles/sachin-becomes-1st-batsman-to-score-200-3510.php |archive-date=6 May 2010}}</ref> Anwar participated in three [[Cricket World Cup]]s, and captained Pakistan in seven Tests and 11 ODIs. In August 2003, he announced his retirement from International cricket.
Saeed Anwar was the highest runs scoring batsman for Pakistan in 1996, 1999 and 2003 World Cup.

== Personal life ==

Saeed Anwar was born on 6 September 1968 in [[Karachi]]. In 1973, he shifted with his family to Canada and came back to Karachi in 1977. Anwar went to high school at Government Degree Science College, [[Malir Cantonment|Malir Cantt]] and went to university at [[NED University of Engineering & Technology|NED University of Engineering and Technology]], Karachi. He graduated from NED in 1989 majoring in Computer System Engineering. He was planning to go to the [[United States]] for his [[Master's degree|Master's]] studies before becoming a professional Test cricketer. His father, a businessman by profession, played cricket at club level.

Anwar married his cousin, Lubna, a doctor by profession, in March 1996.<ref name="Wisden_Cricketer">{{cite web |title=Wisden – Cricketer of the year 1997 – Saeed Anwar |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/154403/.html |access-date=9 August 2012 |work=[[Wisden Cricketers' Almanack|Wisden]] |publisher=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref> He faced a personal tragedy in 2001 when his daughter, Bismah, died after a prolonged illness.<ref>{{cite web|title=Saeed Anwar's young daughter dies|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/Pakistan/content/story/109713.html|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=9 August 2012|date=1 September 2001}}</ref><ref name="bbc">{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/cricket/3153807.stm |title=Anwar calls it quits |work=[[BBC Sport]] |date=15 August 2003 |access-date=24 November 2010}}</ref> After this, he became more religious and starting preaching [[Islam]] across Pakistan with the [[Tablighi Jamaat]] movement of [[Deobandism]].<ref name="daughter">{{citation|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/154936.html|title=Wisden – Pakistan v Bangladesh |work=Wisden|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|date=19 September 2005|first=Samiul|last=Hasan|access-date=9 August 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010%5C02%5C07%5Cstory_7-2-2010_pg3_2 |title=Analysis: Islam, cricket and Pakistan |author=Rizvi, Hasan Askari |work=[[Daily Times (Pakistan)|Daily Times]] |date=7 February 2010 |access-date=9 August 2012}}</ref> He was particularly attracted to religion by the preaching of cleric [[Tariq Jamil]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Naha |first=Souvik |url=https://www.google.com.pk/books/edition/Cricket_in_the_21st_Century/kw_gEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=saeed+anwar+father&pg=RA4-PA1987&printsec=frontcover |title=Cricket in the 21st Century |last2=Malcolm |first2=Dominic |date=2023-11-27 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |isbn=978-1-003-83020-7 |language=en}}</ref>

Anwar made his return to cricket after a long hiatus and was one of the most consistent Pakistani batsmen in the [[2003 Cricket World Cup|2003 World Cup]]. However upon his return, he lost his previous touch and could not perform as he did before. He was criticized for the loss of form which led to his retirement from cricket soon. "I retired because I felt unwanted", he said.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/Pakistan/content/story/125197.html|title=I retired because I felt unwanted, says Saeed Anwar|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|date=28 August 2003|access-date=20 April 2012}}</ref> At the time he left cricket he was a [[Computer engineering|computer engineer]] by profession.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Khan |first=Sameen |date=16 January 2003 |title=Saeed Anwar: 'It Is All From Allah' |url=https://www.arabnews.com/node/227544 |quote=A computer engineer by profession, Anwar wants to work propagating Islam.|website=[[Arab News]]}}</ref> During his career, he was an elegant batsman and played particularly well on the off side, his trademark flick being a sure shot feature in almost all of his innings.<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211205/hu9CemMbXto Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20131022085945/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hu9CemMbXto Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hu9CemMbXto| title = Saeed Anwar's Batting Heroics.flv | website=[[YouTube]]| date = 6 July 2010 }}{{cbignore}}</ref> He led the funeral prayers for his former teammate [[Wasim Akram]]'s spouse, Huma Akram, in [[Lahore]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cricinfo.com/Pakistan/content/story/431209.html |title=Huma Akram buried in Lahore |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |date=9 August 2012 |access-date=24 November 2010}}</ref>

==International career==
[[File:Saeed Anwar graph.png|thumb|300px|alt=Image of a graph|A breakdown of Saeed's Test batting career, showing runs scored. The Blue line indicates batting average in the 10 most recent innings at that point, and the blue dots indicate innings in which he finished not-out.]]

