Anwar Miandad (born 11 March 1960) is a Pakistani former

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er who played mainly for the

Habib Bank Limited cricket team The Habib Bank Limited cricket team was a first-class cricket side, sponsored by the Habib Bank Limited, who competed as a departmental team in Pakistan domestic cricket from 1975 to 1976 season. Before disbandment, the bank was providing an ...

. He is a younger brother of Pakistan's leading Test run scorer

Javed Miandad Mohammad Javed Miandad PP SI (; born 12 June 1957), popularly known as Javed Miandad (; ), is a Pakistani cricket coach, commentator and former cricketer known for his unconventional style of captaincy and batting. ESPNcricinfo described him ...

and had two other brothers play

Quaid-i-Azam Trophy The Quaid-e-Azam Trophy is a domestic first-class cricket competition in Pakistan. With few exceptions, it has been staged annually since it was first played during the 1953–54 season. Domestic cricket in Pakistan has undergone many reorganis ...

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

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spin. He was a member of two

Patron's Trophy The President's Trophy (formerly Patron's Trophy) is a cricket competition that is held in Pakistan. It was previously held between 1960–61 and 2018–19 but was refounded from the 2023–24 season. It consists of teams representing the governm ...

final winning sides with Habib Bank Limited, the first 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 because of 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 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 had record bowling figures with 7 for 20. His bowling record at the time was the best ever in Pakistani domestic limited-overs cricket. A reliable fielder, Miandad won the 'Fielder of the Tournament' award in the 1982/83 Wills Cup.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Miandad, Anwar 1960 births Living people Pakistani cricketers Habib Bank Limited cricketers Cricketers from Karachi Karachi A cricketers Industrial Development Bank of Pakistan cricketers Karachi Whites cricketers Karachi cricketers Pakistani people of Gujarati descent Muhajir people