Suzie Bates

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Suzie Bates
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Bates batting for Perth Scorchers during WBBL|02.
Personal information
Full name
Suzannah Wilson Bates
Born (1987-09-16) 16 September 1987 (age 37)
Dunedin, New Zealand
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight arm medium, Right arm off spin
International information
National side
ODI debut(cap  100)4 March 2006 v  India
Last ODI3 July 2023 v  Sri Lanka
T20I debut(cap  19)10 August 2007 v  South Africa
Last T20I11 July 2024 v  England
T20I shirt no.23
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
Representing Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Women's cricket
T20 World Cup
Gold medal icon.svg 2024 UAE
Silver medal icon.svg 2009 England
Silver medal icon.svg 2010 West Indies
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Birmingham Team

Suzannah Wilson Bates (born 16 September 1987) is a New Zealand cricketer and former captain of national women cricket team. Born in Dunedin, she plays domestic cricket for the Otago Sparks, as well as for the White Ferns. She currently holds the highest score and highest batting average in the New Zealand Women's Twenty20 cricket team. She won the ICC Women's ODI Cricketer of the Year in 2013. [1] Bates again won ICC Women's ODI and T20I Cricketer of the Year 2016. [2] [3]

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Basketball

Bates represented New Zealand in Women's basketball during the 2008 Summer Olympics. [4] Suzie played professional basketball for the Christchurch Sirens in the Australian Women's National Basketball League (WNBL), starting 24 games between 2007 and 2008, [5] before moving to the Otago Gold Rush in 2009 and the Logan Thunder (WNBL) in 2009/10.

Bates joined the Otago Nuggets as an assistant coach for the 2021 New Zealand NBL season. [6] [7]

Cricket

Bates batting for New Zealand during the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2020 ICC W T20 WC NZ v SL 02-22 Bates (01).jpg
Bates batting for New Zealand during the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup

On 8 June 2018, she scored her tenth century in WODIs, with 151 runs against Ireland. [8] In the same match, she also became the leading run-scorer for New Zealand Women in WODIs, passing Debbie Hockley's total of 4,064 runs. [9] On 20 June 2018, during the match against South Africa Women in the 2018 England women's Tri-Nation Series, Bates scored her first century in WT20I cricket. [10] In the same match, she also became the leading run-scorer in the format, passing Charlotte Edwards' total of 2,605 runs. [11] In the sixth match of the tri-series, Bates became the second woman, after Jenny Gunn, to play in 100 WT20I matches. [12]

In August 2018, she was awarded a central contract by New Zealand Cricket, following the tours of Ireland and England in the previous months. [13] [14] In September 2018, she stepped down as captain of New Zealand and was replaced by Amy Satterthwaite. [15]

In October 2018, she was named in New Zealand's squad for the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 tournament in the West Indies. [16] [17] Ahead of the tournament, she was named as one of the players to watch. [18] During the tournament, she became the first cricketer, male or female, to score 3,000 runs in Twenty20 International matches. [19] She was the leading run-scorer for New Zealand in the tournament, with 161 runs in four matches. [20] Following the conclusion of the tournament, she was named the standout player in the team by the International Cricket Council (ICC). [21]

In November 2018, she was named in the Adelaide Strikers' squad for the 2018–19 Women's Big Bash League season. [22] [23] In January 2020, she was named in New Zealand's squad for the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup in Australia. [24] In September 2020, in the first match against Australia, Bates took her 50th wicket in WT20I cricket. [25]

In November 2020, Bates was nominated for the Rachael Heyhoe-Flint Award for ICC Female Cricketer of the Decade, and the award for women's ODI cricketer of the decade. [26] [27] In February 2022, she was named in New Zealand's team for the 2022 Women's Cricket World Cup in New Zealand. [28]

In April 2022, Bates was named the Super Smash Player of the Year at the annual Otago Cricket Awards. [29] In June 2022, Bates was named in New Zealand's team for the cricket tournament at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England. [30]

In September 2024 she was named in the New Zealand squad for the 2024 ICC Women's T20 World Cup. [31]

Bates was named in the New Zealand squad for their ODI tour to India in October 2024. [32]

International centuries

As of the conclusion of the 2022 Women's Cricket World Cup, Bates held the record for the most Women's ODI centuries by a New Zealander with 12 in total, and was second only to Meg Lanning of Australia overall. [33] [34] She had also scored a single Women's Twenty20 International century. [35] Her highest ODI and international score was her second ODI century, a score of 168 against Pakistan, at Sydney on 19 March 2009, made during the 2009 Women's Cricket World Cup. [34]

In October 2013, Bates became the sole holder of the record for the most Women's ODI centuries by a New Zealander, which she had previously shared with Debbie Hockley, when she recorded her fifth century, a score of 110 against the West Indies at Sabina Park, Jamaica. [33] [36] [37]

One Day International centuries [38]
No.RunsOpponentsCity/CountryVenueYear
1122Flag of India.svg  India Chennai, India MA Chidambaram Stadium 2007 [39]
2168Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Sydney, Australia Drummoyne Oval 2009 [40]
3122* Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Sydney, Australia Sydney Cricket Ground 2012 [41]
4102Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Cuttack, India DRIEMS Ground 2013 [42]
5110WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies Kingston, Jamaica Sabina Park 2013 [43]
6106Flag of England.svg  England Mount Maunganui, New Zealand Bay Oval 2015 [44]
7110Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Mount Maunganui, New Zealand Bay Oval 2016 [45]
8106* Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka Bristol, England County Ground 2017 [46]
9101* WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies Lincoln, New Zealand Bert Sutcliffe Oval 2018 [47]
10151Cricket Ireland flag.svg  Ireland Dublin, Ireland YMCA Cricket Club 2018 [48]
11106Flag of India.svg  India Queenstown, New Zealand John Davies Oval 2022 [49]
12126Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Christchurch, New Zealand Hagley Oval 2022 [50]
Twenty20 International centuries [51]
No.RunsOpponentsCity/CountryVenueYear
1124* Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Taunton, England County Ground 2018 [52]

Awards

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