Anwar was an outstanding opener in Test cricket.<ref name="dawn2011">{{cite web|url=http://dawn.com/2011/07/30/time-to-recognize-anwars-genius |title=A Pakistani whirlwind |date=30 July 2011 | publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=9 August 2012}}</ref> He played 55 Test matches for Pakistan and scored 4052 at the average of 45.52. He is the seventh-highest run scorer for Pakistan in Test cricket, and scored 11 centuries and 25 half-centuries during his international career.<ref name="saeed_anwar"/> As an aggressive opening batsman, most of his centuries turned into relatively big scores.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/batting/most_runs_career.html?class=1;id=7;type=team |title=Records – Pakistan – Test matches – Most runs| publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=9 August 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/149243.html |title=A Pakistani whirlwind |date=6 September 2005 | publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=9 August 2012}}</ref> He scored many of his centuries away against almost every team he toured, and averaged more than 40 against three of the four nations – South Africa, Australia, New Zealand and England – which have been most difficult for Asian batsmen. He has the highest Test batting average (59.06) of any Pakistani against Australia, and once scored two consecutive centuries against them.<ref name="test_performance">{{cite web |url=http://http.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/1/1980/t_Batting_by_Opponent.html |title=Test Batting and Fielding Against Each Opponent by Saeed Anwar |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=6 August 2012 |archive-date=2 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131002045233/http://http.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/1/1980/t_Batting_by_Opponent.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> Former Pakistan captain [[Ramiz Raja]] commented the "[Anwar] used an eclectic approach to batting&nbsp;– classical betrothed to unorthodox, footwork against spin as quick as a hiccup supple yet powerful to brush the field like a Picasso."<ref>{{citation |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/460535.html |title=A batsman's nightmare |last=Samiuddin |first=Osman |publisher=ESPNcricinfo|date=24 May 2010 |access-date=28 October 2010}}</ref>

He made his Test debut against the West Indies in a match which Pakistan lost at [[Iqbal Stadium]], Faisalabad, in 1990. He got [[Pairs in Test and first-class cricket|a pair]] in the match. [[Curtly Ambrose]] and [[Ian Bishop (cricketer)|Ian Bishop]] dismissed him in the first and second innings respectively.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/63541.html |title=West Indies in Pakistan Test series – 2nd Test |work=Cricinfo | publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=9 August 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283116.html |title=Records – Test matches – Pair on debut | publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=9 August 2012}}</ref> In the third Test of his career, Anwar scored 169 runs in Pakistan's solitary innings against New Zealand in February 1994; Pakistan won the match by an innings and 12 runs.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/63635.html |title=Pakistan tour of New Zealand, 1993/94: Test series – 2nd Test  |work=Cricinfo | publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=9 August 2012}}</ref> Later in the same year during Pakistan's tour to Sri Lanka, his 94 and 136 runs in the first match at Colombo earned him a man of the match award, and ensured Pakistan's victory by 301 runs.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/63652.html |title= Pakistan tour of Sri Lanka, 1994: Test series – 1st Test  | publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=9 August 2012}}</ref> Scroring fifties—85 and 77 runs—in both the innings of the first Test against Australia at Karachi in September 1994, Anwar helped Pakistan led the [[Australian cricket team in Pakistan in 1994–95|three match series 1–0]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/63654.html |title= Australia tour of Pakistan, 1994/95: Test series – 1st Test  |work= Cricinfo | publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=9 August 2012}}</ref> In the same season [[Pakistani cricket team in Zimbabwe in 1994–95|against Zimbabwe]], he was unsuccessful with bat in the away series; he only managed 45 runs playing in four innings of two Tests.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/batting/most_runs_career.html?id=356;type=series |title=  Records / Pakistan in Zimbabwe Test Series, 1994/95 / Most runs | publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=9 August 2012}}</ref> Anwar scored three consecutive fifties against Sri Lanka in the [[History of cricket in Pakistan from 1986 to 2000#Sri Lanka 1995–96|1995 home series]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/153545.html |title=  Wisden – Second Test match – Pakistan vs Sri Lanka |work= Cricinfo | publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=9 August 2012}}</ref> In the series, he played three innings scoring 154 runs with an average of 51.50.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/batting/most_runs_career.html?id=362;type=series |title=  Records / Sri Lanka in Pakistan Test Series, 1995/96 / Most runs | publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=9 August 2012}}</ref>

