Years ago, the cricketing world
watched one of the finest innings ever played
by one of the finest players Pakistan has ever
produced, as Saeed Anwar smashed all
records
on his way to 194.
It was the 6th match of the Pepsi
Independence Cup at the Chidabaram Stadium
in Chennai, both teams needed to win to
qualify for the two finals. Pakistan won the
toss and decided to bat first, the rest as we
know is history.
Saeed Anwar broke the record for the highest
individual innings in a one-day international
by
scoring 194 runs, from 146 balls, hitting 22
fours and five sixes.
It was a remarkable exhibition of controlled
aggression, even if he was helped by a runner,
Shahid Afridi, for most of the innings (as he
was suffering from heat exhaustion and loss of
fluid).
Saeed Anwar broke the previous record set by
Viv Richards’s, who scored 189 for the West
Indies against England at Old Trafford in
1984,
by five, and might have reached a double-
hundred had he not top-edged a sweep to be
caught at fine leg in the 47th over.
After the match Saeed himself said: “To beat
India in India is something special. Only we
know the pressure we were subjected to back
at home after our loss at Bangalore in the
World Cup.”
Due to Anwar’s 194, Pakistan comfortably won
in the end by 35 runs. Saeed Anwar’s record
stood for 12 year utill it was broken by Sachin
Tendulkar.
Courtesy – Green Team