No stranger to crossing the three-figure mark, New Zealand star Sophie Devine smashed the fastest hundred in the history of women’s T20 cricket. She brought up the landmark in 36 balls in New Zealand’s Super Smash competition, to beat the record held by West Indies player Deandra Dottin.
With her sixth century in the shortest format, no woman has now scored a faster T20 century than New Zealand star Sophie Devine and no woman has scored more centuries in the shortest format. She equalled the mark held by England’s Danny Wyatt.
She helped her side Wellington thrash Otago by overcoming a target of 129 inside 10 overs of the run-chase. Incredibly, Devine had just come out of quarantine after returning from Australia and took no time to find her groove.
“I was really nervous this morning, I think when you have a bit of an extended break away from the game you get nervous about can you come back into it. So it’s nice just to spend some time in the middle and get a few out of the screws,” she is quoted as saying ESPNCricinfo.
She also won hearts with her concern for a fan in the crowds.
🧢 📸 A hat and a snap.
All class from @sophdevine77 post-match. She went and sat with the fan who was hit during her innings.
Reports say the kid is doing well 🏏#SuperSmashNZ #CricketNation pic.twitter.com/26SMPM5tU8
— WHITE FERNS (@WHITE_FERNS) January 14, 2021
Here are some reactions to the innings:
Sophie Devine now has the fastest century in women’s T20 history 🤯
36 balls Sophie Devine WEL v OTA, 2021
38 balls Deandra Dottin WI v SA, 2010#SuperSmashNZ #cricketnation pic.twitter.com/F5SPt6IcsC— Dream11 Super Smash (@SuperSmashNZ) January 14, 2021
Sophie Devine!!! What was that innings?! 🤯🤯🤯 Looked like she was playing a video game. #SuperSmashNZ
— Ananya Upendran (@a_upendran11) January 14, 2021
1 2 3 4 . 4 . . 1 4 4 6 6 1 2 1 1 . 1 4 6 6 4 . 4 1 6 6 1 6 . 6 . 2 1 6 4 4
The No.1 T20I all-rounder, Sophie Devine, smashed a 38-ball 108* for Wellington Blaze, setting a new record of the fastest women’s T20 century 💥
📸 @SuperSmashNZ pic.twitter.com/yoAwOoqGDi
— ICC (@ICC) January 14, 2021
36 – Sophie Devine’s 36-ball century today in the T20 #SuperSmashNZ is the fastest hundred in women’s T20 cricket, surpassing Deandra Dottin (38 balls for West Indies v South Africa, May 2010). Rocket. pic.twitter.com/cLpk8nj3qY
— OptaJason (@OptaJason) January 14, 2021
She’s done it!
Fastest women’s T20 hundred:
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36 Sophie Devine (WEL) v OTA today
38 Deandra Dottin (WI) v SA, 2010 (the first women’s T20 hundred)
42 Grace Harris (HEA) v STA, 2018#SuperSmashNZ— hypocaust (@_hypocaust) January 14, 2021
That cricket ball, for sure, was forced to have wings. Sophie Devine-🙏🏾https://t.co/SplhgHv6bD
— Shikha Pandey (@shikhashauny) January 14, 2021
Sophie Devine’s 36-ball hundred against Otago is the fastest century in Women’s T20. Deandra Dottin’s 38-ball century against South Africa in 2010 was the previous record.
This was Devine’s fourth T20 hundred since 2020!#SuperSmashNZ
— ESPNcricinfo stats (@ESPNcric_stats) January 14, 2021
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