Ahead of her side’s ICC Women’s World Cup campaign opener against defending champions Australia, veteran New Zealand star Sophie Devine, playing her fifth and final 50-over WC, said that she is in a “really head space” to play the tournament and feels “comfortable and confident” in her abilities to play and lead the team.

The White Ferns, who have not secured a World Cup title since 2000, their only triumph, will start their campaign against seven-time champions Australia at Indore on Wednesday. Success at the 50-over edition of the tournament has stayed away from Sophie, even though she won the ICC T20 World Cup last year. In 25 WC matches since her debut back in 2009, Devine has scored 669 runs in 22 innings at an average of 31.85 and a strike rate of over 95, with two centuries and two

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