Arsalan Anwar, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Arsalan Anwar

cricketer

Date of Birth: 04-Nov-1986

Place of Birth: Sialkot, Punjab, Pakistan

Profession: cricketer

Nationality: Pakistan

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio


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About Arsalan Anwar

  • Arsalan Anwar (born 4 November 1986) is a former Pakistani cricketer who played two first-class matches for Sialkot during the 2007–08 season.
  • He is better known for his performance in international underage matches, having scored a century in his single Test innings for the Pakistani national under-19 side. Born in Sialkot, Punjab, Arsalan made his debut for the Sialkot District under-19s in July 2003, aged 16.
  • A right-handed batsman, he performed well in the 2003–04 Inter-Region Tournament, with consecutive innings of 88 not out and 99 against Quetta and Multan.
  • In the same tournament the following season, he had a run of six consecutive half-centuries – 66 and 54* in a three-day match against Rawalpindi, 67* in a one-dayer against Faisalabad, 123 and 84* in a three-day match against the same team, and finally 112 in a three-day match against Quetta.The Sri Lankan under-19s toured Pakistan late in the 2004–05 season, playing two under-19 Tests and three under-19 One Day Internationals (ODIs) in March and April 2005.
  • After his outstanding domestic form, Arsalan was selected in Pakistan's squad for the tour.
  • He did not play in the first Test, but was one of three inclusions for the second – he, Nawaz Sardar, and Zohaib Ahmed came into the side, while Abid Ali, Nauman Alavi, and Uzair-ul-Haq were excluded.
  • In the match, played at the Multan Cricket Stadium, Arsalan came in seventh in the batting order, with the score at 118/5.
  • He proceeded to score 103* from 216 balls, including thirteen boundaries, and featured in a 143-run sixth-wicket stand with Fawad Alam, who scored 75.
  • Arsalan did not bat again in Pakistan's second innings, as the match was drawn after four days.
  • Having not been dismissed in his only innings, he finished his career without a batting average.
  • Arsalan was less successful in the three ODIs on tour, with 62 runs in total and a best of 38.Arsalan continued his good form for the Sialkot under-19s during the 2005–06 season, captaing the side at both inter-district and inter-regional level.
  • In the inter-district tournament, he scored 160 against Mandi Bahauddin District and 102* against Gujrat District, and in inter-region one-day matches, he scored 105* against Rawalpindi, 104 against Peshawar, and 91* against Karachi Urban.
  • Arsalan finished the latter tournament with 373 runs at an average of 93.25, the most of any player.
  • Later in the season, he made his senior debut in Pakistani domestic tournaments, scoring a century on debut for Pakistan Army in Grade II of the Patron's Trophy.
  • After steady form for Sialkot's senior side in inter-district matches over the preceding seasons, Arsalan was selected to make his first-class debut during the 2007–08 season of the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy.
  • In his two matches, against Habib Bank and Pakistan Customs, he scored only 41 runs, finishing his career with an average of 10.25.
  • Arsalan played no further high-level matches for Sialkot, with his last recorded game coming in July 2008, an inter-district fixture against Gujranwala District.He made his Twenty20 cricket debut for Munster Reds in the 2017 Inter-Provincial Trophy on 16 June 2017.Arsalan's older brother, Shaiman Anwar, is an international cricketer for the United Arab Emirates.

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