Saeed Anwar has become the third Pakistani player and the 13th overall to score 6,000 runs in Limited Overs International (LOI) cricket. He achieved this landmark against India in the third match of the Pepsi Cup being played in India.

Anwar is the third in terms of reaching the milestone in the least number of innings, and has easily beat the previous national record held by his present team coach Javed Miandad (175 innings). Anwar is the second youngest after Sachin Tendulkar to complete 6000 runs.

The following tables list Anwar's performances. All tables are updated to the end of the India-Pakistan Jaipur match, excepting Azharuddin's batting record, which is updated to the end of Ind-SL match and does not include the Pakistan match.

Table (A) Saeed Anwar's performance against all teams

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Vs    Mts  Inns NO   Runs   HS    Avg     100 50  0   S/R
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Ind    38   36    2   1631  194    47.97   3   8   1   95.17
SL     35   35    2   1445  126    43.79   6   6   2   86.09
NZ     21   21    2    785  104*   41.32   2   5   1   76.98
Zim    12   12    2    496  103*   49.60   1   3   1   82.94
WI     12   12    1    383  131    34.82   2   0   0   71.59
Aus    14   14    1    350  104*   26.92   1   0   2   80.28
SA     19   19    1    283   42    15.72   0   0   3   61.93
Eng     5    5    0    276   71    55.20   0   4   0   92.93
Ban     4    4    1    245   90    81.67   0   3   0  101.24
Hol     1    1    1     83   83*    --     0   1   0   89.25
UAE     2    2    1     79   40*   79.00   0   0   0  102.60
Ken     1    1    0     27   27    27.00   0   0   0   84.38
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Home   37   35    6   1449  108*   49.97   3   8   2   82.21
Away  127  127    8   4634  194    38.94  12  22   8   85.39
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TOTAL 164  162   14   6083  194    41.10  15  30  10   84.61
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Table (B) Players scoring 6,000 runs in a career

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Player          Team Mts Ins NO Runs  HS   Avg    H  F  Z  S/R
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M Azharuddin    Ind  312 286 51  8872 153*  37.75  7 55  9  73.81
DL Haynes       WI   238 237 28  8648 152*  41.38 17 57 13  64.01
PA de Silva     SL   252 245 25  7956 145   36.16 11 54 12  81.88
SR Tendulkar    Ind  211 204 20  7800 142   42.39 21 43  9  86.68
Javed Miandad   Pak  233 218 41  7381 119*  41.70  8 50  8  66.75
A Ranatunga     SL   262 248 47  7295 131*  36.29  4 48 17  77.85
Salim Malik     Pak  276 250 37  7055 102   33.12  5 46 18  77.98
IVA Richards    WI   187 167 24  6721 189*  47.00 11 45  7  92.72
AR Border       Aus  273 252 39  6524 127*  30.63  3 39 11  71.39
RB Richardson   WI   224 217 30  6248 122   33.41  5 44  8  63.59
Saeed Anwar     Pak  164 162 14  6083 194   41.10 15 30 10  84.61
DM Jones        Aus  164 161 25  6068 145   44.62  7 46  6  72.54
ME Waugh        Aus  174 169 13  6044 130   38.74 11 39 10  77.37


Table (C) Details of Anwar's milestones

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Milestone Mts Ins Age    Period        Milestone reached
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 1000      38  37 25/ 53  4/302    v  WI  Sharjah     29 Oct 1993
 2000      62  61 26/ 38  5/287    v  Aus Multan      14 Oct 1994
 3000      93  92 27/218  7/102    v  Ind Sharjah     12 Apr 1996
 4000     114 113 28/ 68  7/317    v  NZ  Sharjah     13 Nov 1996
 5000     140 138 29/100  8/349    v  Eng Sharjah     15 Dec 1997
 6000     164 162 30/200 10/ 82    v  Ind Jaipur      24 Mar 1999


Table (D) Details of the 6000-runs milestone for all players

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Player          Team Mts Ins Age    Period      Milestone reached
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IVA Richards    WI   156 141 36/306 13/215 v Pak Brisbane        07 Jan 1989
DM Jones        Aus  160 157 32/335 10/ 24 v SA  Port Elizabeth  22 Feb 1994
DL Haynes       WI   163 162 33/246 11/240 v SL  Rajkot          19 Oct 1989
Saeed Anwar     Pak  164 162 30/200 10/ 82 v Ind Jaipur          24 Mar 1999
ME Waugh        Aus  172 167 33/250 10/ 59 v SL  Melbourne       07 Feb 1999
SR Tendulkar    Ind  176 170 24/265  8/ 28 v Pak Dhaka           14 Jan 1998
Javed Miandad   Pak  185 175 34/221 16/223 v SL  Rawalpindi (2)  19 Jan 1992
PA de Silva     SL   200 194 31/168 13/  4 v Zim Sharjah         03 Apr 1997
M Azharuddin    Ind  222 205 33/221 11/241 v Pak Toronto         17 Sep 1996
A Ranatunga     SL   216 205 33/233 15/159 v Ban Colombo (1)     22 Jul 1997
RB Richardson   WI   217 210 33/360 12/ 22 v Aus Brisbane        07 Jan 1996
Salim Malik     Pak  235 212 33/160 14/255 v Ind Toronto         23 Sep 1996
AR Border       Aus  247 229 37/169 13/365 v Pak Melbourne       12 Jan 1993

Contributed by: Atul Kahate (AKahate@yahoo.com)