Thailand
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AssociationCricket Association of Thailand
Personnel
CaptainThailand Naruemol Chaiwai[1]
CoachIndia Harshal Pathak
International Cricket Council
ICC statusAssociate member (2005)
Affiliate member (1995)
ICC regionAsia
ICC Rankings Current[2] Best-ever
WODI 10th 7th (4 May 2023)
WT20I 13th 10th (4 Jan 2022)
Women's One Day Internationals
First WODIv.  Netherlands at Royal Chiangmai Golf Club, Chiang Mai; 20 November 2022
Last WODIv.  Netherlands at VRA Cricket Ground, Amstelveen; 7 July 2023
WODIs Played Won/Lost
Total[3] 9 8/1
(0 ties, 0 no results)
This year[4] 0 0/0
(0 ties, 0 no results)
Women's World Cup Qualifier appearances2 (first in 2017)
Best result9th (2017)
(Would have been assured at least 6th in 2021)
Women's Twenty20 Internationals
First WT20Iv.  Pakistan at Kinrara Academy Oval, Bandar Kinrara; 3 June 2018
Last WT20Iv.  Sri Lanka at Zhejiang University of Technology Cricket Field, Hangzhou; 22 September 2023
WT20Is Played Won/Lost
Total[5] 79 49/28
(0 ties, 2 no results)
This year[6] 0 0/0
(0 ties, 0 no results)
Women's T20 World Cup appearances1 (first in 2020)
Best resultGroup stage (2020)
Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier appearances5 (first in 2013)
Best result2nd (2019)
As of 1 January 2024

The Thailand women's national cricket team is the team that represents the country of Thailand in international women's cricket matches. Thailand is one of the strongest associate teams in women's international cricket and has been ranked as high as tenth in the ICC Women's T20I rankings.

A member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) since 1995, Thailand's women team made their international debut when they played, and lost, two matches against Bangladesh in July 2007.[7] The team hosted and won the 2013 ACC Women's Championship to qualify for its first ICC global tournament, the 2013 World Twenty20 Qualifier. Thailand was runner-up at the 2019 edition of the tournament and qualified for the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup in Australia, the first appearance by Thailand in any cricket world championship. The team was awarded women's One Day International (ODI) status in 2022 and received their first ODI Ranking in November of 2022.[8]

History

The team's first international tournament outside of Asian Cricket Council regional events was the 2013 World Twenty20 Qualifier, in which they placed fifth out of eight teams. The team was less successful at the 2015 edition of the tournament, which it hosted, winning only one match (against the Netherlands) to finish seventh.

In May 2016, Sri Lankan fast bowler Janak Gamage was named as a head coach of the team.[9] In February 2017, Thailand played their first 50-over match, when they faced India in the 2017 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier in Sri Lanka.[10] India won the match by 9 wickets.[11] In August 2017, Thailand won the gold medal in the women's tournament at the 2017 Southeast Asian Games, going undefeated from four matches.

In April 2018, the International Cricket Council (ICC) granted full Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all Twenty20 matches played between Thailand women and another international side since 1 July 2018 have been full WT20Is.[12]

On 9 June 2018, during the 2018 Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup, Thailand beat Sri Lanka by four wickets to register their first ever win against a Full Member side.[13] In February 2019, they won the 2019 ICC Women's Qualifier Asia, therefore progressing to both the 2019 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier and the 2021 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier tournaments.[14] In August 2019, during the 2019 Netherlands Women's Quadrangular Series, they won their 17th win in a row, breaking the previous record of 16 consecutive wins in WT20I cricket set by Australia.[15] Thailand qualified to 2020 T20 World Cup in Australia after finished in top two in 2019 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier.

