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 October 2012, he is ninth in the list of Test century-makers for Pakistan, a position he shares with Asif Iqbal.[13]

Anwar made his ODI debut during the 1988–89 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 October 2012, Anwar is the leading ODI century-maker for Pakistan, and is seventh in the list of ODI century-makers with Virat Kohli.[20][21]

Key

Key
Symbol Meaning
* Remained not out
dagger Man of the match
double-dagger Captained the Pakistan cricket team
Balls Balls faced
Pos. Position in the batting order
Inn. The innings of the match
Test The number of the Test match played in that series
S/R Strike rate during the innings
H/A/N Venue was at home (Pakistan), away or neutral
Date Date the match was held, or the starting date of match for Test matches
Lost The match was lost by Pakistan
Won The match was won by Pakistan
Drawn The match was drawn
Tied The match was tied

Test cricket centuries

List of Test centuries
No. Score Against Pos. Inn. Test Venue H/A/N Date Result Ref
1 169  New Zealand 1 2 2/3 Basin Reserve, Wellington Away 17 February 1994 Won [8]
2 136 dagger  Sri Lanka 1 3 1/3 P Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo Away 9 August 1994 Won [22]
3 176  England 1 2 3/3 The Oval, London Away 22 August 1996 Won [23]
4 149 double-dagger  New Zealand 1 2 2/2 Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi Home 28 November 1996 Won [24]
5 118  South Africa 1 3 2/3 Kingsmead Cricket Ground, Durban Away 26 February 1998 Won [25]
6 145  Australia 1 1 1/3 Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi Home 1 October 1998 Lost [26]
7 126  Australia 1 2 2/3 Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar Home 15 October 1998 Drawn [27]
8 188* dagger[N 4]  India 1 3 1/4 Eden Gardens, Kolkata Away 16 February 1999 Won [9]
9 119  Australia 1 3 1/3 Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane Away 5 November 1999 Lost [28]
10 123  Sri Lanka 1 2 2/3 Galle International Stadium, Galle Away 21 June 2000 Won [29]
11 101  Bangladesh 1 2 1/3 Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan Home 29 August 2001 Won [30]

One Day International centuries

List of ODI centuries
No. Score Balls Against Pos. Inn. S/R Venue H/A/N Date Result Ref
1 126 dagger 99  Sri Lanka 2 1 127.27 Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Neutral 17 February 1990 Won [15]
2 101 dagger 115  New Zealand 1 1 87.82 Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore Home 2 November 1990 Won [31]
3 110 dagger 105  Sri Lanka 1 1 104.76 Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah Neutral 4 February 1993 Won [32]
4 107 108  Sri Lanka 1 1 99.07 Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah Neutral 30 October 1993 Won [33]
5 131 dagger 141  West Indies 1 2 92.90 Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah Neutral 1 November 1993 Won [34]
6 111 dagger 104  Sri Lanka 1 2 106.73 Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah Neutral 2 November 1993 Won [35]
7 104* dagger 119  Australia 1 2 87.39 Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi Home 22 October 1994 Won [36]
8 103* dagger 131  Zimbabwe 2 2 78.62 Harare Sports Club, Harare Away 22 February 1995 Tied [37]
9 115 double-dagger 120  Sri Lanka 1 1 95.83 Nairobi Gymkhana Club, Nairobi Neutral 4 October 1996 Won [38]
10 104* dagger 132  New Zealand 1 2 78.78 Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah Neutral 10 November 1996 Won [39]
11 112* dagger 125  Sri Lanka 1 2 89.60 Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah Neutral 12 November 1996 Won [40]
12 194 dagger 146  India 1 1 132.87 M.A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Away 21 May 1997 Won [41]
13 108* dagger 129  West Indies 2 2 83.72 Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore Home 4 November 1997 Won [42]
14 104 dagger 128  India 1 2 81.25 Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah Neutral 14 December 1997 Won [43]
15 140 132  India 1 1 106.06 Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka Neutral 18 January 1998 Lost [44]
16 103 dagger 144  Zimbabwe 1 1 71.52 Kennington Oval, London Neutral 11 June 1999 Won [45]
17 113* 148  New Zealand 1 2 76.35 Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester Neutral 16 June 1999 Won [46]
18 105* dagger 134  Sri Lanka 1 2 78.35 Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi Neutral 8 October 2000 Won [47]
19 104 115  New Zealand 1 1 90.43 Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi Neutral 11 October 2000 Lost [48]
20 103 126  India 1 1 80.15 Centurion Park, Centurion Neutral 1 March 2003 Lost [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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