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| Full name | Suzannah Wilson Bates | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1987-09-16)16 September 1987 (age 38) Dunedin, New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-armmedium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | All-Rounder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ODI debut (cap 100) | 4 March 2006 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 26 October 2025 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I debut (cap 19) | 10 August 2007 v South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last T20I | 26 March 2025 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I shirt no. | 23 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2002/03–present | Otago | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012/13–2014/15 | Western Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015/16–2016/17 | Perth Scorchers | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016 | Kent | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2019 | Southern Vipers | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2019 | Hampshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017/18–2020/21 | Adelaide Strikers | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | Trailblazers | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019/20 | South Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | Oval Invincibles | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022/23–2023/24 | Sydney Sixers | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | Guyana Amazon Warriors | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024 | Birmingham Phoenix | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024/25 | Hobart Hurricanes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2025 | Durham | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Suzannah Wilson Bates (born 16 September 1987) is aNew Zealand cricketer and former captain of national women cricket team. Born inDunedin, she plays domestic cricket for theOtago Sparks, as well as for theWhite Ferns. She currently holds the highest score and highest batting average in the New ZealandWomen'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]
Bates represented New Zealand in Women's basketball during the2008 Summer Olympics.[4]Suzie played professional basketball for theChristchurch Sirens in the AustralianWomen's National Basketball League (WNBL), starting 24 games between 2007 and 2008,[5] before moving to theOtago Gold Rush in 2009 and theLogan Thunder in 2009/10.
Bates joined theOtago Nuggets as an assistant coach for the2021 New Zealand NBL season.[6][7]
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On 8 June 2018, she scored hertenth century in WODIs, with 151 runsagainst Ireland.[8] In the same match, she also became the leading run-scorer for New Zealand Women in WODIs, passingDebbie Hockley's total of 4,064 runs.[9] On 20 June 2018, during the match against South Africa Women in the2018 England women's Tri-Nation Series, Bates scored herfirst century in WT20I cricket.[10] In the same match, she also became the leading run-scorer in the format, passingCharlotte Edwards' total of 2,605 runs.[11] In the sixth match of the tri-series, Bates became the second woman, afterJenny Gunn, to play in 100 WT20I matches.[12]
In August 2018, she was awarded a central contract byNew Zealand Cricket, following the tours ofIreland andEngland in the previous months.[13][14] In September 2018, she stepped down as captain of New Zealand and was replaced byAmy Satterthwaite.[15]
In October 2018, she was named in New Zealand's squad for the2018 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 theInternational Cricket Council (ICC).[21]
In November 2018, she was named in theAdelaide Strikers' squad for the2018–19 Women's Big Bash League season.[22][23] In January 2020, she was named in New Zealand's squad for the2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup in Australia.[24] In September 2020, in the first matchagainst 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 the2022 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 thecricket tournament at the2022 Commonwealth Games inBirmingham, England.[30]
In September 2024 she was named in the New Zealand squad for the2024 ICC Women's T20 World Cup.[31]
Bates was named in the New Zealand squad for theirODI tour to India in October 2024.[32]
As of the conclusion of the2022 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 toMeg 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, atSydney on 19 March 2009, made during the2009 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 withDebbie Hockley, when she recorded her fifth century, a score of 110 against the West Indies atSabina Park, Jamaica.[33][36][37]
| No. | Runs | Opponents | City/Country | Venue | Year |
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| 1 | 122 |  India | Chennai, India | MA Chidambaram Stadium | 2007[39] |
| 2 | 168 |  Pakistan | Sydney, Australia | Drummoyne Oval | 2009[40] |
| 3 | 122* |  Australia | Sydney, Australia | Sydney Cricket Ground | 2012[41] |
| 4 | 102 | Australia | Cuttack, India | DRIEMS Ground | 2013[42] |
| 5 | 110 |  West Indies | Kingston, Jamaica | Sabina Park | 2013[43] |
| 6 | 106 |  England | Mount Maunganui, New Zealand | Bay Oval | 2015[44] |
| 7 | 110 | Australia | Mount Maunganui, New Zealand | Bay Oval | 2016[45] |
| 8 | 106* |  Sri Lanka | Bristol, England | County Ground | 2017[46] |
| 9 | 101* | West Indies | Lincoln, New Zealand | Bert Sutcliffe Oval | 2018[47] |
| 10 | 151 |  Ireland | Dublin, Ireland | YMCA Cricket Club | 2018[48] |
| 11 | 106 | India | Queenstown, New Zealand | John Davies Oval | 2022[49] |
| 12 | 126 | Pakistan | Christchurch, New Zealand | Hagley Oval | 2022[50] |
| No. | Runs | Opponents | City/Country | Venue | Year |
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| 1 | 124* |  South Africa | Taunton, England | County Ground | 2018[52] |
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