Mir in March 2009
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Full name | Sana Mir | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born |
Abbottabad, Pakistan |
5 January 1986 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting style | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling style | Right arm offspin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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ODI debut | 28 December 2005 v Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last ODI | 19 February 2017 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ODI shirt no. | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
T20I debut | 25 May 2009 v Ireland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last T20I | 4 December 2016 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNCricinfo, 26 February 2017
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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.
In February 2017, during the 2017 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier, she became the first Pakistan woman to take 100 wickets in WODIs.
Born to Kashmiri parents settled in Abbottabad in the Hazara region of Pakistan, Mir has completed her Bachelors in Statistics and economics. Her favourite cricketers are Waqar Younis, Imran Khan and Jonty Rhodes.
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.
At the 2010 Asian Games, Mir led the team to a gold medal.
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.