In the [[Pakistani cricket team in England in 1996|1996 Pakistan's tour of England]], a three-Test match series was played between the teams.<ref name="1996_eng">{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/63718.html |title=  Pakistan tour of England and Scotland, 1996: Test series – 3rd Test | publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=9 August 2012}}</ref> Pakistan won the series by 2–0, their fifth consecutive series win against England.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/153538.html |title=  Third Cornhill Test – Pakistan vs England |first=David |last=Norrie |work=Wisden |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=9 August 2012}}</ref> Anwar remained the second highest run scorer with 362 runs – only behind [[Alec Stewart]]'s 396 – with an average of 60.33.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/batting/most_runs_career.html?id=372;type=series |title=  Records / Pakistan in England Test Series, 1996 / Most runs | publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=9 August 2012}}</ref> He scored 88 and 74 runs in the first Test at [[Lord's]], and 176 and one runs in the third match at [[The Oval]].<ref name="1996_eng"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/63716.html |title=  Pakistan tour of England and Scotland, 1996: Test series – 1st Test |work= Cricinfo | publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=9 August 2012}}</ref> In the [[History of cricket in Pakistan from 1986 to 2000|1996–97 season]], he played two Tests against the touring [[Zimbabwe]] and aggregated 182 runs in three innings, the second highest after [[Wasim Akram]]'s 292.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/batting/most_runs_career.html?id=375;type=series |title=  Records / Zimbabwe in Pakistan Test Series, 1996/97 / Most runs | publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=9 August 2012}}</ref> In the same season, Anwar replaced injured Akram as captain for the [[New Zealand cricket team in Pakistan in 1996–97|home series against New Zealand]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/153317.html |title= Fiest Test match – Pakistan vs New Zealand in 1996/97 |work=Wisden | publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=9 August 2012}}</ref> He was the second highest run-scorer once again, accumulating 157 runs in three innings, including 149 in the second Test at [[Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/batting/most_runs_career.html?id=377;type=series |title= Records / New Zealand in Pakistan Test Series, 1996/97 / Most runs | publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=9 August 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/63728.html |title= New Zealand tour of Pakistan, 1996/97 Test series – 2nd Test |work= Cricinfo | publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=9 August 2012}}</ref> In the next home series, against South Africa in 1997–98, he only scored 40 runs in four innings at the average of 8.00.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/batting/most_runs_career.html?id=390;type=series |title= Records / South Africa in Pakistan Test Series, 1997/98 / Most runs | publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=9 August 2012}}</ref> He aggregated 236 runs in the away series against the same team—only behind [[Azhar Mahmood]]'s 327.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/batting/most_runs_career.html?id=397;type=series |title= Records / Pakistan in South Africa Test Series, 1997/98 / Most runs | publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=9 August 2012}}</ref> He 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/63790.html |title= Pakistan tour of South Africa, 1997/98: Test series – 2nd Test |work= Cricinfo | publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=9 August 2012}}</ref> Anwar scored 150 runs at the average of 37.50, during Pakistan's tour to Zimbabwe.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/batting/most_runs_career.html?id=400;type=series |title= Records / Pakistan in Zimbabwe Test Series, 1997/98 / Most runs | publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=9 August 2012}}</ref>

In the 1998–99 season, Anwar played two Tests [[Australian cricket team in Pakistan in 1998–99|against the touring Australia]], and scored 290 at the average of 96.66, including two centuries.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/batting/most_runs_career.html?id=405;type=series |title= Records / Australia in Pakistan Test Series, 1997/98 / Most runs | publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=9 August 2012}}</ref> His partnership of 120 runs with [[Mushtaq Ahmed (cricketer)|Mushtaq Ahmed]], for the ninth, prevented Pakistan's collapse in the first innings of the first Test at the [[Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/153404.html |title= First Test – Australia vs Pakistan |work=Wisden| publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=9 August 2012}}</ref> He scored 145 runs in the match, but Pakistan lost the match by an innings and 99 runs.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/63810.html |title=  Australia tour of Pakistan, 1998/99: Test series – 1st Test |work= Cricinfo | publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=9 August 2012}}</ref> In the next home series, Anwar played two matches against Zimbabwe, scoring 142 runs at the average of 47.33.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/batting/most_runs_career.html?id=409;type=series |title= Records / Zimbabwe in Pakistan Test Series, 1997/98 / Most runs | publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=9 August 2012}}</ref> He was ineffective against India, scoring 101 runs in two matches, during [[Pakistani cricket team in India in 1998–99|Pakistan's tour to India]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/batting/most_runs_career.html?id=411;type=series |title= Records / Pakistan in India Test Series, 1997/98 / Most runs | publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=9 August 2012}}</ref>

In the first Test of the [[1998–99 Asian Test Championship]], Anwar became the third Pakistani to [[Carry the bat|carry his bat]] through a Test [[Innings (cricket)|innings]], following father and son [[Nazar Mohammad|Nazar Mohammed]] and [[Mudassar Nazar]].<ref name="bat_carry">{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/153757.html |title=Wisden – Asian Test Championship – India v Pakistan 1998–99 |first=Qamar |last=Ahmed |work=Cricinfo |publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=29 May 2012}}</ref> Anwar's career best 188 not out in the second innings at the [[Eden Gardens]]—beating the team's total at the previous innings (185) where he made a duck—was 60 per cent of the total, 316.<ref name="bat_carry"/>{{#tag:ref|Anwar's 188 not out was the fourth highest score in an innings after [[Mahela Jayawardene]]'s 242, [[Ijaz Ahmed (cricketer)|Ijaz Ahmed]]'s 211 and [[Inzamam-ul-Haq]]'s 200 not out .<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/batting/most_runs_innings.html?id=412;type=tournament |title= Records / Asian Test Championship, 1998/99 / High scores | publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=9 August 2012}}</ref>|group="note"}} It was also the highest Test score by a Pakistani on Indian soil which was surpassed by [[Younis Khan|Younus Khan]];<ref name="atc">{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/63830.html |title=Asian Test Championship, 1998/99 – 1st match – India v Pakistan |work=Cricinfo |publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=29 May 2012}}</ref><ref name="hsois">{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/288999.html |title=Wisden – 3rd Test – India v Pakistan |first=Nick |last=Hoult |date=5 April 2007 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=29 May 2012}}</ref> Younus scored 267 runs at the [[M. Chinnaswamy Stadium|M Chinnaswamy Stadium]] in the third Test of the [[Pakistani cricket team in India in 2004–05|2004–05 series between the teams]].<ref name="highest_score_on_indian_soil">{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/64127.html |title=Pakistan tour of India, 2004/05: 3rd Test – India vs Pakistan |work=Cricinfo |publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=29 May 2012}}</ref> He was the fourth highest run-scorer of the tournament, with 290 runs from five innings, averaged 72.50.{{#tag:ref|[[Mahela Jayawardene]], [[Sadagoppan Ramesh]] and [[Wajahatullah Wasti]] scored more than Anwar, with 297, 292, 291 respectively.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/batting/most_runs_career.html?id=412;type=series |title= Records / Asian Test Championship, 1998/99 / Most runs | publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=9 August 2012}}</ref>|group="note"}}

