Samantha "Sam" Lee Bates (born 17 August 1992) is an Australian
cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...
er who plays as a
spin bowler for the
Sydney Thunder and
Victoria.
Bates grew up in
Newcastle and started playing cricket in the local boys' competition at age 10. Originally a
fast bowler, she was encouraged to take up spin after requiring a knee reconstruction due to a soccer training accident when she was 16.
The
left-armer toured
Dubai in March and April 2015 as a member of
Cricket Australia's Shooting Stars program, an under-23 development squad. On 6 December, she claimed the Thunder's first-ever wicket in the
Women's Big Bash League, dismissing
Alyssa Healy
Alyssa Jean Healy (born 24 March 1990) is an Australian cricketer who plays for the Australian women's national team and New South Wales in domestic cricket, as well as the Sydney Sixers in the WBBL. She made her international debut in Februa ...
for 14 runs. Two weeks later, Bates broke her right wrist in two places while diving for a catch during a six-wicket loss to the
Adelaide Strikers at
Allan Border Field. She was consequently ruled out for the remainder of the
2015–16 WBBL season, nevertheless the Thunder would go on to win the inaugural championship.
After re-signing with the Thunder in October 2017 for two more seasons, Bates took 16
WBBL, 03 wickets at an
economy rate of 5.88 and was named in the
ACA's All-Star Team of the Year.
In October 2018, Bates was selected for the first official women's Australia A tour, which included three 50-over matches and three Twenty20s against India A in
Mumbai.
In May 2019, after a decade with the
ACT Meteors
The Australian Capital Territory Women cricket team, also known as the Abode Hotels ACT Meteors, is the women's representative cricket team for the Australian Capital Territory. They play most of their home games at Manuka Oval, Canberra and the ...
, Bates signed with Tasmania for the
2019–20 WNCL season. Two months later, she recommitted to the Sydney Thunder for a
fifth and sixth WBBL season.
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Samantha Batesat
Cricket Australia
1992 births
Living people
Australian women cricketers
Cricketers from Newcastle, New South Wales
Sportswomen from New South Wales
ACT Meteors cricketers
Sydney Thunder (WBBL) cricketers
Tasmanian Tigers (women's cricket) cricketers
Victoria women cricketers
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