Saeed Anwar

[ravishingravi]

I would go so far as to say that in terms of talent, he was not far from Lara. Maybe more inconsistent. But boy, he was good. Just watching some of his old innings reminds of his greatness. His ability to manoeuver the ball. He could play all over the pitch. He was also Avery decent guy. A quiet honest cricketer. 

 

 

[SK_IH]

pure elegance,extremely skillful

[MechEng]

He's a lot like Mark Waugh or VVS Laxman talent wise, but not a pure artist like Lara.

[gakgupta]

I used to like this guy a lot.....

 

 

[zaqw222222]

He was an elegant stroke maker but I used to hate him as a kid because he used to score runs almost everytime against us.

[kira]

lol don't insult lara

[Ankit_sharma03]

USe to be our nightmare n i saw a stat once which showed he was among few who wasnt troubled much by mcgrath

Edited April 6, 2018 by Ankit_sharma03

[Clarke]

4 hours ago, MechEng said:

He's a lot like Mark Waugh or VVS Laxman talent wise, but not a pure artist like Lara.

This!

 

Anwar had his slumps in form as well I believe which hit good batsmen more than great batsmen. 

[Temujin Khaghan]

90-2010

Tier1 - genius without flaws - srt lara

Tier2 - genius with flaws

Punter - spin in India

Dravid, kallis the batsman - batting speed

Sanga - lack of many dominating innings against greatest attacks

Sehwag - brain

Kp - ego

Abdv - heart

Tier 3 - brilliant batsman but not genius technique

VVS inzi Anwar Yusuf Younis markwaugh...

 

[Sean Bradley]

Definitely a very classy batsman, Always scored against us. In a Batting line up of hacks like Ijaz Ahmed, Salim Malik, Amir Sohail, he stood out as a class act. Seemed like a nice dude too, poor guy had a very sorry end to his career.

[Lala]

He was one of the greatest openers in world cricket around late 90s.  Still remember how he massacred Indian bowlers in front of their home crowd  The record of 194 in Chennai

[Khota]

Real good batsman. Made cricket fun to watch.

[ravishingravi]

 

[ravishingravi]

2 hours ago, Temujin Khaghan said:

90-2010

Tier1 - genius without flaws - srt lara

Tier2 - genius with flaws

Punter - spin in India

Dravid, kallis the batsman - batting speed

Sanga - lack of many dominating innings against greatest attacks

Sehwag - brain

Kp - ego

Abdv - heart

Tier 3 - brilliant batsman but not genius technique

VVS inzi Anwar Yusuf Younis markwaugh...

 

This made me chuckle. 

[Nikhil_cric]

Could time the pants off the ball. Him and Mark Waugh were brilliant ODI batsmen in the 96-2000 period but somehow never fulfilled their potential in test cricket. Overall I think Mark Waugh was a greater underachiever since he was at ease at against pace/bounce/spin/seam - all of it . Anwar was weak against quality spin and seam bowling 

[Temujin Khaghan]

12 minutes ago, ravishingravi said:

This made me chuckle. 

Oh is it? You must be a fan, and maybe he is Pak's best, but atleast 2 tiers below lara-srt level genius in my view... :)

[Gollum]

2 hours ago, Lala said:

He was one of the greatest openers in world cricket around late 90s.  Still remember how he massacred Indian bowlers in front of their home crowd  The record of 194 in Chennai

Scored 50 runs and then called a runner for the rest of his innings.

Edited April 6, 2018 by Gollum

[Gollum]

A truly great talent, exquisite to watch. Him and Dada were great openers who never got their due respect. Anwar's square drive is a shot I would keep trying to imitate in front of the mirror as a kid, great memories.  

[Clarke]

3 hours ago, Lala said:

He was one of the greatest openers in world cricket around late 90s.  Still remember how he massacred Indian bowlers in front of their home crowd  The record of 194 in Chennai

 

[maniac]

Very elegant to watch.

 

The guy used to bash us every single time and then in 2003 when he was well past his prime, came back with a huge beard and still scored a 100 against us, I figured it out that it was a lot more than just our trundlers that motivated him :)

 

 

Edited April 6, 2018 by maniac