Suzie Bates is set to become the first woman to play 350 international games on Monday, when she faces South Africa in Indore in the 2025 women's ODI World Cup .

She has the chance to celebrate the landmark with fellow New Zealand stalwart and captain Sophie Devine , who will feature in her 300th international match on Monday.

Bates had made her debut in an ODI against India in 2006 aged 19, just a few months before a 17-year-old Devine made her first appearance for the White Ferns on their tour of Australia. At the time, Bates was also an elite basketball player - she even represented New Zealand at the 2008 Beijing Olympics before switching her focus to cricket.

Bates said that she and Devine will put those milestones on the back burner for now, and that the focus is on their

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