Sana Mir

Sana Mir

Personal information
Full name	Sana Mir
Born	(1986-01-05) 5 January 1986 Abbottabad, Pakistan
Batting style	Right-handed
Bowling style	Right arm offspin
International information
National side	Pakistan
ODI debut	28 December 2005 v Sri Lanka women
Last ODI	7 Feb 2013 v India women
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2009–2010	Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited Women
2005–2010	Pakistan Cricket Board Women Greens
2008–2009	South Zone (Pakistan) Women
2005–2008	Karachi
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I Matches 66 41 Runs scored 766 324 Batting average 14.18 13.50 100s/50s 0/0 0/0 Top score 49 35 Balls bowled 3090 851 Wickets 71 41 Bowling average 24.71 16 5 wickets in innings 1 – 10 wickets in match – – Best bowling 5/32 4/13 Catches/stumpings 17/– 8/–
Source: Cricinfo, 6 march 2014

Sana Mir (born 5 January 1986) is the Captain of the Pakistan national women's cricket team in the ODIs as well as a former T20 captain. She is ranked 6th in ODI Bowlers in the World. Sana Mir has led Pakistan to two Gold medals in Asian Games 2010 and 2014. She was announced Player of the Tournament at the 2008 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier, and currently ranks 8th in the Women's ODI Bowlers in the ICC Player Rankings. She has been in Top 20 ICC rankings for last 9 years. During her Captaincy 8 players from Pakistan have made their way into the top 20 ICC rankings.

Personal life

Born to Kashmiri parents settled in Abbottabad , Hazara region of Pakistan, alongside her cricketing career, Mir has done her Bachelors in Statistics and economics . Her favourite cricketers are Waqar Younis, Imran Khan and Jonty Rhodes.

International career

Captaincy

On 4 May 2009, Mir was handed the Pakistan captaincy for the Women's World Twenty20. She had formerly been vice-captain under Urooj Mumtaz, who remained in the squad. Mir's duties as vice-captain were handed over to Nain Abidi.

Mir retained the captaincy for the forthcoming ICC Women's Cricket Challenge in South Africa.

2010

At the 2010 Asian Games, Mir led the team to a gold medal.

2011

By Winning the National Championship for the fourth time in a row, Sana Mir has become the most successful captain of Pakistan at domestic level. Her team has not yet to lose a game at domestic level in the past four years.

Sana Mir also led the Pakistan team to their first ever tournament win in both the T20 and ODI formats when they played in Sri Lanka in 2011. The teams in the quadrangular cup were Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Ireland, and the Netherlands. She was also awarded the Women of the Match title in the T20 quadrangular-cup final against the Netherlands.

World Cup Qualifiers 2012: The women's team has qualified for the 2012 T20 and 2013 Women's ODI world cup under her captaincy. For the first time ever, the team also beat South Africa, thereby, improving their world ranking from 8 to 6.

2013

At Domestic cricket, the ZTBL team has won the second BB tournament and 8th National championship under her Captaincy. This makes it 6 in a row.

Sana Mir became the first woman cricketer to receive PCB Woman cricketer of the Year Award 2013.

Pakistan women team showed their best performance on a European tour in 2013. The team has beaten England for the first time in any format and levelled the t20 series. The team has won 11 matches in a row. After the completion of this tour Pakistan women's team has 6 members in ICC top 20 players ranking.

2012

At Domestic cricket, the ZTBL team has won the first ever BB tournament and 7th National championship under her Captaincy. This makes it 5 in a, Mir has become the first ever female cricketer from Pakistan to be awarded Tamgha-e-Imtiaz on 23 March 2012, for her services in cricket.