Anwar Ali (cricketer)

Anwar Ali Gujjar (Urdu: انور علی گجر‎; born 25 November 1987 in Karachi) is a Pakistani cricketer who has represented his country in One Day Internationals and T20 Internationals. He was also part of the 2006 Under-19 Cricket World Cup winning team, putting in a man-of-the-match performance in the final against India. He represents Karachi Zebras and Sindh Dolphins in domestic. Currently he is representing Quetta Gladiators in the Pakistan Super League.

Anwar Ali Gujjar
Personal information
Born (1987-11-25) 25 November 1987
Karachi , Pakistan[1]
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast-medium
RoleAll-Rounder
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 194)24 November 2013 v South Africa
Last ODI25 January 2016 2016 v New Zealand
ODI shirt no.48
T20I debut (cap 28)12 October 2008 v Zimbabwe
Last T20I1 August 2015 v Sri Lanka
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2007Karachi Harbour
2008–presentPakistan International Airlines
2013–presentRangpur Riders
2016–presentQuetta Gladiators
2019–presentSindh
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA
Matches 22 16 99 133
Runs scored 321 109 2,376 2,100
Batting average 29.18 15.57 20.66 30.43
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 1/8 0/12
Top score 43* 46 100* 89
Balls bowled 927 265 16,886 6,010
Wickets 18 10 335 159
Bowling average 52.44 36.70 27.08 33.61
5 wickets in innings 0 0 11 2
10 wickets in match 0 0 4 0
Best bowling 3/66 2/27 8/16 5/49
Catches/stumpings 4/- 5/– 33/– 39/–
Source: , 08 November 2018

Early and domestic career

Anwar Ali Gujjar has been settled in Karachi, Sindh . He belongs to Swat, who migrated to Karachi, 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.

In April 2018, he was named in Balochistan's squad for the 2018 Pakistan Cup.[2][3] In March 2019, he was named in Punjab's squad for the 2019 Pakistan Cup.[4][5]

In July 2019, he was selected to play for the Rotterdam Rhinos in the inaugural edition of the Euro T20 Slam cricket tournament.[6][7] However, the following month the tournament was cancelled.[8]

In September 2019, he was named in Sindh's squad for the 2019–20 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy tournament.[9][10]

Under-19 World Cup

Anwar Ali Gujjar 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.[11] His 5 for 35 performance won him the Man of the Match accolade.

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 47 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 47 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.[12][13]

References
  1. "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 khwaza Khela in the militancy-wracked Swat Valley
  2. "Pakistan Cup one-day tournament to begin in Faisalabad next week". Geo TV. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
  3. "Pakistan Cup Cricket from 25th". The News International. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
  4. "Federal Areas aim to complete hat-trick of Pakistan Cup titles". Pakistan Cricket Board. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
  5. "Pakistan Cup one-day cricket from April 2". The International News. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
  6. "Eoin Morgan to represent Dublin franchise in inaugural Euro T20 Slam". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  7. "Euro T20 Slam Player Draft completed". Cricket Europe. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  8. "Inaugural Euro T20 Slam cancelled at two weeks' notice". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  9. "PCB announces squads for 2019-20 domestic season". Pakistan Cricket Board. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
  10. "Sarfaraz Ahmed and Babar Azam to take charge of Pakistan domestic sides". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
  11. "ICC Under-19 World Cup final: India vs Pakistan". Retrieved 6 January 2013.
  12. "Afridi, Anwar Ali stun SL with one-wicket win".
  13. "Narrow wins, and the highest by a No. 9".
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