Summary
- The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has honoured former batting great Mohammad Yousuf and ex-national women’s team captain Sana Mir by inducting them into its Hall of Fame for 2025, recognising their outstanding achievements and lasting contributions to Pakistan cricket.
- Sana has become the first female cricketer to enter the PCB Hall of Fame under its induction criteria.
- With their induction, Yousuf and Mir join an elite group of Pakistani cricket legends in the PCB Hall of Fame, including Imran Khan, Wasim Akram, Javed Miandad, Inzamam-ul-Haq, Hanif Mohammad, Waqar Younis and Younis Khan.
Sana has become the first female cricketer to enter the PCB Hall of Fame under its induction criteria. Her inclusion followed her selection for the ICC Hall of Fame in 2025, making her eligible for automatic induction.
Yousuf, meanwhile, earned the honour through a voting process involving PCB Hall of Famers Zaheer Abbas and Ramiz Raja, former cricketers Bazid Khan and Urooj Mumtaz, and journalists Saleem Khaliq and Sohail Imran.
During his international career from 1998 to 2010, Yousuf represented Pakistan in 381 matches across all formats, accumulating 17,300 runs at an average of 45.52. His impressive record includes 39 centuries and 97 half-centuries.
One of his most remarkable achievements came in 2006, when he scored 1,788 Test runs in a calendar year, setting a record that included nine centuries. He also surpassed the long-standing record of West Indies legend Sir Vivian Richards for the most Test runs in a calendar year.
Mir represented Pakistan between 2005 and 2019, appearing in 226 international matches, comprising 120 One-Day Internationals and 106 T20 Internationals. She scored 2,432 runs and took 240 wickets across the two formats.
Among her major milestones, Mir became the first Pakistani woman to top the ICC Women’s ODI bowling rankings in 2018. She was also the first Pakistani female cricketer to claim 100 ODI wickets and achieved the notable double of 1,000 runs and 100 wickets in the format.
Her leadership credentials included captaining Pakistan in the 2013 and 2017 Women’s Cricket World Cups, along with five ICC Women’s T20 World Cups between 2009 and 2016.
With their induction, Yousuf and Mir join an elite group of Pakistani cricket legends in the PCB Hall of Fame, including Imran Khan, Wasim Akram, Javed Miandad, Inzamam-ul-Haq, Hanif Mohammad, Waqar Younis and Younis Khan.
PCB Chairman Mohsin Naqvi congratulated both former players, praising their services to the country and their contributions to Pakistan’s cricketing history.
