Sophie Devine

Sophie Devine

Devine as a Black Stick Women member
Personal information
Full name	Sophie Frances Monique Devine
Born	(1989-09-01) 1 September 1989 (age 27) Porirua, New Zealand
Batting style	Right-handed
Bowling style	Right-arm Medium
International information
National side	New Zealand
ODI shirt no.	77

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. 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 is known for not wearing a helmet when batting, a rarity in 21-century cricket.

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 fo 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 for 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.