Justin Jonathon Bates (born 9 April 1976) is a former English cricketer. Bates was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born in Farnborough, Hampshire. Bates made his debut for Sussex in a List A match in the against Essex. The following season, he made his first-class debut for the county against Oxford University. He made twenty further first-class appearances for Sussex, the last of which came against Northamptonshire in the 2000 County Championship. In his twenty first-class matches, he scored 411 runs at an average of 13.70, with a high score of 57. This score, which was his only first-class fifty, came against Hampshire in 1999. With the ball, he took 49 wickets at a bowling average of 31.18, with best figures of 5/67. These figures, one of four five wicket