Strikers' squad for the 2018–19 Women's Big Bash League season. In January 2020, she was named in New Zealand's squad for the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup 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 2022 Women's Cricket World Cup 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 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England. International centuries Overview As of the conclusion of the Women's Cricket World Cup 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 Meg Lanning 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 Drummoyne Oval, Sydney, Australia, on 19 March 2009, during that year's Women's Cricket World Cup. Bates became the sole holder of the record for the most WODI centuries by a New Zealander, which she had previously shared with Debbie Hockley, on 6 October 2013, when she recorded her fifth WODI century, a score of 110 against the West Indies at Sabina Park, 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 Further reading External links 1987 births Living people Cricketers from Dunedin New Zealand women cricketers New Zealand women One