Sophie Devine

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.[http://www.sportsground.co.nz/sophiedevine/82066/ Sophie Devine] sportsground.co.nz . Retrieved 28 January 2017

File:2020 ICC W T20 WC NZ v SL 02-22 Devine (01).jpg|alt=Devine batting for New Zealand during the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup]]

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.[http://www.blackcaps.co.nz/white-ferns/sophie-devine Sophie Devine profile], Cricket New Zealand, Retrieved 28 January 2017

In November 2018, she was named in the Adelaide Strikers' squad for the 2018–19 Women's Big Bash League season.{{cite web|url=https://www.cricket.com.au/news/wbbl-04-all-you-need-to-know-guide-tv-schedule-squads-when-fantasy-best-players/2018-11-30 |title=WBBL04: All you need to know guide |work=Cricket Australia |access-date=30 November 2018}}{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/25412608/the-full-squads-wbbl |title=The full squads for the WBBL |work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=30 November 2018}} In March 2019, she was named as the ANZ International Women's T20 Player of the Year at the annual New Zealand Cricket awards.{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/26319686/williamson-awarded-sir-richard-hadlee-medal-named-nz-player-year |title=Williamson named NZ Player of the Year at ANZ Awards |work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=21 March 2019}} She also took over when captain Amy Satterthwaite went on maternity leave.{{Cite web|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/cricket/118828702/sophie-devine-named-new-white-ferns-captain-taking-over-from-amy-satterthwaite|title=Sophie Devine named new White Ferns captain, replacing Amy Satterthwaite|website=Stuff |date=16 January 2020|language=en|access-date=2020-01-17}}

In January 2020, she was named as the captain of New Zealand's squad for the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup in Australia.{{cite web|url= https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/1591861 |title=Lea Tahuhu returns to New Zealand squad for T20 World Cup |work=International Cricket Council |access-date=29 January 2020}} On 10 February 2020, in the fourth WT20I match against South Africa, Devine scored her first century in a WT20I match.{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/19324/report/1187720/new-zealand-women-vs-south-africa-women-4th-t20i-south-africa-women-in-nz-2019-20 |title=Sophie Devine's maiden T20I century seals series for New Zealand |work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=10 February 2020}} In the same match, she became the first cricketer (male or female) to make five consecutive scores of fifty or more in T20Is.{{cite web|url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/1608676 |title= New Zealand claim T20I series 3–1 as rain plays spoilsport |work=International Cricket Council |access-date=13 February 2020}} In New Zealand's first match of the Women's T20 World Cup, against Sri Lanka, Devine became the first cricketer, male or female, to make six consecutive scores of fifty or more in T20I cricket.{{cite web|url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/1618650 |title=Devine's sixth T20I fifty in a row seals New Zealand win |work=International Cricket Council |access-date=22 February 2020}} She was the leading run-scorer for New Zealand in the tournament, with 132 runs in four matches.{{cite web|url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/averages/batting_bowling_by_team.html?id=12877;team=2614;type=tournament |title=ICC Women's T20 World Cup, 2019/20 – New Zealand Women: Batting and bowling averages |work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=3 March 2020}}

In November 2020, Devine was nominated for the ICC Women's T20I Cricketer of the Decade award.{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/30385388/virat-kohli,-kane-williamson,-steven-smith,-joe-root-nominated-icc-men-cricketer-decade-award |title=Virat Kohli, Kane Williamson, Steven Smith, Joe Root nominated for ICC men's cricketer of the decade award |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=25 November 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/media-releases/1908769 |title=ICC Awards of the Decade announced |work=International Cricket Council |access-date=25 November 2020}} In February 2022, she was named as the captain of New Zealand's team for the 2022 Women's Cricket World Cup in New Zealand.{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/womens-odi-world-cup-2022-leigh-kasperek-left-out-of-new-zealands-odi-world-cup-squad-1299689 |title=Leigh Kasperek left out of New Zealand's ODI World Cup squad |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=3 February 2022}}

