Former Pakistan batting great Mohammad Yousuf and former women’s team captain Sana Mir have been inducted into the Pakistan Cricket Board Hall of Fame for 2025 in recognition of their outstanding performances and contributions to the sport. The announcement was made by the Pakistan Cricket Board on Sunday following a selection process and automatic criteria adherence.
Sana Mir’s induction follows her inclusion in the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame in 2025, which automatically qualified her for the PCB Hall of Fame under the cricket board's induction criteria. She became the first Pakistan woman cricketer to receive both distinctions.
Mohammad Yousuf was selected through an independent voting process involving a panel consisting of PCB Hall of Famer Zaheer Abbas, former Pakistan captain Ramiz Raja, former Test cricketer Bazid Khan, former women’s team captain Urooj Mumtaz, and cricket journalists Saleem Khaliq and Sohail Imran.
The two former cricketers join an illustrious list of PCB Hall of Famers that already includes 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 on their official inclusion, stating that they had represented Pakistan with great pride and earned a special place in the country’s rich cricket history.
Yousuf represented Pakistan between 1998 and 2010, featuring in 90 Tests, 288 one-day internationals and three Twenty20 internationals. He accumulated 17,300 international runs across all formats, including 39 centuries and 97 half-centuries.
In Test cricket, Yousuf scored 7,530 runs at an average of 52.29, registering 24 centuries and a career-best score of 223. He also contributed 9,720 runs in one-day internationals at an average of 41.71, with 15 centuries and 64 half-centuries.
His most remarkable year came in 2006, when he established a world record by scoring 1,788 runs and nine centuries in 11 Test matches. During that period, he surpassed Sir Vivian Richards’ long-standing record for the most Test runs scored in a calendar year.
During the same prolific 2006 season, 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.
Sana Mir represented Pakistan from 2005 to 2019, playing 120 one-day internationals and 106 Twenty20 internationals. She took 240 wickets and scored 2,432 runs across the two limited-overs formats during her international career.
The former captain claimed 151 wickets in one-day internationals, with best bowling figures of five for 32, alongside 1,630 runs. In Twenty20 internationals, she captured 89 wickets and contributed 802 runs.
In October 2018, Mir achieved a historic milestone by becoming 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 one-day international wickets.
Mir captained Pakistan in 137 international matches, including 72 one-dayers and 65 Twenty20 internationals, leading 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.
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