On 3 March 2020 at the Sydney Showground Stadium, Thailand scored 150 runs for three wickets against Pakistan, the highest total for the team in Women's T20 World Cup and at that ground, before the match was abandoned due to rain.[16] Natthakan Chantam scored 56 to register Thailand's first Women's T20 World Cup half-century; she and Nattaya Boochatham, who scored 44, combined for an opening partnership of 93.[17][18] Ironically, this would be Thailand's highest WT20 score until the following year, and still remains Thailand's only no-result as of 2022.[19]

In 2021, the Thai team embarked on a 15-match tour of Zimbabwe and South Africa to prepare for the Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier, held November 2021 in Harare, Zimbabwe.[20] At the qualifier, the team was leading Group B with three wins from four matches, when the tournament was called off, due to concerns about a new COVID variant and travel restrictions.[21][22] As a consequence, the three remaining places in the World Cup were handed to Bangladesh, Pakistan and the West Indies on the basis of their Women's One Day International rankings, and Thailand, which had beaten Bangladesh but did not have such a ranking, missed out, not only on the World Cup, but also on the next round of the ICC Women's Championship;[22] at the point the qualifiers were abandoned, Thailand would have had at least two points carried forward to the unplayed Super Six round from the aforementioned win over Bangladesh, and would only have needed to not finish last in that round to qualify for the latter.[23] According to women's cricket historian Raf Nicholson, of Bournemouth University in England, that outcome set back women's cricket in Thailand by three years.[22] As the use of ODI rankings meant that Thailand (and other associate member nations) would never have been able to qualify for either event, regardless of their results, in light of the cancellation, this decision has been criticized as "utterly disgraceful (and) utterly farcical".[24]

As a result of the controversial circumstances of Thailand's failure to qualify for either event, Cricket Association of Thailand president Ravi Sehgal was reported in April 2022 as saying "We should have been given a fair chance to qualify", and it was also reported that he had petitioned the ICC and board directors in December with an impassioned plea for Thailand to be granted ODI status.[25] In May 2022, the ICC announced Thailand as one of five women's sides to gain Women's One Day International (ODI) status.[26] Netherlands, Papua New Guinea, Scotland and the United States are the other four teams.[27]

In October 2022, Thailand qualified for the semifinals of the 2022 Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup, aided by their first-ever win over Pakistan, in their first encounter since the abandoned match in Sydney. In November, it was announced that the Netherlands would play 8 matches against the Thai team in Chiang Mai that month, 4 each of ODIs (Thailand's first since earning status) and WT20Is. [28] Thailand won all four of the ODIs, and three of the four WT20Is, with the Netherlands earning their first-ever win over Thailand in the 2nd WT20I.

In February 2023, it was reported that the Thai women's team were set for their first tour of Ireland, to play three 50-over ODI matches and two T20Is in June;[29] however, it would later be reported that the series "was cancelled due to date clashes with the Asia Cup", as Thailand was scheduled to complete in the 2023 ACC Womens T20 Emerging Teams Asia Cup in June;[30] however, just days before the Emerging Teams Asia Cup, Thailand withdrew from the event, citing visa issues.[31] In March, it was reported that Thailand was to host Zimbabwe for 3 ODIs in April, later amended to 3 ODIs and 4 WT20Is.[32] In May, it was announced that Thailand would tour the Netherlands in July for a second ODI series with the Netherlands, and a trilateral T20 series with both teams and Scotland.[33]

Tournament history

ICC Women's T20 World Cup

T20 World Cup record[34]
YearRoundPositionGPWLNRTNRR
Australia 2020Group stage5/540310-3.992
TotalGroup Stage5/540310-3.992

ICC Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier

Women's Asia Cup (T20I format)

Women's Asia Cup
Year Round Position GP W L T NR
Sri Lanka 2004 Did not participate (ODI format)
Pakistan 2005–06
India 2006
Sri Lanka 2008
China 2012 Group stage 6/8 3 1 2 0 0
Thailand 2016 Group stage 5/6 5 1 4 0 0
Malaysia 2018 Group stage 4/6 5 2 3 0 0
Bangladesh 2022 Semi-finals 4/7 7 3 4 0 0
Total 20 7 13 0 0

