Cricket Papua New Guinea (CPNG) will be hosting the Women’s National team of Thailand for a bi-lateral series, comprising of One-day Internationals (ODIs) and T20 Internationals (with ICC T20I team ranking points) from August 10th – 17th, 2026, at the Amini Park cricket ground in Port Moresby. This will be the maiden bi-lateral series arrangement made between the two (2) cricket boards, with the teams having met against each other on multiple occasions over the years in multi-nation events/tournaments in T20Is, however, they have never met in ODIs till date, and this being the 2nd Women’s Cricket World Cup qualification cycle, where both the teams have retained their ODI status till 2029.
The series will be crucial for Thailand Women, who will travel to UAE post this tour, to compete in the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) Women’s Asia Cup tournament, starting 28th August 2026. The Lewas players have prepared for this series by taking part in the domestic One-day tournament, which concluded recently. With no pathway tournament available for the Women’s Associate teams with ODI status like their Men’s counterparts, the teams have to depend on arrangements made between themselves (Scotland, Netherlands, Thailand, Papua New Guinea, United Arab Emirates), to stay in the hunt for Women’s World Cup Qualifier spots, for which the decision is yet to be made official.
Thailand Women’s Tour of Papua New Guinea 2026 Schedule
10th August 2026: Papua New Guinea vs Thailand – 1st WT20I (Scorecard)
11th August 2026: Thailand vs Papua New Guinea – 2nd WT20I (Scorecard)
13th August 2026: Papua New Guinea vs Thailand – 1st WODI (Scorecard)
15th August 2026: Thailand vs Papua New Guinea – 2nd WODI (Scorecard)
17th August 2026: Papua New Guinea vs Thailand – 3rd WODI (Scorecard)
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How will team qualify for Cricket World Cup (WODI)? We should have a tournament between 5 WODI associates and another tournaments for other associates to have their shot in qualification process.