Saeed Anwar (born 12 December 1978) is a Pakistani former cricketer. Anwar was a left-handed batsman who bowled slow left-arm orthodox. He was born in Burewala, Punjab. He is also known as Saeed Anwar Jnr, to distinguish him from the former Pakistan international Saeed Anwar.
Anwar represented Pakistan Under-19s in Youth Tests and Youth One Day Internationals in 1996/97 and 1997/98, and later also played for Pakistan A.
Anwar made his debut for Multan in List A cricket in the 1997/98 Pakistani season. In the same season, he made his first-class debut for Multan. He later played first-class and List A cricket for Water and Power Development Authority, Khan Research Laboratories and Rawalpindi, and also represented Baluchistan in first-class cricket. He made his Twenty20 debut for Multan Tigers against Faisalabad Wolves in the ABN-AMRO Twenty-20 Cup on 25 February 2006.
During his domestic career, Anwar also represented Rest of Punjab, The Rest and Gazi Group Cricketers.
Anwar established himself as a prolific batter in domestic cricket. In October 2002, playing for Khan Research Laboratories in the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, he was dismissed for 93, missing a century by seven runs against Pakistan International Airlines. In December 2013, he scored 197 for Khan Research Laboratories against Pakistan International Airlines in the President's Trophy. A few days later, in the 2013–14 President's Cup One Day Tournament, he made 36 from 30 balls and took four wickets in a win over Pakistan International Airlines.
In November 2014, Anwar scored 113 for Khan Research Laboratories against Hyderabad Hawks in the 2014–15 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy as his side won by an innings and 51 runs.
Anwar played 226 first-class, 159 List A and 40 Twenty20 matches between the 1997/98 and 2018/19 seasons. He scored 12,512 runs in first-class cricket, including 29 centuries, and also took 141 wickets in the format.
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