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.
Anwar Ali Khatana
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Role
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International information
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National side
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Last ODI
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ODI shirt no.
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48
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Domestic team information
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2007
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2008–present
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2013–present
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Career statistics
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Anwar Ali has been settled in Karachi, Sindh since long. He
belong to Pashtun family. His family migrated to the city
from Swatin 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.
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]
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]
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Venue
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Date
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Match Performance
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Result
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24 November 2013
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43* (55 balls, 6×4) ; 6-0-24-2
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Series
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Season
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Match Performance
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Result
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2015
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4-0-40-1 ; 46 (17 balls: 3x4, 4x6)
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