In April 2022, she was picked by the Birmingham Phoenix for the 2022 season of The Hundred in England.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/60477088 |title=The Hundred 2022: latest squads as Draft picks revealed |work=BBC Sport |access-date=5 April 2022}} In June 2022, Devine was named as the captain of New Zealand's team for the cricket tournament at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England.{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/nz-women-cwg-2022-squad-eden-carson-izzy-gaze-earn-maiden-new-zealand-call-ups-to-commonwealth-games-1318768 |title=Eden Carson, Izzy Gaze earn maiden New Zealand call-ups for Commonwealth Games |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=20 May 2022}}

In the inaugural season of the Women's Premier League in 2023, Devine was bought by Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) at the price of 50 Lakhs.{{Cite news |title=WPL Auction: NZ captain Sophie Devine becomes first foreigner to be sold, fetches Rs 50 lakh from RCB |work=India Today |editor-last=Tripathi |editor-first=Anuj |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/cricket/story/wpl-auction-sophie-devine-sold-to-rcb-for-50-lakh-2334126-2023-02-13 |access-date=21 February 2023}}

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In September 2024 she was named as captain of the New Zealand squad for the 2024 ICC Women's T20 World Cup{{cite web|url=https://www.nzc.nz/news-items/devine-and-bates-set-for-ninth-consecutive-t20-world-cup/ |title=Devine and Bates set for ninth consecutive T20 World Cup |work=New Zealand Cricket |access-date=3 October 2024}} where they won the tournament.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/articles/c0lwddy423do|title=Bates and Devine's crowning moment in World Cup of hope|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=21 October 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/women-s-t20-world-cup-2024-sophie-devine-suzie-bates-lea-tahuhu-amelia-kerr-on-new-zealand-s-win-1456320|title=Devine on New Zealand's T20 World Cup win: 'Hard to put into words what it means'|publisher=ESPNCricinfo|accessdate=21 October 2024}} Devine's individual highlight at the event was scoring 57 not out in the group stage win over India.{{cite web|url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/tournaments/womens-t20-worldcup/news/live-india-take-on-new-zealand-in-icc-women-s-t20-world-cup-2024|title=New Zealand consign India to heavy loss in Dubai demolition|publisher=Intercontinental Cricket Council|accessdate=21 October 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/icc-women-s-t20-world-cup-2024-25-1432420/india-women-vs-new-zealand-women-4th-match-group-a-1432425/match-report|title=New Zealand shoot India out for 102 amid high drama to script big win|publisher=ESPNCricinfo|accessdate=21 October 2024}}

Devine was named as captain of the New Zealand squad for their ODI tour to India in October 2024.{{cite web|url=https://www.nzc.nz/news-items/inglis-earns-maiden-white-ferns-call-up-down-continues-odi-returnzww/|title=Inglis earns maiden WHITE FERNS call-up - Down continues ODI return|publisher=New Zealand Cricket|accessdate=9 November 2024}}

On 11 July 2015, Devine broke the international record (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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpxwAXyqyeo|title=Sophie Devine World Record T20i Half Century|access-date=27 November 2021|publisher=YouTube}} She holds the record for scoring the fastest ever fifty in Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) history (from 18 balls).{{Cite news|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/408921.html|title=Records {{!}} Women's Twenty20 Internationals {{!}} Batting records {{!}} Fastest fifties {{!}} ESPNcricinfo|work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=2017-06-09}}[http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=11479609 Watch: Kiwi cricketer slams fastest ever 50] NZ Herald Retrieved 24 August 2017 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.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/40543869|title=Women's World Cup: Sophie Devine hits nine sixes to break world record|work=BBC Sport|access-date=8 July 2017}}[https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/cricket/94536372/sophie-devine-smashes-white-ferns-to-easy-win-over-pakistan It's 'boom town' as world record six-hitter Sophie Devine smashes White Ferns to win] stuff.co.nz Retrieved 24 August 2017 In 2020, she became the first player (male or female) to score fifties in 6 consecutive T20Is.{{Cite web|url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/284100.html|title=Records | Women's Twenty20 Internationals | Batting records | Fifties in consecutive innings |work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=27 November 2021}} In January 2021, she broke the women's T20 record for the fastest century, scoring 100 in 36 balls for Wellington Blaze against Otago Sparks in the 2020–21 Super Smash.{{cite news| url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/55658875| title= Sophie Devine hits 36-ball hundred – fastest in women's T20 cricket| work=BBC Sport| date=14 January 2021}}

