Sophie Devine represented New Zealand Women in 159 ODIs and 158 T20Is in a career spanning nearly two decades, and achieved various milestones while at it.

Key records across internationals

5 - Devine is among the five cricketers in Women's international cricket to have achieved the double of 5000-plus runs and 200-plus wickets, alongside Ellyse Perry, Stafanie Taylor, Hayley Matthews and Marizanne Kapp.

5000-plus runs and 200-plus wickets in Women's international cricket

317 international appearances for Devine, a number matched by Heather Knight and exceeded by four others in the Women's game: Harmanpreet Kaur (372), Suzie Bates (370), Ellyse Perry (361) and Mithali Raj (333).

19 years, 252 days - Devine's career spanned nearly two decades, and is the fourth-longest for New Zealand, after Debbie Hockley (21y 332d), Vera Burt (20y 335d) and Bates (20y 115d).

120 matches across formats as captain for Devine, second only to Suzie Bates (151) for New Zealand. Overall, she ranks joint 10th in this list, which is led by Charlotte Edwards (220) and Harmanpreet Kaur (201).

10 international hundreds for Devine: nine in ODIs and one in T20Is. She's among the 13 players to have got 10 or more tons across formats and only Bates (14) has got more for the White Ferns.

4554partnership runs between Bates and Devine, the second-most in Women's internationals after 5466 between Smriti Mandhana and Shafali Verma (for any wicket). The Laura Wolvaardt and Tazmin Brits pair ranks third in this list with 4455.

Career - at a glance

Devine made her international debut at the age of 17y 47d in a T20I against Australia at the Allan Border Field, Brisbane in October 2006, and remains the sixth-youngest debutant for her country across formats.

Her career, on the batting front, has been a tale of two halves, with significant upgrades in both formats since January 2017 compared to what it was earlier. The T20I bowling numbers however, suffered a dip.

Sophie Devine in Women's internationals

Her best in both formats came against South Africa.

Devine against South Africa in ODIs and T20Is

*the numbers in brackets indicate overall career averages

ODI records

4279 - Devine is one of the four New Zealanders to have aggregated 4000-plus ODI runs alongside Bates (5982), Amy Satterthwaite (4639) and Hockley (4064). Her 159 appearances and nine hundreds are the second-most for New Zealand, with Bates leading both those counts (184 and 13 respectively).

1- Devine is the only bowler in Women's ODI history to bag over 100 wickets (111) without a single four-wicket haul, well clear of the next best 78 by Catherine Campbell. Amelia Kerr (129) and Lea Tahuhu (125) are the only others with 100-plus ODI wickets for the White Ferns.

3- Only three players have achieved a double of 4000-plus runs and 100-plus wickets in Women's ODIs: Stafanie Taylor (6132, 157), Ellyse Perry (4581, 166) and Devine (4279, 111).

19y 4d - Devine's career span is the sixth-longest in Women's ODIs, after Mithali Raj (22y 274d), Jhulan Goswami (20y 261d), Bates (20y 73d*), Clare Shillington (19y 195d) and Janette Brittin (19y 42d).

T20Is

19y 252d - Devine's career span in the T20Is is comfortably the longest for anyone - male or female - followed by Sikandar Raza (19y 73d) in the men's game. Bates (18y 321d), Shabnim Ismail (18y 319d), and Perry (18y 142d) are the next three on the list in Women's T20Is.

3817 - Her aggregate of 3817 T20I runs is the fifth-highest in the format, after Bates (4758), Smriti Mandhana (4500), Harmanpreet Kaur (4160) and Chamari Athapaththu (3924).

3- Devine is one of the three players to register a T20I hundred for New Zealand Women, alongside Kerr (twice) and Bates (once). Coincidentally, all four came while captaining the side.

9- As for all Women's T20s, Devine registered nine hundreds, no one else has more. Four of those came in the WBBL, three in Women's Super Smash and one each in internationals and the Women's CPL. In addition, she is the only batter to have been dismissed for 99 in the WPL (Georgia Voll has an unbeaten 99 to her name), and is one of the two to have been unbeaten on 99 in the WBBL, alongside Beth Mooney.

10- The all-rounder registered 10 50-plus scores against South Africa in T20Is, the most for anyone against an opponent, followed by nine each for Smirti Mandhana against England and Beth Mooney against India. Overall, Devine's 25 50-plus scores is the fifth-most in the format, only bettered by Mandhana (36), Mooney (31), Bates (29) and Danni Wyatt-Hodge (26).

6- Devine is the only cricketer - male or female - to register 50-plus scores in six consecutive T20I innings, a run that started in February 2019 and extended all the way to the T20 World Cup the following year in Australia. No other Women's cricketer has got more than four on the trot, while the men's record belongs to Sikandar Raza (5).

5- She is one of the six players with a double of 2000-plus runs and 100-plus wickets in Women's T20Is (3817, 130), alongside Hayley Matthews (3352, 129), Perry (2424, 131), Nida Dar (2091, 144), Amelia Kerr (2049, 111) and Esha Oza (3403, 100).

One of the key aspects of her T20I career was she was equally impactful in the first innings and the second - both with the bat and the ball.

Devine in T20Is - Batting

Bowling

2556partnership runs between Bates and Devine is the fourth-highest aggregate for a pair (for any wicket) in Women's T20Is. The two combined for 732 runs including three century stands against South Africa - both highest for a pair against an opponent in the format. Their five century stands is also the second-most.

2000-plus partnership runs in Women's T20Is (any wicket)

6- With 883 runs and 31 wickets, Devine is one of the seven players to have achieved a double of 500-plus runs and 25-plus wickets in the Women's T20 World Cup, alongside Stafanie Taylor (1104, 33), Deandra Dottin (842, 32), Perry (630, 44), Marizanne Kapp (556, 37), Hayley Matthews (623, 25) and (Nat Sciver-Brunt (832, 26).

35y 49d - Devine's age on the day New Zealand lifted their only T20 World Cup title, with a 32-run win over South Africa in Dubai in 2024. She's the second-oldest to feature in a Women's T20 WC final, after Bates (37y 34d).