Sophie Devine confirmed as Captain of New Zealand Women's team

Sophie Devine - Captain of New Zealand Women's team

Strong batsman Sophie Devine has been confirmed as the captain of New Zealand women's team. At the same time, Amy Satherweight, who is returning from maternity leave, is chosen by the board to play the role of vice-captain. Sophie Devine took over the White Ferns captaincy in an interim last season, but now she has been offered captaincy on a full-time basis due to her strong leadership.

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After Maternity Leave, Satterthwaite's return to the New Zealand team will form a major part of the leadership group as the team prepares for the ICC Women's Cricket World Cup 2021 to be held in New Zealand early next year. Sophie Devine has said of full time captaincy, "It is a great honor and privilege to captain the New Zealand team, which I am honored to be."

Divine further added, "I thoroughly enjoyed my time as a captain last season. It was challenging at times in terms of results, but I think we as a team are both in our cricket and our team culture We are headed in the right direction. I am very keen to work with Amy, who has an exceptional cricketing mind and I think that we have a strong leadership in combination with a well established leadership group. Can form a partnership. "

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On the other hand, Amy Satherweight has said that being a captain of WHITE FERNS is a great privilege. She has said, "I want to come back to international cricket and will try my best to support Sophie and the team." New Zealand Cricket Board chief executive David White said he was delighted to see Satherweight return to international cricket and such an important leadership role with Divine.