Cricket History books had few new pages updated on them as Thailand’s Women’s squad scripted one of the finest moments in their nation’s sporting history by securing their place in the 2020 ICC Women’s T20 World Cup in Australia. They joined Bangladesh Women as the two qualifiers from the 8-nation qualifying tournament being held in Scotland.
PNG and Bangladesh will now compete in the final to decide who heads into Group A and Group B at the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup.
Thailand beat PNG by 8 wickets in Dundee to take one of two places, while Bangladesh knocked out Ireland in a low-scoring thriller at Forthill. In the other position play-off matches, Netherlands defeated USA and Scotland defeated Namibia to set up their 5th/6th play-off match. USA and Namibia will compete in the 7th/8th play-off match, while PNG and Ireland will compete for the 3rd/4th position in the final tournament standings.
Brief Scores
Semifinal#1: Ireland 85 all out in 20 overs (Eimear Richardson 25, Laura Delany 25, Fahima Khatun 3/18, Salma Khatun 1/10, Nahida Akter 1/17) lost to Bangladesh 86/6 in 20 overs (Sanjida Islam 32 n.o, Ritu Moni 15, Orla Prendergast 2/11, Sophie MacMahon 1/9) by 4 wickets
Semifinal#2: Papua New Guinea 67/7 in 20 overs (Kaia Arua 16 n.o, Sibona Jimmy 13, Chanida Sutthiruang 2/15, Suleeporn Laomi 1/5, Ratanaporn Padunglerd 1/4) lost to Thailand 68/2 in 17.3 overs (Naruemol Chaiwai 32, Nattakan Chantam 18, Ravini Oa 1/7, Kaia Arua 1/11) by 8 wickets
5th-8th play-off match: USA 90/4 in 20 overs (Nadia Gruny 53 n.o, Sindhu Sriharsha 11; Silver Siegers 2/10, Heather Siegers 2/26) lost to Netherlands 91/1 in 17.4 overs (Denise van Deventer 38 n.o, Sterre Kalis 31, Akshatha Rao 1/21) by 9 wickets
5th-8th play-off match: Namibia 67 all out in 17.4 overs (Irene van Zyl 15, Yasmeen Khan 10, Kathryn Bryce 2/6, Rachel Hawkins 2/9, Katherine Fraser 2/16, Hannah Rainey 1/8) lost to Scotland 68 for no loss in 8.4 overs (Sarah Bryce 37 n.o, Lorna Jack 25 n.o, Sune Wittmann 0/7) by 10 wickets
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