The 37-year-old cricketer, Suzie Bates, smashed her 35th ODI half-century against India in the second ODI match of the New Zealand tour of India at Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad.
NZ-W won the coin flip and elected to bat first in the second match, Suzie Bates and Georgia Plimmer opened the inning for the New Zealand side.
The opening pair opened the inning responsibly, putting together an 87-run partnership for the 1st wicket. Georgia Plimmer was dismissed by Deepti Sharma, as Radha Yadav took a brilliant catch with an excellent diving effort on the ground to give India a much-needed breakthrough.
Georgia Plimmer added an impressive 41 runs to the boards in 50 deliveries with 6 boundaries and a maximum at a strike rate of 82.00. Lauren Down was the new batter in at No. 3 for NZ W to assist Suzie Bates in the run-making.
Suzie Bates completed her 63rd career half-century and 35th ODi’s half-centuries in just 50 deliveries in the 19th over of the game with a strike rate of 100.
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Suzie Bates was dropped by Deepti in just the next delivery she completed her half-century, which gave her another fortunate life.
However, Lauren struggled and fumbled with the bat in the middle and suffered an unlucky runout dismissal by Priya Mishra. She returned to the pavilion for just 3 runs in the 19 deliveries she played.
Bates couldn’t utilize the fortunate life much as she got dismissed by Radha Yadav after Yadav took a catch of her bowling, and Bates returned into the hut after adding crucial 58 runs to the boards in 70 deliveries. Skipper Sophie Devine was the new batter at the crease.
Suzie Bates Records in International Cricket
According to ESPN Cricinfo, Bates had an excellent record of 835 runs in 25 matches against India in WODI’s in international cricket, which is her 4th best record, while her best run record is against Australia with an impressive 1116 runs in 32 matches. She has 308 runs in T20i cricket against India.
Bates has smashed 5835 runs so far in her career and is at No. 3 in the all-time top run-scorer in women’s ODI cricket.
New Zealand will look to win this one to stay alive in the series, as India is already ahead with 1-0 in the series, while India will look to seal the series.
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