Anwar Ali (cricketer, born 1987)

Anwar Ali Khatana
Personal information
Born (1987-11-25) 25 November 1987
Swat District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan[1]
Batting style Right-handed
Bowling style Right-arm-fast-medium
Role All-Rounder
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 194) 24 November 2013 v South Africa
Last ODI 25 January 2016 2016 v New Zealand
ODI shirt no. 48
T20I debut 12 October 2008 v Zimbabwe
Last T20I 1 August 2015 v Sri lanka
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2007 Karachi Harbour
2008–present Pakistan International Airlines
2013–present Rangpur Riders
2016–present Quetta Gladiators
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA
Matches 17 11 78 64
Runs scored 251 65 1,717 624
Batting average 35.85 16.25 20.44 20.80
100s/50s 0/0 –/– 1/5 0/1
Top score 43* 46 100* 79*
Balls bowled 706 162 13,963 2,965
Wickets 13 6 282 88
Bowling average 54.30 38.33 27.16 29.17
5 wickets in innings – 0 17 0
10 wickets in match – n/a 4 n/a
Best bowling 2/24 2/27 8/16 4/37
Catches/stumpings 4/– 3/– 25/– 16/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 24 July 2015

Anwar Ali (born 25 November 1987 in Swat) is a Pakistani cricketer who guided Pakistan to win the 2006 U-19 Cricket World Cupfinal in Sri Lanka by securing 5 wicket for 35 and was declared man of the match. He represents Karachi Zebras and Sindh Dolphins in domestic circuit. He is inspired by Wasim Akram and Imran Khan.

Early life

Anwar Ali has been settled in Karachi, Sindh since long. He belong to Khatana Gujjar family. His family migrated to the city from Swat in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa when he was young. He spent his early years as a factory labourer, ironing socks.[1] He is playing as a professional for Colne Cricket Club in Lancashire, England, in the Lancashire League. He has joined North Down Cricket Club in Northern Ireland for the 2012 season as the club professional. He is currently part of Pakistan Senior cricket team. He belongs to a middle-class family living in the area of Orangi Town Mominabad.

Under-19 World Cup

Anwar Ali led a great come-back win for Pakistan against India in the 2006 Under-19 Cricket World Cup. He took five wickets including Rohit Sharma with an inswinger that bowled him. He also took the wicket of Ravindra Jadeja. Both of these players have played for the senior national side in the One Day Internationals.[2]

International career

Anwar Ali made his T20 debut for Pakistan on 12 October 2008 against Zimbabwe. He bowled 2 overs and went for 19 runs without taking a wicket. Anwar made his comeback against Zimbabwe as well, where he took 2 wickets in both matches. Pakistan won the series 2–0. After good form against Zimbabwe and in domestic, he got an ODI cap and scored 43 not out; he also took 2–26 in 6 overs. Together he and Bilawal Bhatti defeated South Africa. He also made a fine 41 not out in an ODI against Sri Lanka and took a wicket in the match. Only in his first One Day International, Anwar Ali promised to be a good player as he was able to win the Man Of The Match award.

During the T20I series against Sri Lanka on 2015 August, Ali smashed a match-winning knock of unbeaten 40 runs, where Pakistan won a game that they nowhere in a winning margin. Sri Lanka batted first and scored 172 runs in 20 overs. The score showed a win for the Sri Lankans, due to difficulty to bat in the second innings in their home soil of Colombo. Pakistan came on to bat and first five wickets gone for just 40 runs on the board. For the sixth wicket, skipper Shahid Afridi smashed a quick 45 runs off 22 balls and the match turned again in to Pakistanis. After Afridi's wicket, Lankans were back in the game, when Ali came in to the crease. He showed immense talent and hard hitting against Sri Lankan pace attack and scored blistering 40 runs off 17 balls with 3 fours and 4 huge sixes. Ali got out in the score of 165 runs and finally Pakistan won comfortably with 1 wicket. This is Pakistanis first T20I win in a narrow margin of wickets. Ali named the man of the match award and Pakistan won the series 2-0. [3][4]

International Awards

One-Day International Cricket

Man of the Match awards

S No Opponent Venue Date Match Performance Result
1 South Africa Newlands Stadium, Cape Town 24 November 2013 43* (55 balls, 6×4) ; 6-0-24-2  Pakistan won by 23 runs.[5]

Twenty20 International Cricket

Man of the Match Awards

# Series Season Match Performance Result
1 Pakistan vs Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka 2015 4-0-40-1 ; 46 (17 balls: 3x4, 4x6)  Pakistan won by 1 wicket.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 "From child labourer to Shahid Afridi's heir: The remarkable rise of Pakistan's Anwar Ali". Express Tribune. Retrieved 18 August 2015. Anwar migrated as a child from the small village of Zaka Khel in the militancy-wracked Swat Valley
  2. ↑ "ICC Under-19 World Cup final: India vs Pakistan". Retrieved 6 January 2013.
  3. ↑ http://www.espncricinfo.com/sri-lanka-v-pakistan-2015/content/story/905537.html
  4. ↑ http://www.espncricinfo.com/sri-lanka-v-pakistan-2015/content/story/905661.html
  5. ↑ "Pakistan in South Africa ODI Series, 2013 - 1st ODI".
  6. ↑ "Pakistan in Sri Lanka T20I Series, 2015 - 2nd T20I – Sri Lanka v Pakistan Scorecard". ESPNcricinfo. 25 August 2015. Retrieved 12 August 2015.

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