5 cricketers who married their relatives

3) Saeed Anwar – Lubna

Breaking the mould is not an easy thing in Pakistan cricket but the yesteryear opening batsman, Saeed Anwar did it successfully. The southpaw was one of the elegant batsmen to emerge out of the country and some of his shots awed the cricketing world. He was also the batting mainstay of the Men in Green in the late ’90s.

Particularly Saeed Anwar had a knack of scoring big runs against the arch-rivals, India. Nobody can forget his Chennai classic of 194 where he thrashed the Indian bowlers to all parts of the ground. He was a cricketer who liked to stay away from the limelight and it is quite evident from his marriage which was a muted event.

In 1996 he got hitched to his cousin, Lubna who was a doctor by profession. Coincidentally it was the same year when he flourished in the Test arena as he averaged 63. Anwar was enjoying happy times in his life until a tragedy struck in 2001 in the form of his daughter’s death. Though the couple stood the testing time he was not able to continue with the game and retired after the 2003 World Cup.