The dating life of universally liked sports commentator Scotty “Sumo” Stevenson and White Ferns legend Suzie Bates has been the talk of sporting circles.
The pair made for an impressive match as they posed together last month at the ANZ New Zealand Cricket Awards in Christchurch. On the night, Bates took out The Ruth Martin Cup for women’s domestic batting.
During the recent England women’s cricket team New Zealand tour against the White Ferns, the pair was photographed embracing. Neither Stevenson nor Bates had anything to add to Spy about the speculation they were dating.
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Last June, Stevenson gave a heartfelt interview to the Herald’s Editor-at-Large Shayne Currie, 16 months after the loss of his wife, respected TVNZ producer Claire Silvester, who died of brain cancer at just 50 years old.