Times of Islamabad

Pakistan’s Sana Mir all set to make history in the World of Cricket

Pakistan’s Sana Mir all set to make history in the World of Cricket

KARACHI: Pakistan women team’s senior player and former captain Sana Mir isall set to achieve a historic record, first ever by any Asian womancricketer.

She will add another feather to her cap on Sunday when she’ll step on thefield for the third T20i against West Indies in Karachi to become firstAsian woman to complete 100 T20Is.

Sana, 33, is one of Pakistan’s most senior women cricketers and has beenrepresenting the country since 2005.

She was part of Pakistan’s inaugural T20I team that played Ireland in 2009at Dublin, since then, she has missed only two T20Is due to an injury.

Sana is only the sixth woman from around the world to complete a century ofT20Is. Daendra Dottin of West Indies leads the list with 109 T20Is to hername.

Among all the women from Asian countries, Sana Mir will be the first toachieve this milestone. She’s followed by Bismah Maroof who has played 94T20Is, while India’s Harampreet Kaur has 93 T20Is to her cricket CV.