Pakistan’s Sana Mir makes history with ICC Hall of Fame induction

Former Pakistan women’s cricket captain Sana Mir has become the first female cricketer from the country to be inducted into the prestigious ICC Hall of Fame,  announced the International Cricket Council.

Mir joins an elite list of seven inductees for 2024, which includes India’s Mahendra Singh Dhoni, South Africa’s Graeme Smith and Hashim Amla, Australia’s Matthew Hayden, New Zealand’s Daniel Vettori and England’s Sarah Taylor.

The induction ceremony was held at London’s iconic Abbey Road Studios — famed for its association with The Beatles — located near Lord’s Cricket Ground, where the ICC World Test Championship final is set to begin.

Mir, 38, who represented Pakistan in 226 international matches across formats from 2005 to 2020, becomes the first Pakistani woman to receive this honour. The ICC noted her contributions both on and off the field, crediting her with raising the profile of women’s cricket in Pakistan and globally.

In a statement, Mir expressed her gratitude, saying, “From dreaming as a little girl that one day there would even be a women’s team in our country to now standing here, inducted among the very legends I idolised long before I ever held a bat or a ball — this is a moment I couldn’t have dared to imagine.”