Anwar played three Test during [[Pakistani cricket team in Australia in 1999–2000|Pakistan's tour of Australia]] in 1999–2000 season, scoring 282 runs at the average of 47.00.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/batting/most_runs_career.html?id=420;type=series |title= Records / APakistan in Australia Test Series, 1999/00 / Most runs | publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=9 August 2012}}</ref> His performance in the series, a century and two fifties, could not prevent Pakistan's defeat of 3–0.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/current/match/63856.html |title= Pakistan tour of Australia, 1999/00: Test series – 3rd Test |work= Cricinfo | publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=9 August 2012}}</ref> Anwar captained Pakistan in the first two Tests during the [[Pakistani cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2000|Sri Lanka tour to Pakistan]], and scored 217 runs at the average of 54.25.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/batting/most_runs_career.html?id=426;type=series |title=  Records / Sri Lanka in Pakistan Test Series, 1999/00 / Most runs   | publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=9 August 2012}}</ref> In the [[Pakistani cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2000|reply series in 2000]], Pakistan and Sri Lanka played three matches and won the series 2–0.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/63887.html |title=  Pakistan tour of Sri Lanka, 2000: Test series – 3rd Test |work= Cricinfo | publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=9 August 2012}}</ref> Anwar scored 185 runs, including a century and a fifty.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/batting/most_runs_career.html?id=431;type=series |title=  Records / Pakistan in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2000 / Most runs | publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=9 August 2012}}</ref> During the 2000–01, he played five matches against England, three at home and two at away; in both the series, he scored at averages less than 31 and 16 respectively.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/batting/most_runs_career.html?id=436;type=series |title=  Records / England in Pakistan Test Series, 2000/01 / Most runs | publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=9 August 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/batting/most_runs_career.html?id=447;type=series |title=  Records / Pakistan in England Test Series, 2000 / Most runs | publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=9 August 2012}}</ref> Anwar's last Test was against Bangladesh during the [[2001–02 Asian Test Championship]]; he scored 101 runs in Pakistan's solitary innings which ensured an innings and 264 runs win at the [[Multan Cricket Stadium]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/current/match/63946.html |title= Asian Test Championship, 2001/02 – 1st match |work= Cricinfo | publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=9 August 2012}}</ref> His daughter died the same day.<ref name="daughter"/>

=== One Day International career ===
{{see also|List of highest individual scores in ODIs}}

Anwar played 247 ODI matches for Pakistan and scored 8824 runs from 244 innings at the average of 39.21.<ref name="saeed_anwar"/> He is third in the list of leading run-scorers for Pakistan in the format after [[Inzamam-ul-Haq]] and [[Mohammad Yousuf (cricketer)|Mohammad Yousuf]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/batting/most_runs_career.html?class=2;id=7;type=team |title=Records / Pakistan / One-Day Internationals / Most runs| publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=9 August 2012}}</ref> With 20 centuries, he is Pakistan's leading century-maker in ODIs.<ref name="most_hundreds_career"/> Anwar was the first Pakistani batsman to score a century against India on Indian soil in an ODI match.<ref>{{cite web |title=Statsguru - ODIs - Pakistan centuries vs India away |url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=2;filter=advanced;home_or_away=2;opposition=6;orderby=start;runsmin1=100;runsval1=runs;team=7;template=results;type=batting;view=innings |website=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=17 October 2023}}</ref>

