Saeed Anwar's World Record - Back to Back hundreds
Saeed Anwar created a world record for registering back to back hundreds on three occasions, excluding his three in a row. In the ICC Trophy, against Sri Lanka, Saeed Anwar had made 105 not out on 08.10.00 and followed it up with another three figure knock of 104 against New Zealand.
The three occasions, when Saeed Anwar had scored back to back hundreds are as under :
Saeed Anwar
1. 102* Pak Vs Nzl Sharjah 10.11.96 1996-97
112* Pak Vs Srl Sharjah 12.11.96 1996-97
2. 103 Pak Vs Zim Oval 11.06.99 1999
113* Pak Vs Nzl Edgbaston 17.06.99 1999
3. 105* Pak Vs Srl Nairobi 08.10.00 2000-01
104 Pak Vs NZl Nairobi 11.10.00 2000-01
Saeed Anwar's feat provided the 24th instance of back to back hundreds
in
One day games. At the end of the Mini World Cup, Saurav Ganguly of India
joined the select band to provide the 25th instance of back to back
hundreds.
Roy Dias of Sri Lanka was the first batsman to achieve the distinction,
when he scored 102 against India on 15.09.82 and 121 at Bangalore on 26.09.82
on Sri Lanka's tour of India in 1982-83.
The break up of 25 instances - country wise with the name of the batsmen
read thus :
Sri Lanka batsmen 02 instances 02 batsmen
- RL Dias
- RS Mahanama
England batsmen 05 instances 05 batsmen
- DI Gower
- GA Gooch
- NV Knight
- GA Hick
- AJ Stewert
West Indian batsmen 05 instances
04 batsmen
- DL Haynes
- CG Greenidge
- PV Simmons
- BC Lara - twice
Australian batsmen
04 instances
04 batsmen
- AR Border
- DM Jones
- GR Marsh
- ME Waugh
New Zealand batsman 01 instance 01 batsman
- MJ Greatbatch
Pakistan batsmen 05 instances
03 batsmen
- Inzamam-ul-Huq
- Rameez Raja
- Saeed Anwar - thrice
Indian batsmen
03 instances
03 batsmen
- SR Tendulkar
- RS Dravid
- SC Ganguly
The complete list of Pakistani batsmen with their performance read
thus :
Inzamam-ul-Huq
101 Pak Vs Srl Multan 17.01.92 1991-92
117 Pak Vs Srl Rawalpindi 19.01.92 1991-92
Rameez Raja
116 Pak Vs Srl Hobart 15.02.90 1990-91
107* Pak Vs Srl Adelaide 17.02.90 1990-91
Saeed Anwar
102* Pak Vs Nzl Sharjah 10.11.96 1996-97
112* Pak Vs Srl Sharjah 12.11.96 1996-97
Saeed Anwar
103 Pak Vs Zim Oval 11.06.99 1999
113* Pak Vs Nzl Edgbaston 17.06.99 1999
Saeed Anwar
105* Pak Vs Srl Nairobi 08.10.00 2000-01
104 Pak Vs NZl Nairobi 11.10.00 2000-01
Mark Waugh of Australia was the first batsman to earn the distinction of registering back to back hundreds in World Cup Games. He achieved the feat in the 1995-96 World Cup games jointly held in India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Rahul Dravid of India and Saeed Anwar of Pakistan emulated Mark Waugh in the 1999 World Cup games held in England.
The feats of these three batsmen are listed thus :
ME Waugh
130 Aus Vs Ken Vizag 23.02.96 1995-96
126 Aus Vs Ind Bombay 27.02.96 1995-96
RS Dravid
104* Ind Vs Ken Bristol 22.05.99 1999
145 Ind Vs Srl Taunton 26.05.99 1999
Saeed Anwar
103 Pak Vs Zim Oval 11.06.99 1999
113* Pak Vs Nzl Edgbaston 17.06.99 1999
Brian Lara of West Indies is the only other batsmen in the list of 25
instances to score back to back hundreds on two separate occasions, which
reads as under :
BC Lara
1. 128 Win Vs Pak Durban 19.02.93 1992-93
111* Win Vs SAf Bloemfontein 23.02.93 1992-93
2. 102 Win Vs Aus Brisbane 05.01.97 1996-97
103* Win Vs Pak Perth 10.01.97 1996-97
Zaheer Abbas and Saeed Anwar hold the distinction of scoring three
consecutive hundreds in One day Games. Alec Stewert of England came very close in
emulating these two Pakistani batsmen, when he made 97 against Zimbabwe on
22.07.00, after his 101 against Zimbabwe at Edgbaston on 18.07.00 and
100* against West Indies at Nottingham on 20.07.00.
Saeed Anwar of Pakistan holds the world record for back to back hundreds
By achieving the feat on four separate occasions, which includes one such
feat in three matches on trot.
Zaheer Abbas and Saeed Anwars's three consecutive hundreds are listed thus :
Zaheer Abbas
118 Vs Ind Multan 17.12.82 1982-83
105 Vs Ind Lahore 31.12.82 1982-83
113 Vs Ind Karachi 21.01.83 1982-83
Saeed Anwar
107 Vs Srl Sharjah 30.10.93 1993-94
131 Vs Win Sharjah 01.11.93 1993-94
111 Vs Srl Sharjah 02.11.93 1993-94
Roy Dias, David Gower, Desmond Haynes, Graham Gooch, Gordon Greenidge,
Mark
Greatbatch, Geoff Marsh, Inzamam-ul-Huq, Phil Simmons, Rosahn Mahanama and
Nick Knight have achieved this feat when their country was involved in a
series against an opposition, while the rest of the batsmen have achieved
the
feat when their country was participating in a tournament involving two or
more countries.
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