Suzannah Wilson Bates (born 16 September 1987) is a

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cricketer and former captain of national women cricket team. Born at

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, she plays domestic cricket for the

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, as well as playing for the

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. She currently holds the highest score and highest batting average in the New Zealand

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team. She won the ICC Women's ODI Cricketer of the Year 2013. Bates again won ICC Women's ODI and T20I Cricketer of the Year 2015.

Basketball

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

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in 2009/10. Bates joined the

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as an assistant coach for the

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Cricket

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On 8 June 2018, she scored her tenth century in WODIs, with 151 runs against Ireland. In the same match, she also became the leading run-scorer for New Zealand Women in WODIs, passing

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's total of 4,064 runs. On 20 June 2018, during the match against South Africa Women in the 2018 England women's Tri-Nation Series, Bates scored her

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in WT20I cricket. In the same match, she also became the leading run-scorer in the format, passing

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' total of 2,605 runs. In the sixth match of the tri-series, Bates became the second woman, after Jenny Gunn, to play in 100 WT20I matches. In August 2018, she was awarded a central contract by

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, following the tours of

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and

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in the previous months. In September 2018, she stepped down as captain of New Zealand and was replaced by

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. In October 2018, she was named in New Zealand's squad for the

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tournament in the West Indies. Ahead of the tournament, she was named as one of the players to watch. During the tournament, she became the first cricketer, male or female, to score 3,000 runs in Twenty20 International matches. She was the leading run-scorer for New Zealand in the tournament, with 161 runs in four matches. Following the conclusion of the tournament, she was named as the standout player in the team by the

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(ICC). In November 2018, she was named in the

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' squad for the

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. In January 2020, she was named in New Zealand's squad for the

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in Australia. In September 2020, in the first match against Australia, Bates took her 50th wicket in WT20I cricket. 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. In February 2022, she was named in New Zealand's team for the

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in New Zealand. In April 2022, Bates was named the Super Smash Player of the Year at the annual Otago Cricket Awards. In June 2022, Bates was named in New Zealand's team for the cricket tournament at the

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, England.

International centuries

Overview

As of the conclusion of the

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hosted by New Zealand in April 2022, Bates held the record for the most WODI centuries by a New Zealander with 12 in total, and was second only to

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of Australia overall. She had also scored a single Women's Twenty20 International century. Her highest WODI and international score was her second WODI century, a score of 168 against Pakistan, at

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, Sydney, Australia, on 19 March 2009, during that year's

. Bates became the sole holder of the record for the most WODI centuries by a New Zealander, which she had previously shared with

, on 6 October 2013, when she recorded her fifth WODI century, a score of 110 against the West Indies at

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, Kingston, Jamaica, to lead New Zealand to victory by just one run in the first match of a three WODI bilateral series. On 8 June 2018, upon reaching her tenth WODI century, which ultimately became a total score of 151 runs against Ireland at the YMCA Cricket Club, Dublin, Bates also surpassed Hockley's record for the most WODI runs by a New Zealander.

One Day International centuries

T20 International centuries

Awards

* ICC Women's ODI Cricketer of the Year – 2013 * ''Wisden'' Leading Woman Cricketer in the World – 2015 * ICC Women's ODI Cricketer of the Year – 2016 * ICC Women's T20I Cricketer of the Year – 2016

References

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