Asian Games (T20I format)

Asian Games record
Year Round Position GP W L T NR
China 2010First Round5/831200
South Korea 2014Quarter-finals5/1032100
China 2022Quarter-finals5/910100
Total73400

Southeast Asian Games (T20I format)

Southeast Asian Games record
Year Round Position GP W L T NR
Malaysia 2017Gold Medal1/444000
Cambodia 2023Gold Medal1/744000
Total88000

Records and statistics

International Match Summary — Thailand Women[35][36]

Last updated 22 September 2023

Playing Record
FormatMWLTNRInaugural Match
One Day Internationals9810020 November 2022
Twenty20 Internationals794928023 June 2018

One-Day International

ODI record versus other nations[35]

Records complete to WODI #1324. Last updated 7 July 2023.

OpponentMatchesWonLostTiedN/RFirst matchFirst win
ICC Full members
 Zimbabwe3300019 April 202319 April 2023
ICC Associate members
 Netherlands6510020 November 202220 November 2022

Twenty20 International

T20I record versus other nations[36]

Records complete to WT20I #1667. Last updated 22 September 2023.

OpponentMWLTNRFirst matchFirst win
ICC Full members
 Bangladesh 606007 June 2018
 England 1010026 February 2020
 India 303004 June 2018
 Ireland 431007 July 20189 August 2019
 Pakistan 311013 June 20186 October 2022
 South Africa 1010028 February 2020
 Sri Lanka 312009 June 20189 June 2018
 West Indies 1010022 February 2020
 Zimbabwe 9450027 August 202128 August 2021
ICC Associate members
 Bhutan 1100016 January 201916 January 2019
 China 2200018 February 201918 February 2019
 Hong Kong 3300014 January 201914 January 2019
 Indonesia 2200015 January 201915 January 2019
 Kuwait 2100124 February 201924 February 2019
 Malaysia 440006 June 20186 June 2018
 Myanmar 3300012 January 201912 January 2019
 Namibia 110001 September 20191 September 2019
   Nepal 3300019 January 201919 January 2019
 Netherlands 9720010 August 201910 August 2019
 Papua New Guinea 220005 September 20195 September 2019
 Philippines 110001 May 20231 May 2023
 Scotland 5230010 July 20188 August 2019
 Uganda 211008 July 201814 July 2018
 United Arab Emirates 7610012 July 201812 July 2018
 United States 1100012 September 202212 September 2022

Current squad

This lists all players who played for Thailand or were picked in the latest One-day or T20I squad.

Name Age Batting style Bowling style Format Notes
Batters
Naruemol Chaiwai33Right-handedRight-arm mediumODI & T20ICaptain
Natthakan Chantam28Right-handedRight-arm medium-fastODI & T20I
All-rounders
Chanida Sutthiruang30Right-handedRight-arm mediumODI & T20I
Sornnarin Tippoch37Left-handedRight-arm off breakODI & T20I
Rosenanee Kanoh24Right-handedRight-arm off breakODI & T20I
Wicket-keeper
Nannapat Koncharoenkai23Right-handed-ODI & T20IVice-captain
Banthida Leephatthana17Right-handed-ODI
Suwanan Khiato19Right-handed-ODI & T20I
Spin Bowlers
Thipatcha Putthawong19Left-handedSlow left-arm orthodoxODI & T20I
Nattaya Boochatham37Left-handedRight-arm off breakODI & T20I
Onnicha Kamchomphu26Right-handedRight-arm off breakODI & T20I
Suleeporn Laomi25Right-handedRight-arm leg breakODI
Nanthita Boonsukham25Right-handedRight-arm leg breakODI & T20I
Sunida Chaturongrattana19Right-handedRight-arm off breakODI & T20I
Pace Bowlers
Phannita Maya19Right-handedRight-arm mediumODI & T20I
Kanyaorn Bunthansen20Right-handedRight-arm mediumT20I

Last updated as on 9 September 2023.

See also

References

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