Zimbabwe women's cricket team in Thailand in 2022–23

Zimbabwe women's cricket team in Thailand in 2022–23
	Thailand	Zimbabwe
Dates	19 – 28 April 2023
Captains	Naruemol Chaiwai	Mary-Anne Musonda
One Day International series
Results	Thailand won the 3-match series 3–0
Most runs	Naruemol Chaiwai (111)	Sharne Mayers (77)
Most wickets	Thipatcha Putthawong (9)	Kelis Ndhlovu (10)
Player of the series	Naruemol Chaiwai (Tha)
Twenty20 International series
Results	Thailand won the 3-match series 2–1
Most runs	Nannapat Koncharoenkai (78)	Sharne Mayers (77)
Most wickets	Nattaya Boochatham (4) Onnicha Kamchomphu (4)	Audrey Mazvishaya (6)
Player of the series	Naruemol Chaiwai (Tha)

The Zimbabwe women's cricket team toured Thailand in April 2023 to play three One Day International (ODI) and three Twenty20 International (T20I) matches. This was Zimbabwe's first tour to Thailand for a bilateral series. ^[1] Originally the tour was to consist of just three T20Is, ^[2] before being expanded to a series of 3 ODIs and 4 T20Is. ^{[3] [4] [5]} However, after the completion of the first match of the T20I series, it was announced that the series would be reduced to three matches due to scheduling conflicts with the Southeast Asian Games cricket tournament. ^[6]

Thailand won all three matches of the ODI series. ^[7] It was the first ever instance of an associate nation clean-sweeping an ODI series against a full member. ^[8] Thailand also won the T20I series 2–1. ^[9]

Squads

Thailand [10]	Zimbabwe [11]
Naruemol Chaiwai (c) Nattaya Boochatham Nanthita Boonsukham Kanyakorn Bunthansen Natthakan Chantam Onnicha Kamchomphu Rosenanee Kanoh Nannapat Koncharoenkai (wk) Suleeporn Laomi Banthida Leephatthana (wk) Phannita Maya Thipatcha Putthawong Chanida Sutthiruang Sornnarin Tippoch	Mary-Anne Musonda (c) Christabel Chatonzwa Francisca Chipare Precious Marange Sharne Mayers Audrey Mazvishaya Chipo Mugeri-Tiripano Pellagia Mujaji Modester Mupachikwa (wk) Ashley Ndiraya Kelis Ndhlovu Josephine Nkomo Loryn Phiri Nomvelo Sibanda Loreen Tshuma

ODI series

1st ODI

19 April 2023 09:00 Scorecard

Thailand   154 (43 overs)	v	Zimbabwe 76 (24.1 overs)
Naruemol Chaiwai 57* (104) Kelis Ndhlovu 5/22 (9 overs)		Sharne Mayers 24 (24) Thipatcha Putthawong 6/6 (6.1 overs)

Thailand won by 78 runs Terdthai Cricket Ground, Bangkok Umpires: Tabarak Dar (HK) and Viswanadan Kalidas (Mas) Player of the match: Thipatcha Putthawong (Tha)

• Thailand won the toss and elected to bat.
• Chipo Mugeri-Tiripano and Kelis Ndhlovu (Zim) both made their ODI debuts.
• Kelis Ndhlovu became the first player for Zimbabwe to take a five-wicket haul in women's ODIs. ^[12]
• Thipatcha Putthawong became the first player for Thailand to take a five-wicket haul in women's ODIs. ^[13]
• This was the third ever women's ODI in which both teams had a bowler take a five-wicket haul (India vs New Zealand in 2005, Netherlands vs Ireland in 2007).

2nd ODI

21 April 2023 09:00 Scorecard

Thailand   217 (50 overs)	v	Zimbabwe 172/9 (50 overs)
Natthakan Chantam 54 (67) Kelis Ndhlovu 3/17 (10 overs)		Sharne Mayers 37 (53) Chanida Sutthiruang 2/14 (4 overs)

Thailand won by 45 runs Terdthai Cricket Ground, Bangkok Umpires: Viswanadan Kalidas (Mas) and Ashwani Kumar Rana (Tha) Player of the match: Natthakan Chantam (Tha)

• Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to field.

