Sophie Devine has become the first player in the world to score 10 innings of 50+ against a single opponent in either women’s or men’s Twenty20 Internationals.
She scored one century and nine half-centuries in 19 T20 innings against South Africa.
Thus, Devine broke the record of Babar Azam scoring 50+ runs against New Zealand, Smriti Mandhana against England and Beth Mooney against India on nine occasions.
Sophie Devine is a player who always breaks such records, and this is just one of them.
She is currently 36 years old and has been playing international cricket for New Zealand for 20 years. Devine is a player who has represented New Zealand in both hockey and cricket.
New Zealand won the 2024 Women’s Twenty20 World Cup, the only women’s or men’s Twenty20 World Cup, under her leadership.
Sophie Devine played in her 150th Twenty20 International match yesterday. She became the 10th player in the world to play 150 matches and the 15th player on the list of players to play 150 matches in women’s or men’s Twenty20.
Her 64 runs yesterday also entered the record books as the second-highest score by a player, male or female, in her 150th T20I match.
With 3587 runs in 150 T20Is, Sophie Devine is the fifth-highest run-scorer in women’s T20Is and the second-highest run-scorer for New Zealand in both men’s and women’s T20Is.
She is also the player who has played the second-most T20Is for New Zealand. Devine is second only to Susie Bates in most of these.
Sophie is also the highest wicket-taker for New Zealand in T20Is, with 127 wickets.
Then Sophie Devine holds the record for the fastest half-century in a women’s T20 match. She completed her half-century in 18 balls against India in 2015.
As mentioned earlier, breaking records is a normal thing for Devine. Sophie Devine’s name is mentioned everywhere, regardless of whether it is women’s or men’s cricket records.
Today, these are just a few of the T20 records. There are many more records and she has a similar record in ODIs as well.
Sophie Devine’s value in the T20 format is clear from the money that teams in leagues like WBBL, WPL, Hundred have bid for her. In the last The Hundred Auction, the Welsh Fire team bought her for £210,000. At present, she is the most valuable all-rounder in women’s cricket, and she is not wrong.
She is currently retired from ODI cricket. She will also bid a complete farewell to international cricket in the upcoming Twenty20 World Cup.
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