1. Sophie Frances Monique Devine was born on 1 September 1989 and is a New Zealand sportswoman, who has represented New Zealand in both cricket for the New Zealand national women's cricket team, and in field hockey as a member of the New Zealand women's national field hockey team.
Sophie Devine is known for not wearing a helmet when batting, a rarity in 21st century cricket.
In July 2020, Devine was appointed as the captain of the New Zealand women's cricket team on a full-time basis, taking over from Amy Satterthwaite.
In September 2021, in the second match against England, Sophie Devine played in her 100th WT20I.
Sophie 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.
Sophie Devine began to play cricket and hockey at the age of four and wanted to become an All Black.
Sophie Devine started playing senior women's hockey at age 14 and made her first-class cricket debut as a 14-year-old.
Sophie 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.
Sophie Devine was in a home economics class at Tawa College when the White Ferns coach, Steve Jenkin, gave her the news.
Sophie Devine took over when captain Amy Satterthwaite went on maternity leave.
On 10 February 2020, in the fourth WT20I match against South Africa, Sophie Devine scored her first century in a WT20I match.
In New Zealand's first match of the Women's T20 World Cup, against Sri Lanka, Sophie Devine became the first cricketer, male or female, to make six consecutive scores of fifty or more in T20I cricket.
Sophie Devine was the leading run-scorer for New Zealand in the tournament, with 132 runs in four matches.
In November 2020, Sophie Devine was nominated for the ICC Women's T20I Cricketer of the Decade award.
In June 2022, Sophie Devine was named as the captain of New Zealand's team for the cricket tournament at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England.
Sophie Devine was named as captain of the New Zealand squad for their ODI tour to India in October 2024.
On 11 July 2015, Sophie Devine broke the international record for the fastest Twenty20 half century, and fastest 70 runs, and included scoring 32 off one over in the first match against India.
Sophie Devine holds the record for scoring the fastest ever fifty in Women's Twenty20 International history.
In February 2013, in a return to international cricket after an absence of two-and-a-half years, Sophie 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.
Sophie Devine combined with Suzie Bates in a 128-run partnership, and followed up with partnerships of 64 with Sara McGlashan and 102 with Nicola Browne.
Some five years later, in the course of just 10 matches between October 2017 and July 2018, Sophie Devine made her next four ODI centuries, against four different opponents, in four different countries.
Sophie Devine scored no further international centuries until 2020, when she made her maiden T20I ton, against South Africa at home.
Each player scored a century; Sophie Devine finished with 137 runs, including 17 fours and two sixes, from just 121 balls.