Suzie Bates (PC: Twitter)
New Zealand Women's team all-rounder Suzie Bates has signed with Sydney Sixers for this year's Women's Big Bash League (WBBL).
Sydney Sixers on Thursday (September 15) confirmed that the veteran New Zealand cricketer has been signed up ahead of the upcoming edition of the WBBL.
In her WBBL career, Bates has played a total of 71 WBBL matches in which she has scored 1738 runs with the bat and also scalped 35 wickets with the ball. The Sixers will be her third team in the tournament. Before joining Sixers, Bates has represented Perth Scorchers and Adelaide Strikers.
Bates, who has represented New Zealand in a total of 273 white ball matches, is excited about the prospect of helping the Sixers squad re-establish itself as one of the most formidable teams in the competition.