the Winnipeg Hawks franchise team in the 2019 Global T20 Canada tournament. International career He made his One Day International (ODI) debut in February 2014, against Scotland in the final of the World Cup Qualifier, and his Twenty20 International (T20I) debut in March 2014, against the Netherlands in the World Twenty20. Shaiman was selected in the Emirati squad for the 2015 World Cup, and in the team's first match, against Zimbabwe, top scored with 67 from 50 balls. In the next match, against Ireland, he scored 106 from 83 balls, becoming the second UAE player to hit an ODI century (after Khurram Khan) and the first to do so in a World Cup. In the 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup clash v Ireland, he along with Amjad Javed set the World Cup record partnership of 107 runs for the 7th wicket, which was eclipsed in July 2019 by MS Dhoni, RA Jadeja. In fact, this pair of batsmen became the first pair to have had a 100+ run stand for the 7th wicket in World Cup history. On 14 April 2017, he became the first player for the United Arab Emirates to score a century in a T20I match, when did against Papua New Guinea at the Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi. Anwar also became the first UAE player to score centuries in both ODIs and T20Is. He also holds the record for facing the most number of balls in a T20I innings when batting at number three position (68). In January 2018, he was named in the United Arab Emirates's squad for the 2018 ICC World Cricket League Division Two tournament. In March 2018, during the United Arab Emirates match against Zimbabwe in the 2018 Cricket World Cup Qualifier, Anwar became the first batsman for the United Arab Emirates to score 1,000 runs in ODIs. In August 2018, he was named in the United Arab Emirates' squad for the 2018 Asia Cup Qualifier tournament. In December 2018, he was named in the United Arab Emirates' team for the 2018 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup. In September 2019, he was named in the United Arab Emirates' squad for the 2019 ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier tournament in the UAE. Ahead of the tournament, the International Cricket Council (ICC) named him as the key player in the UAE's squad. However, the following month, he was dropped from the UAE's squad