Sana Mir is a female Pakistani

Pakistan

Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...

 cricketer

Cricketer

A cricketer is a person who plays the sport of cricket. Official and long-established cricket publications prefer the traditional word "cricketer" over the rarely used term "cricket player"....

 and captain of the Pakistan women's team. She was announced Player of the Tournament at the 2008 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier

2008 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier

The 2008 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier was an eight-team tournatment held in South Africa in February 2008 to decide the final two qualifiers for the 2009 Women's Cricket World Cup...

, 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.

Personal Life

Alongside her cricketing career, Mir is a full time student. Her favourite cricketers are Waqar Younis

Waqar Younis

Waqar Younis Maitla is a former Pakistani right arm fast bowler in cricket and widely regarded as one of the greatest fast bowlers of all time...

, Jonty Rhodes

Jonty Rhodes

Jonathan Neil "Jonty" Rhodes is a former South African Test and One Day International cricketer who played for the South African cricket team between 1992 and 2003.Rhodes was born in Pietermaritzburg, Natal Province, South Africa...

 and Imran Khan

Imran Khan

Imran Khan Niazi is a Pakistani politician and former Pakistani cricketer, playing international cricket for two decades in the late twentieth century. After retiring, he entered politics...

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Captaincy

On May 4 2009, Mir was handed the Pakistan captaincy

Captain (cricket)

The captain of a cricket team often referred to as the skipper is the appointed leader, having several additional roles and responsibilities over and above those of a regular player...

 for the Women's World Twenty20

2009 ICC Women's World Twenty20

The 2009 ICC Women's World Twenty20 competition took on a different format from that of the men's, having eight teams split into two pools followed directly by the semi-finals and final. All pool stage matches were played at the County Ground in Taunton...

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She had formerly been vice-captain under Urooj Mumtaz

Urooj Mumtaz

Urooj Mumtaz is a female Pakistani cricketer and all-rounder. She plays for the Pakistan national women's cricket team , and played in the Asia XI cricket team. She has participated in 1 test match, 38 ODIs and 9 20Twenty matches. Recently she played vs New Zealand women on 10 May 2010...

, who remained in the squad. Mir's duties as vice-captain were handed over to Nain Abidi

Nain Abidi

Syeda Nain Fatima Abidi , Karachi is an international cricketer from Pakistan.Abidi said "I am very proud to be a Pakistani and to play for my country.I am a strong believer in luck and I find the harder I work the more I have of it."...

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

South Africa

The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...

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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.