THAILAND STUNNED BY UAE BUT SCOTLAND BEATEN BY NETHERLANDS
November 28, 2025
THAILAND WIN THE ICC WOMEN’S EMERGING NATIONS TROPHY ON A DRAMATIC FINAL DAY
November 30, 2025
EMERGING NATIONS PRODUCE A LAST DAY THAT ICC COULD ONLY DREAM OF
Most often ICC tournaments end in a blaze of glory with the two leading teams facing each other in a showcase final as happened when India beat South Africa in the final at Navi Mumbai to win the 50 over Women’s World Cup. Today we will see a finale where the top four teams can all win the inaugural ICC Women’s Emerging Nations Trophy as the leading teams at Associate Member level have been evenly matched and have produced some thrilling cricket over the course of the tournament.
Crucially Thailand and Scotland both lost their matches on Friday as first UAE and then Netherlands both showed they were formidable outfits with some outstanding individual players. Thailand would have been thinking of the upcoming head-to-head with Scotland as they lost to UAE while Scotland would have already won the new trophy had they beaten Netherlands.
All Scotland need to do today is to beat Thailand at AIT but for the other three teams are level on eight points in the table it will be a question of net run-rate should Thailand triumph against Scotland. Netherlands face Uganda at TCG and UAE play Namibia at AIT so the morning matches will be crucial as Netherlands and UAE try to improve their net run-rate by winning by a considerable margin whether batting first or chasing.
Hosts Thailand would then be given a target that would keep their net run-rate above the other teams but for Scotland it would just be a question of beating Thailand to be declared the leading team at Women’s Associate Member level. The individual awards will also be decided with Darcey Carter of Scotland, Sterre Kalis of Netherlands, Vishnave Mahesh of UAE and Sunida Chaturongrattana of Thailand leading the way, and there is always the outstanding Esha Oza likely to contribute a match-winning performance for UAE.
It is set to be one of the most exciting and significant days in the history of women’s cricket and exactly what ICC would have hoped for when they established this new tournament to improve standards amongst their leading associate members.
