Thailand women's cricket team in South Africa and Zimbabwe in 2021

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Thailand women's cricket team in Zimbabwe in 2021
  Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Flag of Thailand.svg
  Zimbabwe women Thailand women
Dates 18 – 30 August 2021
Captains Mary-Anne Musonda Naruemol Chaiwai
One Day International series
Results 4-match series drawn 2–2
Most runs Mary-Anne Musonda (147) Naruemol Chaiwai (195)
Most wickets Josephine Nkomo (10) Nattaya Boochatham (9)
Player of the series Josephine Nkomo (Zim)
Twenty20 International series
Results Thailand women won the 3-match series 2–1
Most runs Chipo Mugeri-Tiripano (63) Natthakan Chantham (110)
Most wickets Loreen Tshuma (5) Nattaya Boochatham (10)
Player of the series Nattaya Boochatham (Tha)

The Thailand women's cricket team toured South Africa and Zimbabwe in August and September 2021. [1] [2] The team first played four one-day matches and three Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) matches against the Zimbabwe women's cricket team, [3] before playing five one-day matches and three twenty-over matches against the South Africa Emerging team. [4]

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Zimbabwe won the first one-day match against Thailand by seven wickets, with unbeaten half-centuries from Josephine Nkomo and Mary-Anne Musonda. [5] Thailand won the second match by 22 runs to level the series, [6] after a half-century and a five-wicket haul from Nattaya Boochatham. [7] In the third match, Thailand batted first and were reduced to 14/5 inside nine overs, before Naruemol Chaiwai went on to score an unbeaten century. [8] However, Zimbabwe went on to win the match by five wickets, with half-centuries from Chipo Mugeri-Tiripano and Modester Mupachikwa. [9] Thailand won the fourth one-day match by five wickets, with the series being drawn 2–2. [10]

In the WT20I series against Thailand, Zimbabwe won the opening match by one wicket, to record their fifteenth consecutive win in the format. [11] Thailand won the second match by 53 runs to level the series, with Natthakan Chantham scoring an unbeaten 88. [12] [13] In the final match against Zimbabwe, Thailand won by 27 runs, winning the WT20I series 2–1. [14]

In South Africa, the Emerging team won the first one-day match by 45 runs, with Thailand winning the next two matches to take a 2–1 lead with two matches to play. [15] The South Africa Emerging team then won the fourth one-day match by 23 runs, to level the series with one game to play. [16] The Emerging team won the fifth and final one-day match by five wickets to win the series 3–2. [17] [18] In the twenty-over series, the Emerging team won the opening match by 60 runs, with Khushi Mistry taking a five-wicket haul. [19] Thailand won the second match by 30 runs to level the series with one match to play. [20] Thailand won the final twenty-over match by seven wickets to win the series 2–1. [21]

Tour of Zimbabwe

Squads

Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe [22] Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand [23]

One-day series

1st one-day match

18 August 2021
09:30
Scorecard
Thailand  Flag of Thailand.svg
199/4 (50 overs)
v
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe
200/3 (45 overs)
Naruemol Chaiwai 67* (120)
Josephine Nkomo 2/37 (10 overs)
Josephine Nkomo 57* (74)
Ratanaporn Padunglerd 2/26 (8 overs)
Zimbabwe Women won by 7 wickets
Takashinga Cricket Club, Harare
Umpires: Forster Mutizwa (Zim) and Langton Rusere (Zim)
Player of the match: Josephine Nkomo (Zim)
  • Zimbabwe Women won the toss and elected to field.

2nd one-day match

20 August 2021
09:30
Scorecard
Thailand  Flag of Thailand.svg
229/9 (50 overs)
v
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe
207/9 (50 overs)
Nattaya Boochatham 54 (58)
Josephine Nkomo 5/35 (10 overs)
Mary-Anne Musonda 50 (88)
Nattaya Boochatham 5/33 (9 overs)
Thailand Women won by 22 runs
Takashinga Cricket Club, Harare
Umpires: Forster Mutizwa (Zim) and Langton Rusere (Zim)
Player of the match: Nattaya Boochatham (Tha)
  • Thailand Women won the toss and elected to bat.

