Anwar is 35 and hails from Sialkot, 125km north of Lahore and in the north east of the Punjab province.
He grew up playing on the streets in Sialkot and appeared in the Quaid-e-Azam first-class competition.
Other prominent past or present Pakistani players from Sialkot include the outstanding batsman of the 1970s and 80s, Zaheer Abbas, 1992 World Cup-winning allrounder Ijaz Ahmed, and the recent international Shoaib Malik.
A job opportunity took him to the UAE in the mid 2000s and he has made a name for himself for his dashing batting.
At the cup, he had had scores of 67 (off 50 balls) against Zimbabwe; 106 (83 balls) against Ireland, 35 (49 balls) in a total of 102 against India, and now 62 out of 210 for eight against Pakistan.
Altogether Anwar has scored 270 runs at 67.5, putting him above the outstanding batsmen of the modern game, including Sri Lanka's Kumar Sangakkara, South African captain AB de Villiers and West Indian hitter Chris Gayle.
''I'm very happy for him. He's doing very well for himself and the team," Tauqir said.
In 11 ODIs, Anwar is averaging an encouraging 39. His class at the crease was evident again last night as he laced the Pakistani bowlers, back cutting a spectacular six and driving with grace and style.
Less impressive was the UAE fielding. Several catches were spilled and Tauqir was left to bemoan a below-par effort.
''If we had taken those catches the total would have been very different," he said.
The cup is all about learning for the UAE team, more than half of whom are Pakistani expatriates.
''Playing a 50-over game against Pakistan is a big positive for the team. We had a couple of close games against Zimbabwe and Ireland.
''Our (aim) is to do well against a test nation and put up a decent performance."
The UAE's remaining two round robin games are against the formidable South Africans -- who put up 400-plus totals in their last two matches, against the West Indies and Ireland - in Wellington on March 12, and the West Indies.
Tauqir saw the humourous side of what may lie ahead.
''It seems the only way South Africa can score 400 runs is win the toss and bat," he laughed. ''We need to bowl well if we field first and restrict them. Even now, conceding 400 is not an embarrassing total."