In February 2013, in a return to international cricket after an absence of two-and-a-half years, Devine scored her maiden international century, 145 runs from 131 balls, in New Zealand's opening match of the 2013 Women's Cricket World Cup against South Africa. She also combined with Suzie Bates in a 128-run partnership, and followed up with partnerships of 64 with Sara McGlashan and 102 with Nicola Browne.{{cite news |title=Devine's ton helps New Zealand crush South Africa by 150 runs in Women's World Cup |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/icc-womens-world-cup-2013/news/devines-ton-helps-new-zealand-crush-south-africa-by-150-runs-in-womens-world-cup/articleshow/18290744.cms |access-date=2023-04-21 |work=The Times of India |agency=PTI |date=2013-02-01}}{{cite news |last1=Anderson |first1=Merryn |title=Sophie Devine's terrible first century |url=https://www.newsroom.co.nz/lockerroom/sophie-devines-terrible-first-century |access-date=2023-04-21 |work=LockerRoom |date=1 March 2022 |language=en-AU}} During the innings, Devine hit 13 fours and six sixes, although she later said, "I couldn’t find the middle of the bat. I felt really scratchy, like I was never in really good flow."

Some five years later, in the course of just 10 matches between October 2017 and July 2018, Devine made her next four ODI centuries, against four different opponents, in four different countries.{{cite web |title=All-round records {{!}} Women's One-Day Internationals {{!}} ESPNcricinfo Statsguru {{!}} ESPNcricinfo.com – Sophie Devine|url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/231740.html?class=9;template=results;type=allround;view=match |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=2023-04-21 }} She scored no further international centuries until 2020, when she made her maiden T20I ton, against South Africa at home.{{cite web |title=All-round records {{!}} Women's Twenty20 Internationals {{!}} ESPNcricinfo Statsguru {{!}} ESPNcricinfo.com – Sophie Devine|url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/231740.html?class=10;template=results;type=allround;view=match |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=1 November 2021}} On that occasion, she shared in another big partnership – of 142 – with Bates, and in another victory for New Zealand. "I know I was a little bit lucky in that knock,” she said later. "I think I got dropped a couple of times, but you sort of ride that."

In March 2022, she made a further WODI century, against the West Indies during the 2022 Women's Cricket World Cup, also in New Zealand.

On 30 June 2023, she combined with Amelia Kerr in a 229-run partnership to lead New Zealand to a 116-run victory in the second of a three-ODI bilateral series against Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka. It was the third-highest partnership by New Zealand's women for any wicket in ODIs. Each player scored a century; Devine finished with 137 runs, including 17 fours and two sixes, from just 121 balls.{{cite web |author1=ESPNcricinfo staff |title=Kerr and Devine tons lead New Zealand fightback to draw level |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/icc-women-s-championship-2022-23-2025-1308225/sri-lanka-women-vs-new-zealand-women-2nd-odi-1379758/match-report |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=2023-07-07 |language=en |date=2023-06-30}}{{cite web |last1=Tailor |first1=Yash |title=Amelia Kerr and Sophie Devine's 229 Run Partnership helps New Zealand level ODI series 1-1 |url=https://femalecricket.com/new-zealand-tour-of-sri-lanka-2023/32887-amelia-kerr-and-sophie-devines-229-run-partnership-helps-new-zealand-level-odi-series-1-1.html |website=Female Cricket |access-date=2023-07-07 |date=2023-07-01}}

• List of centuries in women's One Day International cricket
• List of centuries in women's Twenty20 International cricket

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