Under the captaincy of [[Imran Khan]], Anwar started his international career in January 1989 with an ODI match played at [[WACA Ground]] which Pakistan lost to [[West Indies national cricket team|West Indies]]. He scored only 3 runs in the match.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/65441.html|title=Benson & Hedges World Series – 6th match |work=Cricinfo |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=29 May 2012}}</ref> His first match-winning performance came against India in December 1989 at [[Jinnah Stadium, Gujranwala|Jinnah Stadium]], Gujranwala. He scored unbeaten 42 runs off 32 balls in the match.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/64346.html |title=India in Pakistan ODI Series – 2nd ODI |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=7 August 2012}}</ref> In the [[Australian Tri-Series|1989–90 World Series Cup]], Anwar played nine matches and scored 293 runs with the help of a century, and at the average of 32.55.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/batting/most_runs_career.html?id=641;type=tournament |title=Records / Benson & Hedges World Series, 1989/90 / Most runs |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=29 May 2012}}</ref> His best performance in the series was 126 runs against Sri Lanka at [[Adelaide Oval]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/65460.html|title=Benson & Hedges World Series, 1989/90 – 10th match |work=Cricinfo |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=29 May 2012}}</ref> His next performance was against New Zealand in 1990–91, when he was the top-scorer of the series, with 203 runs.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/batting/most_runs_career.html?id=649;type=tournament |title=Records / New Zealand in Pakistan ODI Series, 1990/91 / Most runs |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=29 May 2012}}</ref> Pakistan won the three-match series 3–0.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/64357.html|title= New Zealand tour of Pakistan, 1990/91 – 3rd ODI|publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=29 May 2012}}</ref> In 1993, he made four ODI centuries at [[Sharjah Cricket Stadium|Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium]], including three consecutive centuries against Sri Lanka, West Indies and Sri Lanka respectively,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/pakvind/engine/records/batting/most_runs_innings.html?id=676;team=7;type=tournament |title=Cricket Records / Wills Trophy, 1992/93 : Pakistan / Records / High Scores|publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=7 August 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/282969.html |title=Cricket Records / Records / One-Day Internationals / Batting records / Hundreds in consecutive innings |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=7 August 2012}}</ref> during 1993–94 Wills Trophy and became the second of the four players to do so.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/282969.html |title=Cricinfo / ODIs: Batting Records / Most consecutive 100s |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=7 August 2012}}</ref> He scored two successive hundreds on three other occasions in his career, and was the first batsman to complete this feat in ODIs—in 1996, in 1999, and in 2000.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/42605.html?Fclass=2;filter=advanced;runsmin1=100;runsval1=runs;template=results;type=batting;view=match |title=Statistics / Statsguru / Saeed Anwar / One-Day Internationals |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=29 May 2012 }}{{dead link|date=May 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> In six matches of the 1994–95 Wills Trophy, he scored 202 runs at the average of 40.40, including a century.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/batting/most_runs_career.html?id=701;type=tournament |title=Records / Wills Triangular Series, 1994/95 / Most runs |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=29 May 2012}}</ref> He scored a century against Sri Lanka at [[Gymkhana Club Ground]] in October 1996, while captaining the team.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/66057.html|title= KCA Centenary Tournament, 1996/97 – 6th match|work= Cricinfo|publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=29 May 2012}}</ref>

On 21 May 1997 in Chennai, Anwar scored 194 against India in India in an ODI match in the [[1997 Pepsi Independence Cup]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/66113.html |title=6th Match: India v Pakistan at Chennai, May&nbsp;21, 1997 &#124; Cricket Scorecard |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=7 August 2012}}</ref> [[Charles Coventry (Zimbabwean cricketer)|Charles Coventry]] equalled the feat on 16 August 2009, against [[Bangladesh national cricket team|Bangladesh]].<ref name="Bangladesh in Zimbabwe ODI Series - 4th ODI (2009)">{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/410340.html|title=Bangladesh in Zimbabwe ODI Series – 4th ODI (2009) |work=Cricinfo |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=17 August 2009}}</ref> This was the highest individual score by any men's batsman in the world till [[Sachin Tendulkar]] scored an unbeaten 200 against South Africa on 24 February 2010.<ref name="Highest_Individual _Scores">{{cite web|url=http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/content/records/216972.html |title=Records / One-Day International matches / Highest individual Scores |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=6 August 2012}}</ref><ref name="Sachin's_200"/> Anwar's record stood as the overall ODI record across both men's and women's play for seven months as in the [[1997 Women's Cricket World Cup]], Australian batswomen [[Belinda Clark]] record a 229 not out. He accumulated 315 runs from the five matches of the [[1997–98 Silver Jubilee Independence Cup|1998 Silver Jubilee Independence Cup]], including 140 runs in the third final against India at Dhaka; India won the match by three wickets.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/66136.html|title= Silver Jubilee Independence Cup, 1997/98 – 3rd Final|work= Cricinfo|publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=29 May 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/batting/most_runs_career.html?id=759;type=tournament |title=Records / Silver Jubilee Independence Cup, 1997/98 / Most runs |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=29 May 2012}}</ref>

