Former Pakistan girls’s cricket staff captain Sana Mir rings the bell on the second day of the ICC World Take a look at Championship Closing between Australia and South Africa at Lord’s Cricket Floor in London on June 12, 2025. — Screengrab
LONDON: Sana Mir, former captain of Pakistan’s girls’s cricket staff and a newly inducted ICC Corridor of Famer, was given the honour of ringing the bell at Lord’s on Thursday, marking the beginning of day two of the World Take a look at Championship (WTC) last between Australia and South Africa.
The ceremonial bell ringing, a cherished custom on the ‘Home of Cricket’ since 2007, is carried out by a notable former participant to sign the graduation of each day play in a Take a look at match.
Sana took centre stage to carry out the ritual forward of the second day’s play, symbolising the start of one other action-packed day.
Her look was met with heat applause from fellow cricketers, officers and spectators current at Lord’s.
The WTC last, contested between Australia and South Africa, continued below clear skies as Sana’s symbolic gesture set the tone for one more riveting day of red-ball cricket on the historic floor.
Sana’s bell-ringing honour got here shortly after her induction into the ICC Corridor of Fame, recognising her distinctive worldwide profession.
She represented Pakistan in 226 matches and captained the aspect in over 100 fixtures, turning into a trailblazer for girls’s cricket within the nation.
It’s pertinent to say that Sana was inducted into the ICC Corridor of Fame simply days earlier, turning into the primary girl cricketer from Pakistan to obtain this honour.
The previous off-spinner, who served Pakistan cricket for practically 15 years, can also be solely the 14th feminine cricketer globally to be included within the elite record.
Total, she is the eighth Pakistani cricketer to be inducted into the ICC Corridor of Fame, becoming a member of the ranks of legends reminiscent of Imran Khan, Wasim Akram, Javed Miandad, Abdul Qadir, Zaheer Abbas, Waqar Younis, and Hanif Mohammad.
