Saeed Anwar says winning matches important than individual records – Cricket News Update
Former Pakistan opener http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Saeed-Anwar-c87864 has said that winning matches for the team is important rather than going after individual records.
The stylish left-handed batsman had quit international cricket after the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 World Cup 2003. He played 55 Tests and 247 One Day Internationals (ODIs) during a 14 year career between 1989 and 2003.
According to Saeed, “I don’t see any value in batsmen making big runs, establishing records but not winning matches for their sides. A player should play such an innings that his side should win.”
The flamboyant batsman said that he had a great deal of respect for West Indies’ legend http://www.senore.com/Cricket/RT-Ponting-c2377 for their ability to win matches for their side. He further added that watching those two batsmen play was always fun
for him.
The aggressive opener was considered a match winning player during his career and guided Pakistan to numerous victories. His best ODI innings came against arch rivals http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 where he scored 194 runs in Chennai. He could have become the first ever batsman
to score a double ton in limited-over cricket, but was unable to do so.
However, the 43-year-old further went onto say that he had no regrets and loved playing cricket for the country at the highest level.
He added, “I have no regrets from whatever cricket I played and I enjoyed it thoroughly. The good thing about my career was not individual performances but collectively the Pakistan team won a lot which is the most satisfying part. The most memorable thing
for me was that I played in an era when Pakistan had its best-ever side.”
Saeed played alongside some great cricketers like http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Waqar-Younis-Maitla-c96193, who were all match winners. They had the ability of performing against any opposition under any circumstances, which the modern day cricketers
lack.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Aamer-Sohail-c41418 during the nineties, but the team has struggled to find such a solid combination since the retirement of the two.
At the moment, all-rounder http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Hafeez-c76898 is the only dependable opener in the team, but he has not yet found a regular partner in limited-over cricket.
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