3rd one-day match

22 August 2021
09:30
Scorecard
Thailand  Flag of Thailand.svg
189/7 (50 overs)
v
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe
192/5 (43.3 overs)
Naruemol Chaiwai 100* (133)
Josephine Nkomo 3/42 (10 overs)
Chipo Mugeri-Tiripano 54 (75)
Suleeporn Laomi 2/31 (8 overs)
Zimbabwe Women won by 5 wickets
Takashinga Cricket Club, Harare
Umpires: Forster Mutizwa (Zim) and Christopher Phiri (Zim)
Player of the match: Naruemol Chaiwai (Tha)
  • Zimbabwe Women won the toss and elected to field.

4th one-day match

24 August 2021
09:30
Scorecard
Zimbabwe  Flag of Zimbabwe.svg
212/8 (50 overs)
v
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand
213/5 (46.1 overs)
Precious Marange 66 (76)
Nattaya Boochatham 3/27 (9 overs)
Thailand Women won by 5 wickets
Takashinga Cricket Club, Harare
Umpires: Forster Mutizwa (Zim) and Christopher Phiri (Zim)
Player of the match: Precious Marange (Zim)
  • Zimbabwe Women won the toss and elected to bat.

WT20I series

1st WT20I

27 August 2021
11:30
Scorecard
Thailand  Flag of Thailand.svg
104/4 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe
107/9 (19.3 overs)
Chipo Mugeri-Tiripano 30 (30)
Onnicha Kamchomphu 3/18 (4 overs)
Nattaya Boochatham 3/18 (4 overs)
Zimbabwe Women won by 1 wicket
Takashinga Cricket Club, Harare
Umpires: Iknow Chabi (Zim) and Langton Rusere (Zim)
Player of the match: Christabel Chatonzwa (Zim)
  • Zimbabwe Women won the toss and elected to field.

2nd WT20I

28 August 2021
11:30
Scorecard
Thailand  Flag of Thailand.svg
154/3 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe
101 (19.3 overs)
Natthakan Chantham 88* (65)
Loreen Tshuma 2/27 (4 overs)
Precious Marange 30 (29)
Nattaya Boochatham 4/16 (3.3 overs)
Thailand Women won by 53 runs
Takashinga Cricket Club, Harare
Umpires: Iknow Chabi (Zim) and Forster Mutizwa (Zim)
Player of the match: Nattaya Boochatham (Zim)
  • Thailand Women won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Loreen Tshuma (Zim) made her WT20I debut.

3rd WT20I

30 August 2021
11:30
Scorecard
Thailand  Flag of Thailand.svg
134/5 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe
107/7 (20 overs)
Chanida Sutthiruang 46* (28)
Loreen Tshuma 3/14 (4 overs)
Thailand Women won by 27 runs
Takashinga Cricket Club, Harare
Umpires: Forster Mutizwa (Zim) and Christopher Phiri (Zim)
Player of the match: Nattaya Boochatham (Tha)
  • Thailand Women won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Nyasha Gwanzura (Zim) made her WT20I debut.

Tour of South Africa

Thailand women's cricket team in South Africa in 2021
  Flag of South Africa.svg Flag of Thailand.svg
  South Africa Emerging Thailand women
Dates 5 – 19 September 2021
Captains Andrie Steyn Naruemol Chaiwai
One Day International series
Results South Africa Emerging won the 5-match series 3–2
Most runs Faye Tunnicliffe (208) Natthakan Chantam (344)
Most wickets Leah Jones (10) Nattaya Boochatham (14)
Twenty20 International series
Results Thailand women won the 3-match series 2–1
Most runs Annerie Dercksen (71) Nannapat Koncharoenkai (87)
Most wickets Khushi Mistry (5) Suleeporn Laomi (7)

Squads

Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Emerging [24] Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand [25]

One-day series

1st one-day match

5 September 2021
10:30
Scorecard
South Africa Emerging  Flag of South Africa.svg
192 (45.1 overs)
v
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand
147 (41.2 overs)
Faye Tunnicliffe 65 (86)
Nattaya Boochatham 5/21 (7.1 overs)
Natthakan Chantam 34 (65)
Khayakazi Mathe 3/35 (7 overs)
South Africa Emerging won by 45 runs
Senwes Park, Potchefstroom
Umpires: Murray Brown (SA) and Abongile Sodumo (SA)
Player of the match: Faye Tunnicliffe (South Africa Emerging)
  • Thailand Women won the toss and elected to field.