3rd ODI

23 April 2023 09:00 Scorecard

Zimbabwe   112 (38.5 overs)	v	Thailand 116/4 (27.2 overs)
Loreen Tshuma 32* (63) Nattaya Boochatham 3/7 (7 overs)		Naruemol Chaiwai 52* (60) Kelis Ndhlovu 2/19 (8 overs)

Thailand won by 6 wickets Terdthai Cricket Ground, Bangkok Umpires: Tabarak Dar (HK) and Ashwani Kumar Rana (Tha) Player of the match: Naruemol Chaiwai (Tha)

• Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat.

T20I series

1st T20I

25 April 2023 09:00 Scorecard

Zimbabwe   143/4 (20 overs)	v	Thailand 119/9 (20 overs)
Sharne Mayers 71* (67) Phannita Maya 1/11 (1 overs)		Nannapat Koncharoenkai 29 (30) Audrey Mazvishaya 3/27 (4 overs)

Zimbabwe won by 24 runs Terdthai Cricket Ground, Bangkok Umpires: Tabarak Dar (HK) and Viswanadan Kalidas (Mas) Player of the match: Sharne Mayers (Zim)

• Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat.
• Audrey Mazvishaya (Zim) took her first hat-trick in T20Is. ^[14]

2nd T20I

27 April 2023 14:00 Scorecard

Zimbabwe   103/9 (20 overs)	v	Thailand 106/5 (19.3 overs)
Chipo Mugeri-Tiripano 37 (34) Nattaya Boochatham 3/7 (4 overs)		Nannapat Koncharoenkai 39* (50) Audrey Mazvishaya 2/27 (3.3 overs)

Thailand won by 5 wickets Terdthai Cricket Ground, Bangkok Umpires: Arif Ansari (Tha) and Viswanadan Kalidas (Mas) Player of the match: Nattaya Boochatham (Tha)

• Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat.
• This match was originally scheduled to take place on 26 April, but was rescheduled due to a storm. ^[15]

3rd T20I

28 April 2023 09:15 Scorecard

Zimbabwe   111/6 (20 overs)	v	Thailand 112/2 (16.4 overs)
Mary-Anne Musonda 28 (29) Onnicha Kamchomphu 3/20 (4 overs)		Natthakan Chantam 56* (53) Loreen Tshuma 1/20 (4 overs)

Thailand won by 8 wickets Terdthai Cricket Ground, Bangkok Umpires: Arif Ansari (Tha) and Tabarak Dar (HK) Player of the match: Natthakan Chantam (Tha)

• Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat.

References

1. "Lady Chevrons to tour Thailand for T20 series". New Zimbabwe. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
2. "Brent keen on Zim's maiden tour of Thailand". The Herald. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
3. "Lady Chevrons to tour Thailand". Chronicle. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
4. @Thailandcricket (11 April 2023). "Itinerary: Zimbabwe tour of Thailand 2023 | ODI | T20i | 17-29th April 2023 |" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
5. "Zimbabwe Women's Tour of Thailand announced, 3 ODIs and 4 T20Is starts 19th April 2023". Female Cricket. 13 April 2023. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
6. "Second T20I pushed back to Thursday". Cricket Association of Thailand (via Facebook). Retrieved 26 April 2023.
7. "Whitewashed …Lady Chevrons fail to match Thailand". Chronicle. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
8. "Thailand sweep ODI series against Zimbabwe". CricketEurope. Archived from the original on 1 March 2024. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
9. "Thailand win T20I series against Zimbabwe". CricketEurope. Archived from the original on 25 February 2024. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
10. "Zimbabwe women arrive in Thailand for 3 ODIs and 4 T20Is". Cricket Association of Thailand. 17 April 2023. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
11. @zimbabwewomen (15 April 2023). "Zimbabwe travel to Thailand today for tour that includes 3 One Day Internationals and 4 T20 matches" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
12. "Lady Chevrons lose series opener against Thailand". Chronicle. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
13. "Jaw-dropping figures in Bangkok headlines women's international action". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
14. "Records / Women's Twenty20 Internationals / Bowling records / Hat-tricks". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
15. @ThailandCricket (26 April 2023). "SECOND T20I PUSHED BACK TO THURSDAY" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

External links

• Series home at ESPNcricinfo