Sana Mir Pakistan Women Cricket Team Player and Captain Biography

Sana Mir Pakistan Women Cricket Team Player and Captain Biography

Sana Mir (born 5 January 1986 in Abbottabad, North-West Frontier) is a female Pakistani cricketer and captain of the Pakistan women's team. She was announced Player of the Tournament at the 2008 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier, and currently ranks 16th in the Women's ODI Bowlers in the ICC Player Rankings. She is also the only Pakistani in the top 20.

Alongside her cricketing career, Mir is a full time student. Her favourite cricketers are Waqar Younis, Jonty Rhodes and Imran Khan.

On May 4 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 the Fourth time in a row Sana Mir has become the most successful Captain for Pakistan at domestic level. Her team has yet to drop a game at domestic level as they have won all matches in the last 4 years

Sana Mir also led the Pakistan team to the first ever tournament win in both the T20 and quadrangular series in Sri Lanka 2011. The teams in the quadrangular were Sri Lanka,Pakistan, Ireland and Holand. She was also the women of the match in the T20 final against Holand.