Saeed Anwar: Kalai ka jadoogar opener

Kuch batsman runs ke dher se pehchane jate hain aur kuch apne andaz se. Saeed Anwar (Saeed Anwar) dono hawalon se yaad rakhe jate hain. Bayen haath ke is opener ki kalaiyon mein aisi lachak thi ke tez tareen gend bhi un ke balle se lag kar off side par fielderon ke beech se nikal jati, aur un ka flick shot un ki taqriban har innings ki pehchan tha. 1990 ki dahai mein woh Pakistan ki batting ki bunyad the, aur ODI mein 20 aur Test mein 11 centuries un ki mustaqil mizaji ki gawah hain¹.

Ibtidai zindagi aur Cricket ka aghaz

Saeed Anwar 6 September 1968 ko Karachi mein paida hue. Un ke walid club ki satah par Cricket khelte the². Woh bayen haath se batting karte aur kabhi kabhar bayen haath se sust spin bowling bhi kar lete the.

Un ka International career yakum January 1989 ko Australia ke shehar Perth ke WACA ground mein West Indies ke khilaf ODI se shuru hua, jahan unhon ne sirf 3 runs banaye. Us waqt team ki qiyadat Imran Khan kar rahe the². Pehli badi kamyabi ek saal baad aayi, jab 17 February 1990 ko Adelaide mein Sri Lanka ke khilaf unhon ne sirf 99 gendon par 126 runs banaye. Test Cricket mein un ki aamad 23 November 1990 ko Faisalabad mein West Indies ke khilaf hui, magar aghaz achha na raha aur pehli innings mein woh koi run na bana sake¹.

Sharjah ka hero aur ODI ka urooj

Sharjah ka maidan Saeed Anwar ko bohat raas aaya. October aur November 1993 mein wahan khele gaye ek tournament mein unhon ne lagatar teen matchon mein centuries banayin: 30 October ko Sri Lanka ke khilaf 107, yakum November ko West Indies ke khilaf 131 aur agle din phir Sri Lanka ke khilaf 111 runs¹.

Un ke career ki sab se mashhoor innings 21 May 1997 ko Chennai mein Bharat ke khilaf aayi, jo Independence Cup ka match tha. Is din unhon ne 146 gendon par 194 runs banaye, jin mein 22 chauke aur 5 chhakke shamil the. Yeh innings aaj bhi ODI Cricket ki yadgar tareen innings mein gini jati hai. Agle baras January 1998 mein Dhaka mein Bharat hi ke khilaf ek tournament ke final mein 132 gendon par 140 runs bana kar unhon ne phir apni dhak bithayi¹².

1999 ke World Cup mein unhon ne lagatar do centuries banayin: 11 June ko Oval mein Zimbabwe ke khilaf 103 aur 16 June ko Manchester mein New Zealand ke khilaf semi final mein 113 not out, jis ne Pakistan ko final mein pahunchaya². Un ki aakhri ODI century yakum March 2003 ko Centurion mein Bharat ke khilaf World Cup ke match mein 101 runs thi¹.

Test Cricket mein maqam

Test mein pehli century February 1994 mein Wellington mein New Zealand ke khilaf 169 runs ki surat mein aayi, aur isi baras August mein Colombo mein Sri Lanka ke khilaf 136 runs banaye. August 1996 mein Oval mein England ke khilaf 176 runs un ki khoobsurat tareen innings mein se ek thi. November 1996 mein unhon ne New Zealand ke khilaf Test series mein qaim maqam captain ki zimmedari bhi nibhayi aur Rawalpindi mein 149 runs banaye¹².

February 1998 mein Durban mein South Africa ke khilaf 118 runs, aur October 1998 mein Australia ke khilaf Rawalpindi mein 145 aur Peshawar mein 126 runs, yani ek hi series mein do centuries. Un ki behtareen Test innings February 1999 mein Kolkata ke Eden Gardens mein Asian Test Championship ke match mein Bharat ke khilaf 188 runs not out thi; woh innings ke aghaz se aakhir tak wicket par mojood rahe aur bat carry kiya². Is ke baad Brisbane mein Australia ke khilaf 119, aur June 2000 mein Galle mein Sri Lanka ke khilaf 123 runs banaye¹.

1996 se 2000 ke dauran unhon ne 7 Test matchon mein, aur 1995 se 2000 tak 11 ODI matchon mein Pakistan ki qiyadat ki. Un ka aakhri Test 29 August 2001 ko Multan mein Bangladesh ke khilaf tha, jis mein unhon ne 101 runs banaye. Aakhri ODI 4 March 2003 ko Bulawayo mein Zimbabwe ke khilaf tha¹.

Aadad o shumar

Ma-khaz: ESPN Cricinfo Statsguru¹, aadad International career ke hain.

Asar aur yadgar

Saeed Anwar ka shumar un openers mein hota hai jinhon ne ODI Cricket mein innings ke aghaz ka andaz badla. Un ka ODI strike rate 80.67 tha¹, jo us daur ke openers ke liye ghair mamooli samjha jata tha. Woh pehle hi overs mein bowlers par hawi ho jate, magar un ke khel mein bhadde pan ka shaiba tak na tha; har shot mein timing aur placement numayan hoti. Un ke hum asron aur mubassireen ne unhein 1990 ki dahai ke sab se khush numa batsmen mein shumar kiya².

Test Cricket mein 45.52 ki average se 4052 runs sabit karte hain ke woh sirf mukhtasar tarz ki Cricket ke khilari na the. Unhon ne Australia, England, South Africa aur New Zealand ki tez aur uchhal wali wicketon par bhi centuries banayin, jahan Asian batsmen ko umooman mushkil pesh aati hai¹.

1997 mein Wisden ne unhein saal ke behtareen cricketers mein shamil kiya, aur 2000 mein hukumat-e-Pakistan ne unhein Sadarati Tamgha-e-Husn-e-Karkardagi diya². Aaj bhi jab Pakistan mein koi bayen haath ka opener kalai ke zor se gend ko cover ki taraf bhejta hai to purane shaiqeen be-ikhtiyar Saeed Anwar ko yaad karte hain.