The Thailand national women's cricket team is the team that represents the country of

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in international

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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

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(ICC) since 1995, Thailand's women team made their international debut when they played, and lost, two matches against

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in July 2007. The team hosted and won the

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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

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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.

History

The team's first international tournament outside of

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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

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) to finish seventh. In May 2016, Sri Lankan fast bowler

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was named as a head coach of the team. In February 2017, Thailand played their first 50-over match, when they faced

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in the

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in Sri Lanka. India won the match by 9 wickets. In August 2017, Thailand won the gold medal in the women's tournament at the

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, going undefeated from four matches. In April 2018, the

(ICC) granted full

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(WT20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all

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matches played between Thailand women and another international side since 1 July 2018 have been full WT20Is. On 9 June 2018, during the

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, Thailand beat Sri Lanka by four wickets to register their first ever win against a Full Member side. In February 2019, they won the

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, therefore progressing to both the

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and the

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tournaments. In August 2019, during the

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, they won their 17th win in a row, breaking the previous record of 16 consecutive wins in WT20I cricket set by

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. Thailand qualified to 2020 T20 World Cup in Australia after finished in top two in

. On 3 March 2020 at the

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, Thailand scored 150 runs for three wickets against

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, the highest total for the team in Women's T20 World Cup and at that ground, before the match was abandoned due to rain.

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scored 56 to register Thailand's first Women's T20 World Cup half-century; she and

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, who scored 44, combined for an opening

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of 93. Ironically, this would be Thailand's highest WT20 score until the following year, and still remains Thailand's only no-result as of 2022. In 2021, the Thai team embarked on a 15-match tour of Zimbabwe and South Africa to prepare for the

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, held November 2021 in

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, Zimbabwe. 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. As a consequence, the three remaining places in the World Cup were handed to Bangladesh, Pakistan and the

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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

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, but also on the next round of the

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; 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. According to women's cricket historian Raf Nicholson, of

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in England, that outcome set back women's cricket in Thailand by three years. 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". As a result of the controversial circumstances of Thailand's failure to qualify for either event,

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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. In May 2022, the ICC announced Thailand as one of five women's sides to gain Women's One Day International (ODI) status.

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and the

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are the other four teams. In October 2022, Thailand qualified for the semifinals of the

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, 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. 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 T20I's in June.

Tournament history

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: 7th (DNQ) *

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: 5th (DNQ) *

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: 2nd (Q) *

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: 4th (DNQ)

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(
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format)

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(T20I format)

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(T20I format)

Records and statistics

International Match Summary — Thailand Women ''Last updated 3 December 2022''

One-Day International

ODI record versus other nations ''Records complete to WODI #1302. Last updated 26 November 2022.''

Twenty20 International

* Highest team total: 154/3 v

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on 28 August 2021 at Takashinga Cricket Club,

. * Highest individual score: 88 *,

, 28 August 2021 at Takashinga Cricket Club,

. * Best individual bowling figures: 5/4, Chanida Sutthiruang v

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, 15 January 2019 at

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. Most T20I runs for Thailand Women Most T20I wickets for Thailand Women T20I record versus other nations ''Records complete to WT20I #1309. Last updated 3 December 2022.''

Current squad

This lists all players who were picked in the latest One-day or T20I squad. ''Last updated as on 19 September 2021''.

History

Tournament history

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(T20I format)

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(T20I format)

Records and statistics

One-Day International

Twenty20 International

Current squad

See also

References

Further reading

History

Tournament history

ICC Women's T20 World Cup The ICC Women's T20 World Cup (known as the ICC Women's World Twenty20 until 2019) is the biennial international championship for women's Twenty20 International cricket. The event is organised by the sport's governing body, the International Cri ...

ICC Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier The ICC Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier (until 2018, the ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier) is an international cricket tournament that serves as the final step of the qualification process for the Women's T20 World Cup. The qualifier was hel ...

Asian Games The Asian Games, also known as Asiad, is a continental multi-sport event held every four years among athletes from all over Asia. The Games were regulated by the Asian Games Federation (AGF) from the first Games in New Delhi, India, until t ... (T20I format)

Southeast Asian Games The Southeast Asian Games, also known as the SEA Games, is a biennial multi-sport event involving participants from the current 11 countries of Southeast Asia. The games are under the regulation of the Southeast Asian Games Federation with sup ... (T20I format)

Records and statistics

One-Day International

Twenty20 International

Current squad

See also

References

Further reading

Asian Games The Asian Games, also known as Asiad, is a continental multi-sport event held every four years among athletes from all over Asia. The Games were regulated by the Asian Games Federation (AGF) from the first Games in New Delhi, India, until t ...
(T20I format)

Southeast Asian Games The Southeast Asian Games, also known as the SEA Games, is a biennial multi-sport event involving participants from the current 11 countries of Southeast Asia. The games are under the regulation of the Southeast Asian Games Federation with sup ...
(T20I format)