Former Pakistan batting great Mohammad Yousaf and former women’s team captain Sana Mir have been inducted into the PCB Hall of Fame for 2025 in recognition of their valuable contributions to Pakistan cricket.
In a statement, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) said that Sana, who became the first Pakistan woman cricketer to be inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame in 2025, was automatically included in the PCB Hall of Fame in line with the cricket board’s induction criteria.
Yousaf was selected through a voting process involving PCB Hall of Famer Zaheer Abbas, former Pakistan captain Ramiz Raja, former Test cricketer Bazid Khan, former Pakistan women’s 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 comprising 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.
Yousaf represented Pakistan from 1998 to 2010 and was widely regarded as one of the finest batters of his generation. He scored 17,300 runs in 381 international matches, including 39 centuries and 97 half-centuries.
His most memorable year came in 2006 when he scored a world-record 1,788 runs and nine centuries in Test cricket, surpassing Sir Vivian Richards’ 30-year-old record for the most Test runs in a calendar year.
Sana represented Pakistan from 2005 to 2019 and played an important role in the growth of women’s cricket in the country. The former captain featured in 226 international matches, taking 240 wickets and scoring 2,432 runs.
In October 2018, she became the first Pakistan woman cricketer to reach the top of the ICC women’s ODI bowling rankings. She also led Pakistan to gold medals at the 2010 and 2014 Asian Games.
Last year, Sana became the first Pakistani woman cricketer to be inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame, recognising her achievements and contribution to the women’s game.