Former Pakistan batting star Mohammad Yousuf and pioneering women’s cricket captain Sana Mir receive recognition for their outstanding international careers and contributions to the game.
LAHORE: Former Pakistan batting great Mohammad Yousuf and former women’s cricket captain Sana Mir have been inducted into the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Hall of Fame for 2025 in recognition of their outstanding performances and contributions to the country’s cricket history.
According to a PCB statement issued on Sunday, Sana Mir’s induction follows her inclusion in the International Cricket Council (ICC) Cricket Hall of Fame in 2025. Under the PCB’s induction criteria, her inclusion in the board’s Hall of Fame was automatic.
Mohammad Yousuf, meanwhile, was selected through an independent voting process involving PCB Hall of Famer Zaheer Abbas, former Pakistan captain Ramiz Raja, former Test cricketer Bazid Khan, ex-women’s team captain Urooj Mumtaz and cricket journalists and analysts Saleem Khaliq and Sohail Imran.
The two former cricketers join an illustrious group of PCB Hall of Famers, including Abdul Qadir, AH Kardar, Fazal Mahmood, Hanif Mohammad, Imran Khan, Inzamam-ul-Haq, Javed Miandad, Misbah-ul-Haq, Mushtaq Mohammad, Saeed Anwar, Wasim Akram, Waqar Younis, Younis Khan and Zaheer Abbas.
PCB Chairman Mohsin Naqvi congratulated both inductees, praising their contributions to Pakistan cricket.
“On behalf of the Pakistan Cricket Board, I congratulate Mohammad Yousuf and Sana Mir on their induction into the PCB Hall of Fame. Both have represented Pakistan with great pride and their performances have earned them a special place in the history of Pakistan cricket,” he said.
Mohammad Yousuf’s record-breaking international career
Yousuf represented Pakistan from 1998 to 2010, playing 90 Tests, 288 one-day internationals (ODIs) and three T20 internationals. He scored 17,300 international runs, including 39 centuries and 97 half-centuries.
In Test cricket, he accumulated 7,530 runs at an average of 52.29, with 24 centuries and a career-best score of 223. In ODIs, he scored 9,720 runs at an average of 41.71, including 15 centuries and 64 half-centuries.
His most remarkable achievement came in 2006, when he scored a world-record 1,788 runs and nine centuries in 11 Tests, surpassing Sir Vivian Richards’ long-standing record for the most Test runs in a calendar year.
During the same year, Yousuf accumulated 665 runs in a three-Test home series against the West Indies, setting a Pakistan record for the most runs in a three-Test series. His performances earned him the ICC Test Player of the Year award in 2007.
After captaining Pakistan, he continued contributing to the sport through coaching and mentoring following his retirement from international cricket.
Sana Mir’s historic contribution to women’s cricket
Mir represented Pakistan from 2005 to 2019, playing 120 ODIs and 106 T20 internationals. Across the two formats, she took 240 wickets and scored 2,432 runs.
She claimed 151 wickets in ODIs, with best bowling figures of five for 32, while scoring 1,630 runs. In T20 internationals, she took 89 wickets and scored 802 runs.
In October 2018, Mir became the first Pakistani woman cricketer to top the ICC Women’s ODI Bowling Rankings. She also became the first Pakistani woman to take 100 ODI wickets.
During her international career, Mir captained Pakistan in 137 matches, including 72 ODIs and 65 T20Is. Under her leadership, Pakistan won gold medals at the 2010 and 2014 Asian Games.
She also led Pakistan in the 2013 and 2017 Women’s Cricket World Cups and five Women’s T20 World Cups between 2009 and 2016.
In 2025, Mir became the first Pakistani woman cricketer inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame, further recognising her contribution to the development of women’s cricket.
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