Watch: Sophie Devine’s shot hits a bit lady; the batter checks on her in a pleasant gesture

Image Source : SCREENSHOT Sophie Devine (left) with a bit lady after her record-breaking century.
New Zealand girls’s workforce skipper Sophie Devine smashed a 36-ball century in her workforce Wellington Blaze’s huge win over Otago Sparks in New Zealand’s Twenty20 Super Smash on Wednesday.
While her innings shattered many data, one in every of her 9 sixes ended up hitting a bit fan of her having fun with her innings. However, after ending off the match in 9 overs whereas chasing 128, of which she scored 108 in simply 38 deliveries, the White Ferns skipper discovered a while out with the unnamed litte lady and likewise gave her cap as a memento.

In the sport, Devine broke the earlier document held by West Indies’ Deandra Dottin, who scored a 38-ball ton towards South Africa in 2010.
🧢 📸 A hat and a snap. All class from @sophdevine77 post-match. She went and sat with the fan who was hit throughout her innings. Reports say the child is doing properly 🏏#SuperSmashNZ #CricketNation pic.twitter.com/26SMPM5tU8— WHITE FERNS (@WHITE_FERNS) January 14, 2021

Devine’s knock was additionally the quickest T20 century in New Zealand, beating Tim Seifert’s 40-ball effort for Northern Districts in Mount Maunganui in 2017.

It’s additionally the third-fastest Twenty20 century by any New Zealander, behind Martin Guptill’s 35-ball ton for Worcestershire towards Northamptonshire in 2018 and Scott Styris’ 37-ball century in 2012 for Sussex towards Gloucestershire.
Her blazing knock ensured Wellington received the match by 10 wickets within the ninth overs after Sparks managed to place simply 128/7 on the board.
“I was really nervous this morning. Whenever you have a bit of an extended break away from the game, you get nervous about (whether) you can come back into it. So it was just (nice) to spend some time in the middle and get a few out of the screws,” Devine was quoted as saying by New Zealand Herald.
“For me it was nearly taking part in good cricket – to know the place my gaps have been, making an attempt to control the sector … I felt I knew the place they have been making an attempt to bowl so if I might manipulate myself across the crease, I might open up areas of the sector, so, yeah, I’m happy with the way in which it went immediately.
“Sometimes I can get a little bit carried away … and I get a bit over eager and play some rash shots so it was nice to stick to some decent cricket shots today and finish the job.”