Suzie Bates

Suzie Bates

Suzie Bates batting for Perth Scorchers during WBBL02.
Personal information
Full name	Suzannah Wilson Bates
Born	(1987-09-16) 16 September 1987 (age 29) Dunedin, New Zealand
Batting style	Right-handed
Bowling style	Right arm medium
International information
National side	New Zealand
ODI debut	4 March 2006 v India women
Last ODI	8 July 2015 v India women
ODI shirt no.	23
T20I debut	10 August 2007 v South Africa women
Last T20I	15 July 2015 v India women
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2002–present	Otago
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I Matches 76 72 Runs scored 2485 1698 Batting average 36.54 24.97 100s/50s 6/12 0/9 Top score 168 94* Balls bowled 2018 771 Wickets 56 38 Bowling average 30.25 22.65 5 wickets in innings 0 0 10 wickets in match n/a n/a Best bowling 4/7 4/26 Catches/stumpings 35/– 32/–
Source: Cricinfo, 15 July 2015

Suzannah Wilson "Suzie" Bates (born 16 September 1987 in Dunedin) is a New Zealand cricketer. She plays for the Otago Sparks in the State League, the Southern Vipers in the Women's Cricket Super League as well as for her national team, 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 2013. Suzie again won ICC Women's ODI and T20I Cricketer of the Year 2015.

She also represented New Zealand in Women's basketball during the 2008 Summer Olympics. Suzie played professional basketball for the 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 Logan Thunder (WNBL) in 2009/10.

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