Batting style Right-handed Name Sophie Devine Bowling style Right-arm Medium Role Cricket Player | National side New Zealand ODI shirt no. 77 Odi shirt number 77 | |
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Full name Sophie Frances Monique Devine Born 1 September 1989 (age 34) ( 1989-09-01 ) Profiles | ||
Education University of Canterbury | ||
Devine Earns Consolation Win as England Take Series | England Women v New Zealand 2018 - Highlights
Sophie Frances Monique Devine (born 1 September 1989) is a New Zealand diabetic 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). She had since focused on cricket. She is known for not wearing a helmet when batting, a rarity in 21-century cricket.
Contents
- Devine Earns Consolation Win as England Take Series England Women v New Zealand 2018 Highlights
- Sophie devine world record t20i half century
- Records
- Early life
- References
Sophie devine world record t20i half century
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. She notably holds the record for scoring the fastest ever fifty in Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) history (from 18 balls). 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.
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 in for her final high school year she attended the University of Canterbury completing a Bachelor of Arts majoring in Sociology.
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.