PCB inducts Mohammad Yousuf, Sana Mir into Hall of Fame

LAHORE: Former Pakistan batting great Mohammad Yousuf and ex-women’s team 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 Pakistan cricket.

According to a PCB statement issued on Sunday, Mir’s induction follows her inclusion in the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame in 2025. Under the PCB’s induction criteria, she has been automatically included in the board’s Hall of Fame.

Yousuf, meanwhile, was selected through an independent voting process involving PCB Hall of Famer Zaheer Abbas, former Pakistan captain Ramiz Raja, ex-Test cricketer Bazid Khan, former women’s team captain Urooj Mumtaz, and cricket journalists and analysts Saleem Khaliq and Sohail Imran.

Mohammad Yousuf and Sana Mir inducted into PCB Hall of Fame

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The two former cricketers join an illustrious list 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, saying they had represented Pakistan with great pride and earned a special place in the country’s cricket history.

“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.

Yousuf’s record-breaking career

Yousuf represented Pakistan between 1998 and 2010, featuring in 90 Tests, 288 one-day internationals (ODIs) and three T20 internationals. He scored 17,300 international runs, including 39 centuries and 97 half-centuries.

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In Tests, he accumulated 7,530 runs at an average of 52.29, including 24 centuries and a career-best 223. He also scored 9,720 runs in ODIs at an average of 41.71, registering 15 centuries and 64 half-centuries.

His most remarkable year came in 2006, when he scored a world-record 1,788 runs and nine centuries in 11 Tests. He surpassed Sir Vivian Richards’ long-standing record for the most Test runs in a calendar year.

During the same year, Yousuf scored 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. He received the ICC Test Player of the Year award in 2007 in recognition of his performances.

He also captained Pakistan and continued contributing to the game through coaching and mentoring after retiring from international cricket.

Mir’s contribution to women’s cricket

Mir represented Pakistan from 2005 to 2019, playing 120 ODIs and 106 T20Is. She took 240 wickets and scored 2,432 runs across the two formats.

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The former captain claimed 151 wickets in ODIs, with best figures of five for 32, while scoring 1,630 runs. In T20Is, she took 89 wickets and contributed 802 runs.

In October 2018, Mir became the first Pakistan woman cricketer to reach the top of the ICC Women’s ODI Bowling Rankings. She also became the first Pakistani woman to take 100 ODI wickets.

Mir captained Pakistan in 137 international matches, including 72 ODIs and 65 T20Is, and led the team to gold medals at the 2010 and 2014 Asian Games.

She also captained Pakistan at 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 Pakistan woman cricketer to be inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame, recognising her achievements and contribution to the development of women’s cricket.