====World Cup performance====
Anwar played in three [[Cricket World Cup]]s for Pakistan: [[1996 Cricket World Cup squads|1996]], [[1999 Cricket World Cup squads|1999]] and [[2003 Cricket World Cup squads|2003]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cricinfo.com/link_to_database/ARCHIVE/WORLD_CUPS/WC96/PLAYERS/WC96_FINAL_SQUADS.html |title=1996 World Cup squads |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=8 August 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cricinfo.com/link_to_database/ARCHIVE/WORLD_CUPS/WC99/SQUADS/ |title=1999 World Cup squads |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=8 August 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cricinfo.com/link_to_database/ARCHIVE/WORLD_CUPS/WC2003/SQUADS/ |title=2003 World Cup squads |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=8 August 2012}}</ref> He 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.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/batting/most_runs_career.html?id=12;type=trophy | title=Cricket Records – Records – World Cup – Most runs | publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=8 August 2012}}</ref> In [[1996 Cricket World Cup]], Anwar made three fifties, Against India in the second Quarter-final at Bangalore, he made 48. Pakistan lost the match by 39 runs.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/65187.html | title=Wills World Cup, 2nd QF – India v Pakistan at Bangalore | work=Cricinfo | publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=8 August 2012}}</ref> He made 329 in the tournament. In [[1999 Cricket World Cup]], he made two consecutive centuries, 103 against Zimbabwe and 113 not out against New Zealand in the Semi-final, and led Pakistan into the [[1999 Cricket World Cup final|Final]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/current/match/65229.html | title=ICC World Cup – 37th match, Super Sixes | work=Cricinfo | publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=8 August 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/current/match/65232.html | title=ICC World Cup – 1st semi final | work=Cricinfo | publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=8 August 2012}}</ref> He scored 368 runs in the tournament. He played his last match against Zimbabwe during the [[2003 Cricket World Cup|2003 World Cup]] in which he made unbeaten 40 runs. The match ended without result due to rain.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/65273.html | title=ICC World Cup – Zimbabwe v Pakistan at Bulawayo | work=Cricinfo | publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=8 August 2012}}</ref> In the previous match played against India which Pakistan lost by six wickets, he scored his fourth century against them and 20th overall.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/current/match/65268.html | title=ICC World Cup – 36th match, Pool A | work=Cricinfo | publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=1 August 2012}}</ref> Anwar dedicated the century to his daughter, who died in 2001.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport3/cwc2003/hi/newsid_2810000/newsid_2812500/2812549.stm | title=Saeed Anwar dedicates ton to daughter| work=[[BBC News]] |date=2 March 2003 |access-date=9 August 2012}}</ref>

===Captaincy===
Anwar captained Pakistan in seven Tests and 11 ODIs, but his performance as captain was average.<ref name="bbc"/>

===Retirement===
He 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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=I retired because I felt unwanted, says Saeed Anwar |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/i-retired-because-i-felt-unwanted-says-saeed-anwar-125197 |access-date=2022-02-27 |website=ESPNcricinfo |language=en}}</ref><ref name="retirement">{{cite web |date=15 August 2003 |title=Saeed Anwar confirms retirement |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/Pakistan/content/story/124950.html |access-date=9 August 2012 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref>

== Records and achievements ==
{{Main|List of international cricket centuries by Saeed Anwar}}

===Awards===
* [[Wisden Cricketers of the Year|Wisden Cricketer of the Year]] (1997)<ref name="Wisden_Cricketer"/>
* [[Pride of Performance]] (2000)

===Trivial statistics===
*Opened in 32 ODI innings with [[Aamer Sohail|Aamir Sohail]] for Pakistan, in 1994–95, the most consecutive by a Pakistan opening pair and fourth overall.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/545161.html |title=Teams that opened with the same batsmen for the most consecutive innings |author1=Basevi, Travis  |author2=Binoy, George  |name-list-style=amp |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |date=14 December 2011 |access-date=6 August 2012}}</ref>
*The third Pakistan batsman after [[Nazar Mohammad|Nazar Mohammed]] and [[Mudassar Nazar]] to carry his bat in a test innings.<ref name="bat_carry"/> He scored unbeaten 188 runs in the match and Pakistan won the match by 46 runs.<ref name="atc"/> it was also the highest Test score by a Pakistani on Indian soil which was surpassed by [[Younis Khan]] in 2005.<ref name="atc"/><ref name="hsois"/><ref name="highest_score_on_indian_soil"/>
*Anwar (194) and Charles Coventry (194*) shared the record for highest individual score in an ODI match until it was overtaken by the [[Sachin Tendulkar]] (200*) against [[South Africa national cricket team|South Africa]] on 24 February 2010<ref name="Highest_Individual _Scores"/><ref name="Sachin's_200"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/151400.html |title= Pepsi Independence Cup, sixth qualifying match – INDIA v Pakistan |work= Cricinfo |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=6 August 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/zimvbdesh2009/content/story/419861.html |title= Zimbabwe v Bangladesh, 4th ODI, Bulawayo – Tamim gatecrashes Coventry's party |first=Siddarth |last= Ravindran |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |date=16 August 2009 |access-date=6 August 2012}}</ref> It remained a record for Pakistan until Fakhar Zaman made 210* against Zimbabwe on 20 July 2018.
*Anwar scored two or more successive hundreds on four occasions, and made 20 hundreds in One Day Internationals as a Pakistani opening batsman.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/42605.html?class=2;filter=advanced;orderby=start;runsmin1=100;runsval1=runs;template=results;type=batting;view=innings |title=Saeed Anwar One Day International centuries |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=9 August 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161025052420/http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/42605.html?class=2%3Bfilter%3Dadvanced%3Borderby%3Dstart%3Brunsmin1%3D100%3Brunsval1%3Druns%3Btemplate%3Dresults%3Btype%3Dbatting%3Bview%3Dinnings |archive-date=25 October 2016}}</ref>
*He holds the highest Test batting average (59.06) of any Pakistani against Australia in Test matches.<ref name="test_performance"/>

