Sophie Devine

Sophie Devine
Devine playing for Adelaide Strikers, 2018
Personal information
Full name Sophie Frances Monique Devine
Born (1989-09-01) 1 September 1989
Porirua, New Zealand
Batting Right-handed[1]
Bowling Right-arm Medium[1]
International information
National side
ODI debut 22 October 2006 v Australia
Last ODI 13 July 2018 v England
ODI shirt no. 77
T20I debut 18 October 2006 v Australia
Last T20I 5 October 2018 v Australia
Career statistics
Competition WODI WT20I
Matches 84 60
Runs scored 1635 1171
Batting average 25.95 24.39
100s/50s 1/8 0/3
Top score 145 70
Balls bowled 3079 930
Wickets 58 57
Bowling average 37.93 15.82
5 wickets in innings 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0
Best bowling 3/38 4/22
Catches/stumpings 22/- 25/-
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 5 October 2018

Sophie Frances Monique Devine (born 1 September 1989) is a New Zealand sportswoman, who has represented New Zealand in both cricket as the vice-captain of the New Zealand national women's cricket team (the White Ferns), and in field hockey as a member of the New Zealand women's national field hockey team (the Black Sticks Women).[2] She had since focused on cricket.[3] She is known for not wearing a helmet when batting, a rarity in 21-century cricket. In December 2017, she was named as one of the players in the ICC Women's T20I Team of the Year.[4]

In August 2018, she was awarded a central contract by New Zealand Cricket, following the tours of Ireland and England in the previous months.[5][6] In October 2018, she was named in New Zealand's squad for the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 tournament in the West Indies.[7][8]

Records

On 11 July 2015, Devine broke the international record (men or women) for the fastest Twenty20 half century (from 18 balls), and fastest 70 runs (from 22 balls), and included scoring 32 off one over in the first match against India.[9] She notably holds the record for scoring the fastest ever fifty in Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) history (from 18 balls).[10][11] During a match against Pakistan at the 2017 Women's Cricket World Cup, Devine became the first woman to hit nine sixes in Women's One-day International cricket.[12][13]

Early life

Devine was born in Kenepuru hospital, Porirua, New Zealand, and grew up in Tawa, a northern suburb of Wellington, New Zealand, where she attended Greenacres School and Tawa College. She began to play cricket and hockey at the age of four and wanted to become an All Black. At Tawa College, she played cricket mainly in the boys' teams including representative Wellington age group teams and the Tawa College boys first 11 and she played in the boys premier hockey team for the Tawa club. In her last year at Tawa College, she was awarded the bowling 'wicket' for the most wickets in the season. A previous winner was Black Caps Mark Gillespie. She started playing Senior women's hockey at age 14 and made her first-class cricket debut as a 14-year-old. At the end of 2006, Devine shifted to Christchurch with her family when her father was relocated with his work. After attending Rangi Ruru Girls' School for her final high school year she attended the University of Canterbury completing a Bachelor of Arts majoring in Sociology.[14]

Devine was selected for the New Zealand women's national cricket team, the White Ferns, at age 17 and became one of the youngest-ever members of the team. She was in a home economics class at Tawa College when the White Ferns coach, Steve Jenkin, gave her the news.[15]

References

  1. 1 2 "Sophie Devine – New Zealand Cricket – Cricket Players and Officials – ESPN Cricinfo". ESPN Sports Media Ltd. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
  2. ↑ "Sophie Devine – Profile". Hockey New Zealand. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
  3. ↑ "Devine, the double international".
  4. ↑ "Ellyse Perry declared ICC's Women's Cricketer of the Year". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
  5. ↑ "Rachel Priest left out of New Zealand women contracts". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
  6. ↑ "Four new players included in White Ferns contract list". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
  7. ↑ "New Zealand women pick spin-heavy squads for Australia T20Is, World T20". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  8. ↑ "White Ferns turn to spin in big summer ahead". New Zealand Cricket. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  9. ↑ Sophie Devine World Record T20i Half Century
  10. ↑ "Records | Women's Twenty20 Internationals | Batting records | Fastest fifties | ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2017-06-09.
  11. ↑ Watch: Kiwi cricketer slams fastest ever 50 NZ Herald Retrieved 24 August 2017
  12. ↑ "Women's World Cup: Sophie Devine hits nine sixes to break world record". BBC. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
  13. ↑ It's 'boom town' as world record six-hitter Sophie Devine smashes White Ferns to win stuff.co.nz Retrieved 24 August 2017
  14. ↑ Sophie Devine sportsground.co.nz . Retrieved 28 January 2017
  15. ↑ Sophie Devine profile, Cricket New Zealand, Retrieved 28 January 2017

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