Anwar Miandad
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Anwar Miandad is a former Pakistani first-class cricket
er who played mainly for the Habib Bank Limited cricket team
. He is a younger brother of Pakistan's leading Test run scorer Javed Miandad
and had two other brothers play Quaid-i-Azam Trophy
matches. An all-rounder, he also took the field for Karachi and the Industrial Development Bank of Pakistan during his career.
Miandad played as a right-handed middle order batsman and bowled useful slow left-arm orthodox
spin. He was a member of two Patron's Trophy
final winning sides with Habib Bank Limited, the first came under Javed's captaincy in 1987/88. The other was in 1991/92 when they drew with National Bank of Pakistan but were awarded the trophy due to a superior first innings, in which Miandad contributed 67 runs. He captained Habib Bank Limited twice during the 1995/96 Patron's Trophy.
Despite appearing in 141 first-class matches, Miandad only scored four centuries and never more than one in a single season. He was also once run out for 99 in an innings, against Pakistan National Shipping Corporation in 1990/91.
In a Wills Cup limited overs match for Habib Bank Limited against Lahore City at Peshawar in the 1988/89 season, Miandad took record figures with the ball of 7 for 20.
His bowling analysis were at the time the best ever taken in Pakistani domestic limited overs cricket.
A reliable fielder, Miandad won the 'Fielder of the Tournament' award in the 1982/83 Wills Cup.
First-class cricket
First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...
er who played mainly for the Habib Bank Limited cricket team
Habib Bank Limited cricket team
The Habib Bank Limited cricket team are a first-class cricket side which compete in Pakistani domestic cricket. Younis Khan is the current captain of the side.- Current squad :KeyCorrect as of November 14 2010-Honours:* Patrons Trophy ...
. He is a younger brother of Pakistan's leading Test run scorer Javed Miandad
Javed Miandad
Mohammad Javed Miandad Khan , popularly known as Javed Miandad , is a former Pakistani cricketer who played between 1975 and 1996. He is Pakistan's leading run scorer in Test cricket. He has served as a captain of the Pakistan national cricket team...
and had two other brothers play Quaid-i-Azam Trophy
Quaid-i-Azam Trophy
The Quaid-i-Azam Trophy is the premier first-class domestic cricket competition in Pakistan.-History :Named after Mohammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan, the Trophy was introduced in 1953 to help pick the squad for Pakistan's Test tour of England in the forthcoming year...
matches. An all-rounder, he also took the field for Karachi and the Industrial Development Bank of Pakistan during his career.
Miandad played as a right-handed middle order batsman and bowled useful slow left-arm orthodox
Left-arm orthodox spin
Left-arm orthodox spin is a type of bowling in the sport of cricket.Left-arm orthodox spin is bowled by a left arm bowler using the fingers to spin the ball from right to left of the cricket pitch...
spin. He was a member of two Patron's Trophy
Patron's Trophy
The Patron's Trophy is a Pakistani first class cricket competition. It was first played in 1960-61 as the Ayub Trophy and remained so for ten years. In 1970-71 it became the BCCP Trophy and two years later it received the title Patron's Trophy....
final winning sides with Habib Bank Limited, the first came under Javed's captaincy in 1987/88. The other was in 1991/92 when they drew with National Bank of Pakistan but were awarded the trophy due to a superior first innings, in which Miandad contributed 67 runs. He captained Habib Bank Limited twice during the 1995/96 Patron's Trophy.
Despite appearing in 141 first-class matches, Miandad only scored four centuries and never more than one in a single season. He was also once run out for 99 in an innings, against Pakistan National Shipping Corporation in 1990/91.
In a Wills Cup limited overs match for Habib Bank Limited against Lahore City at Peshawar in the 1988/89 season, Miandad took record figures with the ball of 7 for 20.
His bowling analysis were at the time the best ever taken in Pakistani domestic limited overs cricket.
A reliable fielder, Miandad won the 'Fielder of the Tournament' award in the 1982/83 Wills Cup.