== Performance ==

=== Test performance by opponent ===
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! scope="col; style="width:40px" | [[Run (cricket)|Runs]]
! scope="col; style="width:30px" | HS
! scope="col; style="width:60px" | [[Batting average (cricket)|Ave]]
! scope="col; style="width:30px" | [[Century (cricket)|100]]
! scope="col; style="width:30px" | [[Glossary of cricket terms#half century|50]]
! scope="col; style="width:30px" | [[Caught (cricket)|Ct]]
|-
| {{cr|AUS}}
! scope="row" | {{sort|0089|8}}
|| {{sort|015|15}} || {{sort|0009|0}} || {{sort|0886|886}} || {{sort|0145|145}} || {{sort|05906|59.06}} || {{sort|003|3}} || {{sort|0059|5}} || {{sort|001|1}}
|-
| {{cr|BAN}}
! scope="row" | {{sort|001|1}}
|| {{sort|001|1}} || {{sort|0008|0}} || {{sort|0101|101}} || {{sort|0101|101}} || {{sort|10100|101.00}} || {{sort|0018|1}} || {{sort|008|0}} || {{sort|0008|0}}
|-
| {{cr|ENG}}
! scope="row" | {{sort|0087|8}}
|| {{sort|014|14}} || {{sort|0007|0}} || {{sort|0545|545}} || {{sort|0176|176}} || {{sort|03892|38.92}} || {{sort|0017|1}} || {{sort|003|3}} || {{sort|004|4}}
|-
| {{cr|IND}}
! scope="row" | {{sort|003|3}}
|| {{sort|006|6}} || {{sort|0006|1}} || {{sort|0289|289}} || {{sort|0188|188*}} || {{sort|05780|57.80}} || {{sort|0016|1}} || {{sort|0014|1}} || {{sort|0006|0}}
|-
| {{cr|NZL}}
! scope="row" | {{sort|005|5}}
|| {{sort|008|8}} || {{sort|0005|0}} || {{sort|0418|418}} || {{sort|0169|169}} || {{sort|05225|52.25}} || {{sort|0025|2}} || {{sort|0015|1}} || {{sort|003|3}}
|-
| {{cr|RSA}}
! scope="row" | {{sort|007|7}}
|| {{sort|015|15}} || {{sort|0004|0}} || {{sort|0279|279}} || {{sort|0118|118}} || {{sort|02325|23.25}} || {{sort|0014|1}} || {{sort|0014|1}} || {{sort|0014|1}}
|-
| {{cr|SRI}}
! scope="row" | {{sort|011|11}}
|| {{sort|016|16}} || {{sort|0003|0}} || {{sort|0919|919}} || {{sort|0136|136}} || {{sort|05743|57.43}} || {{sort|0023|2}} || {{sort|008|8}} || {{sort|006|6}}
|-
| {{cr|WIN}}
! scope="row" | {{sort|004|4}}
|| {{sort|005|5}} || {{sort|0002|0}} || {{sort|0096|96}} || {{sort|0065|65}} || {{sort|01920|19.20}} || {{sort|0002|0}} || {{sort|0012|1}} || {{sort|0012|1}}
|-
| {{cr|ZIM}}
! scope="row" | {{sort|0081|8}}
|| {{sort|013|14}} || {{sort|001|1}} || {{sort|0519|519}} || {{sort|0145|145}} || {{sort|03992|39.92}} || {{sort|0000|1}} || {{sort|005|5}} || {{sort|002|2}}
|-class="sortbottom" align=center
|  '''{{sort|00000|Total}}'''
! scope="row" | '''{{sort|055|55}}'''
|| '''{{sort|091|91}}''' || '''{{sort|0021|2}}''' || '''{{sort|4052|4052}}''' || '''{{sort|0188|188*}}''' || '''{{sort|04552|45.52}}''' || '''{{sort|011|11}}''' || '''{{sort|025|25}}''' || '''{{sort|018|18}}'''
|-
|}

