List of international cricket centuries by Saeed Anwar

A view of a cricket ground during a match
Saeed Anwar made seven of his ODI centuries at the Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium.[1]

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]

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]

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  3. ^ "Records – Test records – Batting records – Most hundreds in a career". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 October 2005.
  4. ^ "Pakistan profiles: Saeed Anwar". BBC Sport. 3 January 2003. Retrieved 22 July 2012.
  5. ^ "Wisden – Cricketer of the year 1997 – Saeed Anwar". Wisden. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
  6. ^ "West Indies in Pakistan Test series – 2nd Test". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
  7. ^ "Records – Test matches – Pair on debut". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
  8. ^ "Pakistan in New Zealand – 2nd Test". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
  9. ^ "Asian Test Championship – 1st match". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
  10. ^ a b Qamar Ahmed (20 February 1999). "Wisden – Asian Test Championship – India v Pakistan 1998–99". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 7 May 2016. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
  11. ^ "Saeed Anwar – Centuries at home venues". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 1 June 2016. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
  12. ^ "Saeed Anwar – Centuries at venues outside Pakistan". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 1 June 2016. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
  13. ^ "Records – Test matches – Most hundreds in a career for Pakistan". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 3 March 2014. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
  14. ^ "Benson & Hedges World Series – 6th match". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 August 2012.
  15. ^ "Benson & Hedges World Series – 10th match". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
  16. ^ "Records – One-Day International – Hundreds in consecutive innings". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
  17. ^ "Records – One-Day International – Most hundreds in a career for Pakistan". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 31 October 2014. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
  18. ^ "Anwar, Aqib's feats in Wisden's best one-day list". The Dawn. Pakistan Herald Publications Limited (PHPL). 17 February 2002. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
  19. ^ "Records – One-Day Internationals – Batting records – Most runs in an innings". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
  20. ^ "Cricket Records – Pakistan – One-Day Internationals – Most hundreds". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 8 October 2013. Retrieved 30 April 2012.
  21. ^ "Cricket Records – One-Day Internationals – Batting Records – Most hundreds in a career". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 April 2012.


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