New Zealand all-rounder Suzie Bates will retire from worldwide cricket after this yr’s Girls’s T20 World Cup, ending an illustrious 20-year profession on the world stage.
The 38-year-old might be a part of the White Ferns’ 15-member squad for the T20 World Cup happening from 12 June to five July in England, the place they can even play three ODIs and T20Is towards the hosts subsequent month.
A right-handed opening batter, Bates is the all-time main run-scorer in ladies’s Twenty20 internationals with 4,717 runs and fourth on the ODI charts, whereas she has additionally claimed 145 wickets and a report variety of catches.
“After I look again on the previous 20-plus years, I am unable to fairly imagine how shortly the time has gone,” stated Bates, who additionally won the 2024 T20 World Cup.
“I am immensely proud to have worn the fern so many instances, and I have been full of monumental objective and pleasure in striving every day to be a greater individual, team-mate, cricketer, and athlete for this crew.
“I’ve one last mission: to go to the UK – a spot that holds so many particular reminiscences for me – and win one other World Cup.”
