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Pho<strong>to</strong> courtesy of Pho<strong>to</strong> Sport<br />
52<br />
Welling<strong>to</strong>n Women’s <strong>Cricket</strong>er<br />
of the Year - Sophie Devine<br />
Sophie Devine deservedly won the Welling<strong>to</strong>n Women’s<br />
<strong>Cricket</strong>er of the Year award. Sophie’s batting was outstanding<br />
and she had several wonderful knocks that saved the Blaze<br />
from tricky situations and also assisted in winning games<br />
where defeat looked more than possible. One example was<br />
her 67 against Canterbury at the start of the domestic season<br />
when she and Liz Perry (49*) added 119* in 20 overs for the<br />
sixth wicket. With Liz acting as the accumula<strong>to</strong>r and Sophie<br />
as the hitter, they steered the Blaze <strong>to</strong> a marvelous vic<strong>to</strong>ry in<br />
the 50th over.<br />
Sophie was Welling<strong>to</strong>n’s leading run-scorer in both the<br />
Twenty20 and One-Day competitions, averaging over 44 in<br />
both. In four Twenty20 innings she scored 134 runs and in the<br />
one-dayers made 270 runs in seven innings with a <strong>to</strong>p score<br />
of 73 against Northern Districts.<br />
She had several other memorable innings across both<br />
competitions and is one of the few women players who is<br />
capable of finding the boundary every ball if she is given the<br />
licence <strong>to</strong>.<br />
| <strong>Cricket</strong> Welling<strong>to</strong>n Inc Annual Report<br />
Sophie’s bowling was solid throughout, and she <strong>to</strong>ok 15<br />
wickets in the One-Day competition, including 5-15 against<br />
Canterbury. With the ability <strong>to</strong> throw the ball in hard from the<br />
boundary Sophie is an outstanding fielder and was involved<br />
in some way in most dismissals.<br />
Overall she is a very astute cricketer who works hard on her<br />
fitness and leads by example off the field as well as on it.<br />
Her ability <strong>to</strong> talk about the game and read situations was of<br />
great assistance <strong>to</strong> first time Welling<strong>to</strong>n Blaze captain Megan<br />
Wakefield this summer.<br />
Welling<strong>to</strong>n cricket is fortunate in having her return <strong>to</strong> us from<br />
Christchurch where her family now lives. Sophie enjoys being<br />
involved with the Blaze players and values the experience<br />
in Welling<strong>to</strong>n. If she continues <strong>to</strong> develop as she has done<br />
then there is nothing s<strong>to</strong>pping her becoming one of the <strong>to</strong>p<br />
women’s all-rounders in the world.<br />
Mark Borthwick<br />
Welling<strong>to</strong>n Blaze Coach
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