She has now recorded six T20s, four of which have arrived since the beginning of 2020
Wellington Women 131 for 0 (Devine 108 *) beat Otago Women 128 for 7 (Jensen 35, Jess Kerr 2-15, Kasperek 2-20) with 10 wikis
Sophie Devine hit the women ‘s fastest T20 century with 36 members for Wellington against Otago in Dunedin. Devine 108’s unbeaten loss off 38 balls was also the fastest Super Smash era, for men or women, in Wellington’s 10-wicket win as they stormed past the 129 target in less than nine petals.
In her first match of the tournament this season after returning from the WBBL in Australia, New Zealand captain Devine broke Deandra Dottin’s 38-year record from 2010 against South Africa, and with the her sixth-century T20, she also said, surpassing Suzie Bates (five) and Alyssa Healy (five) on the T20 hundreds-plus cricket list in women’s cricket. It was also Devine’s fourth T20 hundred since the start of 2020, following his centuries in the Super Smash last year, against South Africa at home in February 2020, and for the Perth Scorchers in the WBBL in the November.
Devine’s knock on Thursday was full of nine sixes and as many as four. After Otago managed 128 for 7 with a quick 35 off 26 from No. 4 Hayley Jensen, Devine tore into the opponent with a 21-ball fifty that powered Wellington to 82 for 0 in the powerplay and 43-ball standout, where Devine had 85 runs. in the company of her opening companion and captain Maddy Green. In just over half an hour into the innards, Devine had tuned his line with seven fours and nine sixes.
Devine was particularly brutal in the third when she beat Jensen for two fours and as many as six, and Green finished the rest with a six that took the lead to 28. Then Devine finished fifth with four and six to she reached her half-century, followed by three sixes in the seventh over to lead her team past 100. She then took on Emma Black in ninth place to go six and two fours on three. direct delivery that sealed the win for Wellington.
When asked how she felt about a pub like this after she returned to the field after the rape quarantine breach, Devine said: “I was really sad today, I think when you get a little rest further away from the game you get nervous about whether you can get back into it. So it’s good to just spend some time in the middle and get a little out of the scratches.
“For me it was just about playing smart cricket so knowing where the gaps were was, trying to handle the field. I knew where they were bowling so I could to handle myself around the crest, I would open areas of the field.Good with how it went today.
“Sometimes I get a little bit away and we’re very likely we’ve seen it a little bit, and I get a little too active and play some brutal pictures. So it’s good to stick to some of cricket pictures today and finish the job. “
With their fourth win from five games, Wellington leads the points table with 16 points.
The record for the fastest men’s T20n era is held by Chris Gayle, who reached the three-digit score in 30 balls, playing for the Royal Challengers Bangalore against the Pune Warriors in the 2013 IPL.