=== ODI performance by opponent ===

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" align="center" style="font-size: 100%; width:100%"
|+Saeed Anwar's performance in ODI matches<ref name="saeed_anwar"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/1/1980/o_Batting_by_Opponent.html |title=ODI Batting and Fielding Against Each Opponent by Saeed Anwar |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=12 August 2012}}</ref>
|-
! scope="col; style="width:140px" | Opponent
! scope="col; style="width:30px" | Matches
! scope="col; style="width:30px" | [[Innings|inn]]
! scope="col; style="width:30px" | [[Not out|NO]]
! scope="col; style="width:40px" | [[Run (cricket)|Runs]]
! scope="col; style="width:30px" | HS
! scope="col; style="width:60px" | [[Batting average (cricket)|Ave]]
! scope="col; style="width:30px" | [[Century (cricket)|100]]
! scope="col; style="width:30px" | [[Glossary of cricket terms#half century|50]]
! scope="col; style="width:30px" | [[Caught (cricket)|Ct]]
|-
| {{cr|AUS}}
! scope="row" | {{sort|030|30}}
|| {{sort|030|30}} || {{sort|0015|1}} || {{sort|0683|683}} || {{sort|0104|104*}} || {{sort|02355|23.55}} || {{sort|001|1}} || {{sort|0009|0}} || {{sort|006|6}}
|-
| {{cr|BAN}}
! scope="row" | {{sort|006|6}}
|| {{sort|006|6}} || {{sort|0014|1}} || {{sort|0285|285}} || {{sort|0090|90}} || {{sort|05700|57.00}} || {{sort|0009|0}} || {{sort|003|3}} || {{sort|003|3}}
|-
| {{cr|ENG}}
! scope="row" | {{sort|011|11}}
|| {{sort|011|11}} || {{sort|0007|0}} || {{sort|0488|488}} || {{sort|0077|77}} || {{sort|04436|44.36}} || {{sort|0008|0}} || {{sort|005|5}} || {{sort|0018|1}}
|-
| {{cr|IND}}
! scope="row" | {{sort|050|50}}
|| {{sort|048|48}} || {{sort|0022|2}} || {{sort|2002|2002}} || {{sort|0194|194}} || {{sort|04352|43.52}} || {{sort|0042|4}} || {{sort|008|8}} || {{sort|012|12}}
|-
| {{cr|KEN}}
! scope="row" | {{sort|003|3}}
|| {{sort|003|3}} || {{sort|0016|0}} || {{sort|0029|29}} || {{sort|0027|27}} || {{sort|00966|9.66}} || {{sort|0007|0}} || {{sort|0007|0}} || {{sort|0007|0}}
|-
| {{cr|NAM}}
! scope="row" | {{sort|0012|1}}
|| {{sort|0012|1}} || {{sort|0006|0}} || {{sort|0023|23}} || {{sort|0023|23}} || {{sort|02300|23.00}} || {{sort|0006|0}} || {{sort|0006|0}} || {{sort|0006|0}}
|-
| {{cr|NED}}
! scope="row" | {{sort|003|3}}
|| {{sort|003|3}} || {{sort|002|2}} || {{sort|0136|136}} || {{sort|0083|83*}} || {{sort|13600|136.00}} || {{sort|0005|0}} || {{sort|001|1}} || {{sort|0005|0}}
|-
| {{cr|NZL}}
! scope="row" | {{sort|032|32}}
|| {{sort|032|32}} || {{sort|004|4}} || {{sort|1260|1260}} || {{sort|0113|113*}} || {{sort|04500|45.00}} || {{sort|004|4}} || {{sort|007|7}} || {{sort|005|5}}
|-
| {{cr|SCO}}
! scope="row" | {{sort|0011|1}}
|| {{sort|0011|1}} || {{sort|0004|0}} || {{sort|0006|6}} || {{sort|0006|6}} || {{sort|00600|6.00}} || {{sort|0004|0}} || {{sort|0004|0}} || {{sort|0004|0}}
|-
| {{cr|RSA}}
! scope="row" | {{sort|024|24}}
|| {{sort|024|24}} || {{sort|0013|1}} || {{sort|0398|398}} || {{sort|0042|42}} || {{sort|01730|17.30}} || {{sort|0003|0}} || {{sort|0003|0}} || {{sort|0017|1}}
|-
| {{cr|SRI}}
! scope="row" | {{sort|052|52}}
|| {{sort|052|52}} || {{sort|0032|3}} || {{sort|2198|2198}} || {{sort|0126|126}} || {{sort|04485|44.85}} || {{sort|007|7}} || {{sort|013|13}} || {{sort|009|9}}
|-
| {{cr|UAE}}
! scope="row" | {{sort|002|2}}
|| {{sort|002|2}} || {{sort|0013|1}} || {{sort|0079|79}} || {{sort|0040|40*}} || {{sort|07900|79.00}} || {{sort|0002|0}} || {{sort|0002|0}} || {{sort|0002|0}}
|-
| {{cr|WIN}}
! scope="row" | {{sort|017|17}}
|| {{sort|016|16}} || {{sort|0011|1}} || {{sort|0534|534}} || {{sort|0131|131}} || {{sort|03560|35.60}} || {{sort|0022|2}} || {{sort|002|2}} || {{sort|004|4}}
|-
| {{cr|ZIM}}
! scope="row" | {{sort|015|15}}
|| {{sort|015|15}} || {{sort|003|3}} || {{sort|0703|703}} || {{sort|0103|103*}} || {{sort|05858|58.58}} || {{sort|002|2}} || {{sort|004|4}} || {{sort|001|1}}
|-class="sortbottom" align=center
|  '''{{sort|00000|Total}}'''
! scope="row" | '''{{sort|247|247}}'''
|| '''{{sort|0244|244}}''' || '''{{sort|019|19}}''' || '''{{sort|8824|8824}}''' || '''{{sort|0194|194}}''' || '''{{sort|03921|39.21}}''' || '''{{sort|020|20}}''' || '''{{sort|043|43}}''' || '''{{sort|042|42}}'''
|-
|}

==See also==
*[[Pairs in Test and first-class cricket#Pairs on Test debut|Pairs on Test debut]]
*[[List of highest individual scores in ODIs]]
*[[List of Pakistan One Day International cricket records]]
*[[List of Cricket World Cup centuries]]

==Notes==
{{Notelist}}{{Reflist|group="note"}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{ESPNcricinfo|id=42605}}
* {{cite web |url=http://www.cricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/151400.html |title=Pepsi Independence Cup, sixth qualifying match WISDEN}}
* {{cite web |url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/current/records/216972.html |title=Most runs in an innings}}
* {{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4260516.stm |title=Saeed Anwar by BBC|date=19 September 2005}}

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