[5] Anwar made his Test debut against the West Indies in a match where he was dismissed without scoring in either innings at the Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad in 1990.
[10][N 1] Anwar scored Test centuries against seven different opponents at ten cricket grounds, including seven at venues outside Pakistan.
[11][12] As of November 2016, he is ninth in the list of Test century-makers for Pakistan, a position he shares with Asif Iqbal and Azhar Ali.
[13] Anwar made his ODI debut during the 1888-89 Benson & Hedges World Series against the West Indies at the WACA Ground, Perth.
[15] He scored three consecutive centuries at the Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium in 1993, the second player to achieve this feat.