Lahore, November 15,2026: Former Pakistan batting great Mohammad Yousuf and ex-national 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 the game.
Sana, who became the first Pakistan woman cricketer to enter the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame in 2025, earned automatic induction into the PCB Hall of Fame under the board’s established criteria.
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.
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.
Yousuf represented Pakistan from 1998 to 2010 and established himself as one of the finest batters of his generation. In 381 international appearances, he scored 17,300 runs, including 39 centuries and 97 half-centuries.
He enjoyed a remarkable year in 2006, scoring a world-record 1,788 runs and nine centuries in Test cricket to surpass West Indies great Sir Vivian Richards’ 30-year-old record for the most runs in the format in a calendar year.
In 90 Tests, Yousuf scored 7,530 runs at an average of 52.29, including 24 centuries and 33 half-centuries, with a highest score of 223. He also accumulated 9,720 runs in 288 ODIs at an average of 41.71, including 15 centuries and 64 half-centuries. In three T20Is, he scored 50 runs.
His performances earned him the ICC Test Player of the Year award in 2007. During Pakistan’s home Test series against the West Indies in 2006, he scored 665 runs in three matches, setting a national record for the most runs in a three-Test series and surpassing Zaheer Abbas’ previous mark of 583.
Yousuf also captained Pakistan and continued contributing to the game after retirement through coaching and mentoring roles.
Sana represented Pakistan from 2005 to 2019 and played a pivotal role in the development of women’s cricket in the country. She featured in 226 international matches, including 120 ODIs and 106 T20Is, scoring 2,432 runs and taking 240 wickets.
In ODIs, she claimed 151 wickets at an economy rate of 3.70, with best figures of five for 32, while scoring 1,630 runs, including three half-centuries. In T20Is, she took 89 wickets at an economy rate of 5.51, with best figures of four for 13, and scored 802 runs.
In October 2018, Sana became the first Pakistan woman cricketer to top the ICC Women’s ODI Bowling Rankings. She was also the first Pakistani woman to take 100 ODI wickets and joined the select group of players to achieve the double of 1,000 runs and 100 wickets in the format.
The former all-rounder captained Pakistan in 137 international matches, including 72 ODIs and 65 T20Is. Under her leadership, Pakistan won gold medals in women’s cricket at the 2010 and 2014 Asian Games.
She also led Pakistan in the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cups in 2013 and 2017, and five ICC Women’s T20 World Cups between 2009 and 2016.
PCB Chairman Mohsin Naqvi congratulated both former cricketers, 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,” Naqvi said.
