The Thailand Women’s National Cricket Team will participate in its first ICC Women’s T20 World Cup in Australia later this month.
The road to the T20 World Cup has been long and challenging. It began more than ten years ago at the ACC Women’s Tournament 2007 in Malaysia and culminated in the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup Qualifier 2019, where Thailand beat Ireland, Namibia, Netherlands and Papua New Guinea to get here.
Since qualification, the batting group has attended a month long closed camp in Pune. The team has also competed successful tours to Australia in December and Patna, India in January, where it recorded wins against the ACT Meteors, the NSW Breakers, and India A.
Thailand celebrate qualifying for the 2020 T20 World Cup (Photo: ICC)
The selectors have named a settled 15-person squad for the world cup. The experienced Sornnarin Tippoch leads the team in her 12th year as Captain.
Suwanan Khiaoto and Thipatcha Putthawong, both participants in the recent Malaysian Women’s Super League, are debutants. Khiaoto represented Thailand A in the Thailand T20 Smash and Putthawong was a key performer in the inaugural U-19 Belt and Road Tournament 2019, which Thailand won.
Thailand arrived in Australia on 4 February 2020, and has been training at their pre-tournament base in Maroochydore, Queensland. The team will shift to Brisbane ahead of their first warm up match against Bangladesh on Sunday 16 February.
“We are preparing well and playing courageous cricket with great intent. The team has shown their versatility in adapting to different situations and are also showing great execution of our plans,” says team manager, Shan Kader.
“The team is in a buoyant mood. Everyone is very excited for the World Cup to begin.”
Squad
Squad: Sornnarin Tippoch (c), Nattaya Boochatham (vc), Naruemol Chaiwai, Nattakan Chantam, Onnicha Kamchomphu, Rosanen Kanoh, Suwanan Khiaoto, Nannapat Koncharoenkai (wk), Suleeporn Laomi, Soraya Lateh, Wongpaka Liengprasert, Phannita Maya, Ratanaporn Padunglerd, Thipatcha Putthawong, Chanida Sutthiruang
Thailand T20 World Cup draw:
Date Time Opponent Location Practice matches Sun 16 February 10.00am Bangladesh Allan Border Field, Brisbane (GMT+10) Wed 19 February 10.30am New Zealand Karen Rolton Oval, Adelaide (+10.5) Round matches Sat 22 February 3.00pm West Indies WACA, Perth (+8) Wed 26 February 3.00pm England Canberra (+11) Fri 28 February 3.00pm South Africa Canberra (+11) Tue 3 March 3.00pm Pakistan Sydney Showground (+11)
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