2nd one-day match

7 September 2021
10:30
Scorecard
Thailand  Flag of Thailand.svg
277/6 (50 overs)
v
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Emerging
208 (46.3 overs)
Natthakan Chantam 113 (141)
Leah Jones 3/54 (10 overs)
Annerie Dercksen 47 (76)
Nattaya Boochatham 4/29 (8.3 overs)
Thailand Women won by 68 runs
Senwes Park, Potchefstroom
Umpires: Murray Brown (SA) and Mazizi Gampu (SA)
Player of the match: Natthakan Chantam (Tha)
  • Thailand Women won the toss and elected to bat.

3rd one-day match

9 September 2021
10:30
Scorecard
South Africa Emerging  Flag of South Africa.svg
240 (49.2 overs)
v
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand
243/5 (48.4 overs)
Faye Tunnicliffe 70 (87)
Nattaya Boochatham 3/45 (9.2 overs)
Natthakan Chantham 120 (126)
Nobulumko Baneti 3/59 (10 overs)
Thailand Women won by 5 wickets
Senwes Park, Potchefstroom
Umpires: Mazizi Gampu (SA) and Abongile Sodumo (SA)
Player of the match: Natthakan Chantham (Tha)
  • South Africa Emerging won the toss and elected to bat.

4th one-day match

11 September 2021
10:30
Scorecard
South Africa Emerging  Flag of South Africa.svg
254/8 (50 overs)
v
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand
231/8 (50 overs)
Andrie Steyn 79 (95)
Suleeporn Laomi 3/66 (10 overs)
Naruemol Chaiwai 80 (104)
Delmi Tucker 3/37 (10 overs)
South Africa Emerging won by 23 runs
Senwes Park, Potchefstroom
Umpires: Murray Brown (SA) and Abongile Sodumo (SA)
  • South Africa Emerging won the toss and elected to bat.

5th one-day match

13 September 2021
10:30
Scorecard
Thailand  Flag of Thailand.svg
139 (32 overs)
v
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Emerging
140/5 (32.1 overs)
Natthakan Chantham 35 (38)
Jane Winster 3/28 (7 overs)
Delmi Tucker 34* (28)
Nattaya Boochatham 2/32 (9 overs)
South Africa Emerging won by 5 wickets
Senwes Park, Potchefstroom
Umpires: Murray Brown (SA) and Abongile Sodumo (SA)
  • Thailand Women won the toss and elected to bat.

Twenty-over series

1st twenty-over match

16 September 2021
13:00
Scorecard
South Africa Emerging  Flag of South Africa.svg
151/4 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand
91 (18 overs)
Michaela Andrews 37 (29)
Wongpaka Liengprasert 1/17 (3 overs)
Nattaya Boochatham 29 (20)
Khushi Mistry 5/19 (4 overs)
South Africa Emerging won by 60 runs
Senwes Park, Potchefstroom
Umpires: Mazizi Gampu (SA) and Abongile Sodumo (SA)
  • South Africa Emerging won the toss and elected to bat.

2nd twenty-over match

17 September 2021
13:00
Scorecard
Thailand  Flag of Thailand.svg
139/5 (20 overs)
v
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Emerging
109/8 (20 overs)
Nannapat Koncharoenkai 50 (42)
Delmi Tucker 2/15 (3 overs)
Annerie Dercksen 43 (46)
Sornnarin Tippoch 2/12 (4 overs)
Thailand Women won by 30 runs
Senwes Park, Potchefstroom
Umpires: Murray Brown (SA) and Mazizi Gampu (SA)
  • Thailand Women won the toss and elected to bat.

3rd twenty-over match

19 September 2021
13:00
Scorecard
South Africa Emerging  Flag of South Africa.svg
84 (19.4 overs)
v
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand
86/3 (16 overs)
Annerie Dercksen 17 (11)
Suleeporn Laomi 4/12 (4 overs)
Natthakan Chantham 36* (39)
Delmi Tucker 1/15 (4 overs)
Thailand Women won by 7 wickets
Senwes Park, Potchefstroom
Umpires: Murray Brown (SA) and Abongile Sodumo (SA)
  • South Africa Emerging won the toss and elected to bat.

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