New Zealand veteran, Suzie Bates hadn’t been at her best for a while, but since she’s landed her foot on English soil this summer she’s seemed to have found her lost mojo. Suzie Bates in New Zealand’s opener presented nothing short of a masterclass and in the 2nd contest couldn’t get the desired runs, but edged past a figure that holds great significance.
Suzie Bates playing in New Zealand’s 2nd game at the Commonwealth Games got to 34 runs and has a milestone to her name. The figure that holds great significance is of 3500 T20I runs that Suzie Bates has edged past as she continues to lead the chart for most runs in the format across both men’s and women’s cricket.
Suzie Bates had pitched a masterclass in the opener against South Africa and the numbers game do justice in calling it one as from being 10(16) at the end of the powerplay to 30(29) at the 10-over mark and then to 48(43) at the 15-over mark, it only was as if Suzie Bates was looking to survive. The little acceleration was casting shadows of the coming events and when it did, it took the face of a T20I masterclass as the silence before the storm was put to rest and the surge took place that saw Bates finish on 91* off 64 and to sum it up, it simply was a brilliantly paced T20I innings.
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