Suzie Bates: An era-defining legacy in numbers
The defeat to England at the Women's T20 World Cup of 2026 ended Suzie Bates' 20-year international career. She represented New Zealand 370 times across WODIs and WT20Is, making her the second-most capped female international in history. She is the all-time leading run-scorer in Women's T20Is and the second-highest run-getter across all formats.
Bates debuted in ODI in 2006 against India. She had the third-longest (20y 73d) career in Women's ODIs, behind Mithali Raj and Jhulan Goswami.
5982 runs in 184 ODIs – fourth-most in Women's ODIs. Bates has 13 hundreds, tied with Laura Wolvaardt and behind only Meg Lanning (15) and Smriti Mandhana (14). Her strike-rate of 79.42 is the second-highest among batters with 5000+ ODI runs.
3 – Bates is one of only three players with 5000+ runs and 50+ wickets (83) in Women's ODIs, alongside Stafanie Taylor and Charlotte Edwards.
168 – Her highest score, against Pakistan in the 2009 World Cup in Sydney. Third-highest individual ODI score by a White Ferns batter.
32 – Most hundred partnerships in Women's ODIs by any batter. Nine with Amy Satterthwaite.
2425 – Partnership runs with Satterthwaite, the most by any White Ferns pair in ODIs.
2880 – Most runs by a player in a single country in Women's ODIs.
94 – Most catches by a non-wicketkeeper in Women's ODIs.
Bates dominated T20Is: 186 matches, 4758 runs, 1 century, 28 fifties, 62 wickets. She remains the leading run-scorer in Women's T20Is.
4758 – Most T20I runs in women's or men's cricket. One of three women with 4000+.
29 – Fifty-plus scores in T20Is, third-most after Mandhana and Mooney.
3 – Third fastest to 3000 T20I runs (105 innings).
1 – Only player with 4000+ T20I runs and 50+ wickets.
1108 – Most runs by any batter against Australia in T20Is.
1003 – Runs on England soil, the only batter to score 1000+ in a visiting country.
98 – Most catches by a non-wicketkeeper in Women's T20Is.
182 – Partnership with Sophie Devine against South Africa in 2018, second-highest T20I stand for any wicket.
World Cup Champion
1219 runs in ODI World Cups – second-most for New Zealand, sixth overall.
4 hundreds in ODI World Cups – joint second-most.
45 T20 World Cup matches across 10 editions – second-most after Perry.
1254 runs in T20 World Cups – most by any woman.
8 fifty-plus scores in T20 World Cups – most by any batter.
28 dismissals in T20 World Cups – most by a non-wicketkeeper.
7 Player of the Match awards in T20 World Cups – most in tournament history.
- First woman to play 350 international matches (October 2025).
- 10740 international runs – second only to Mithali Raj (10868).
- 14 centuries – joint-second most by any women's cricketer.
- White Ferns captain from 2011, leading in 150+ matches.
- ICC Women's ODI Cricketer of the Year (2013), swept both ODI and T20I awards in 2016.
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