Shaiman Anwar

Shaiman Anwar
Personal information
Full name Shaiman Anwar Butt
Born (1979-03-15) 15 March 1979
Sialkot, Punjab, Pakistan
Batting Right-handed
Bowling Right-arm medium-fast
Role Batsman
Relations Arsalan Anwar (brother)
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 47) 1 February 2014 v Scotland
Last ODI 30 August 2018 v Nepal
T20I debut (cap 9) 17 March 2014 v Netherlands
Last T20I 14 April 2017 v PNG
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2002–2003 Sialkot
2005 Sialkot Stallions
2005 Servis Industries
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA
Matches 32 26 18 94
Runs scored 1,006 747 877 2,927
Batting average 32.45 31.12 32.48 32.52
100s/50s 1/9 1/4 2/5 5/20
Top score 106 117* 148 123
Balls bowled 106 – 6 300
Wickets 3 – 0 14
Bowling average 41.33 – – 23.28
5 wickets in innings 0 – – 0
10 wickets in match n/a n/a – n/a
Best bowling 3/61 – – 4/31
Catches/stumpings 11/– 6/– 12/– 31/–
Source: CricketArchive, 30 August 2018

Shaiman Anwar Butt (Urdu: انور این شیما‬‎; born 15 March 1979) is an Emirati cricketer of Pakistani origin. A powerful right-handed top-order batsman, he made his debut for the United Arab Emirates national side in December 2010, having previously represented Sialkot and Servis Industries in Pakistani domestic tournaments.

Personal life

As of February 2015, Shaiman lived in Dubai with his wife and children, working as an administrative executive at a petroleum storage terminal in Al Quoz. His younger brother, Arsalan Anwar, also played at first-class level for Sialkot, but retired early to concentrate on his career.[1]

Domestic and T20 franchise career

Born in Sialkot, Shaiman made his debut for Sialkot in March 2002, during the 2001–02 season of the One-Day National Tournament.[2] He made his first-class debut during the following season of the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy,[3] and in his third match, against the Lahore Whites, scored a maiden century. Opening the batting with Usman Mushtaq, Shaiman scored 106 runs from 118 balls, putting on a 177-run opening stand.[4] Later in the season, against Faisalabad in the limited-overs competition, he scored 96 from 91 balls, and was named man of the match.[5] Despite his good form during the 2002–03 season, in the next season Shaiman played only at lower grades.[6] However, he did play a single Twenty20 match for the Sialkot Stallions in the ABN-AMRO Twenty-20 Cup during the inaugural 2004–05 season,[7] as well as one Patron's Trophy match for Servis Industries during the 2005–06 season.[3]

Having previously played club cricket, Shaiman moved permanently to the UAE in 2007, after gaining employment with a shipping firm.[8] His first matches for Emirati representative sides came during the 2009–10 season, when he played for United Arab Emirates A against Pakistan A and the England Lions.[6] After meeting the qualification requirements, Shaiman made his senior debut for the UAE national team in the final of the 2009–10 ICC Intercontinental Shield, which the team lost to Namibia. Shaiman has since been a regular for the UAE, and across the 2011–13 WCL Championship, scored 625 runs from 14 matches, the most of any player.[9]

On 3 June 2018, he was selected to play for the Edmonton Royals in the players' draft for the inaugural edition of the Global T20 Canada tournament.[10][11]

International career

He made his One Day International (ODI) debut in February 2014, against Scotland in the final of the World Cup Qualifier, and his Twenty20 International (T20I) debut in March 2014, against the Netherlands in the World Twenty20.[12][13] Shaiman was selected in the Emirati squad for the 2015 World Cup, and in the team's first match, against Zimbabwe, topscored with 67 from 50 balls.[14] In the next match, against Ireland, he scored 106 from 83 balls, becoming the second UAE player to hit an ODI century (after Khurram Khan) and the first to do so in a World Cup.[15]

In the 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup clash v Ireland, he along with Amjad Javed set the highest ever World Cup record partnership of 107 runs for the 7th wicket.[16] In fact,this pair of batsmen became the first pair to have had a 100+ runstand for the 7th wicket in World Cup history.[17]

On 14 April 2017, he became the first player for the United Arab Emirates to score a century in a T20I match, when did so against Papua New Guinea at the Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi.[18][19] Anwar also became the first UAE player to score centuries in both ODIs and T20Is.

He also holds the record for facing the most number of balls in a T20I innings when batting at number three position (68).[20]

In January 2018, he was named in the United Arab Emirates's squad for the 2018 ICC World Cricket League Division Two tournament.[21]

In March 2018, during the United Arab Emirates match against Zimbabwe in the 2018 Cricket World Cup Qualifier, Anwar became the first batsman for the United Arab Emirates to score 1,000 runs in ODIs.[22] In August 2018, he was named in the United Arab Emirates' squad for the 2018 Asia Cup Qualifier tournament.[23]

References

  1. ↑ R. Kaushik (28 February 2015). "World Cup 2015: Shaiman Anwar opening new doors for himself" – IBN Live Cricket Next. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
  2. ↑ List A matches played by Shaiman Anwar – CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
  3. 1 2 First-class matches played by Shaiman Anwar – CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
  4. ↑ Lahore Whites v Sialkot, Quaid-e-Azam Trophy 2002/03 (Group III) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
  5. ↑ Sialkot v Faisalabad, National Bank of Pakistan Patron's Cup 2002/03 (Pool C) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
  6. 1 2 Miscellaneous matches played by Shaiman Anwar – CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
  7. ↑ Twenty20 matches played by Shaiman Anwar – CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
  8. ↑ Liam Brickhill. Players / United Arab Emirates / Shaiman Anwar – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
  9. ↑ ICC World Cricket League Championship, 2011-2013/14 / Records / List A matches / Most runs – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
  10. ↑ "Global T20 Canada: Complete Squads". SportsKeeda. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
  11. ↑ "Global T20 Canada League – Full Squads announced". CricTracker. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
  12. ↑ ODI matches played by Shaiman Anwar – CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
  13. ↑ International Twenty20 matches played by Shaiman Anwar – CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
  14. ↑ ICC Cricket World Cup, 8th Match, Pool B: United Arab Emirates v Zimbabwe at Nelson, Feb 19, 2015 – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
  15. ↑ ICC Cricket World Cup, 16th Match, Pool B: Ireland v United Arab Emirates at Brisbane, Feb 25, 2015 – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
  16. ↑ "Cricket Records | Records | World Cup | Highest partnerships by wicket | ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  17. ↑ "16th Match, Pool B: Ireland v United Arab Emirates at Brisbane, Feb 25, 2015 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 April 2017.
  18. ↑ "Anwar 117* secures series win for UAE". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
  19. ↑ Staff, CricketCountry (2017-04-14). "Shaiman Anwar becomes 1st UAE batsman to hit T20I ton as hosts win 2nd T20I, series against PNG". Cricket Country. Retrieved 28 April 2017.
  20. ↑ "Batting records | Twenty20 Internationals | Cricinfo Statsguru | ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
  21. ↑ "Six teams vying for the final two spots in ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier 2018". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  22. ↑ "ICC World Cup Qualifiers, 2018: Zimbabwe vs UAE – Statistical Highlights". CricTracker. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
  23. ↑ "Emirates Cricket Board officially announces team to represent the UAE in the Asia Cup Qualifiers 2018". Emirates Cricket Board. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
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