Suzy Bates will retire after the World CupImage Credit source: Getty Images

With every ICC tournament, the cricket career of some legendary players also moves towards its end. Recently, this was seen in the T20 World Cup 2026 and now this is going to happen in the upcoming Women's T20 World Cup 2026 also. This has also been announced 2 months before the start of the tournament. Former New Zealand captain and veteran batsman Suzie Bates has announced that she will retire from international cricket after the T20 World Cup to be held in England.

Women's T20 World Cup 2026 will start from June 12 in England, in which New Zealand will enter as the defending champion. The team won its first title in 2024 and Suzie Bates was an important part of that team. Now she will enter the field again with the intention of making the team champion for the second consecutive time. Whether he will be successful in this or not, it will be known only after the tournament starts but whatever the result, Bates' successful international career will end with this World Cup.

Just before the announcement of New Zealand's squad for this World Cup, Bates announced his decision. 38 year old Suzy Bates expressed satisfaction and happiness over her successful career and said that her last mission is to make the team champion again in England. Bates' selection for this World Cup is confirmed and to make this moment more special for him, the New Zealand Cricket Board will announce the squad in Bates' childhood school.

Suzie Bates holds the record for most runs in T20 International (women and men combined). He has scored 4717 runs in 181 matches, in which he has scored 1 century and 28 half-centuries. Incidentally, till now he has played only 181 matches in ODI, in which he has 5964 runs in his name. Here he has scored 13 centuries and 37 half-centuries. Not only this, Bates has also contributed to New Zealand's success by taking 83 wickets in ODI and 62 wickets in T20.

It is not just his cricket career that makes this legendary New Zealand player special, but he is truly an all-round athlete. In between her 20 years of cricket career, Suzie Bates also did wonders in basketball. Even after making her debut in international cricket, she was playing basketball for New Zealand and also took the court in the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

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