That will be all from our side and as we draw the curtains on our live coverage of this Women's Asia Cup 2024 contest between Malaysia Women and Thailand Women. It will be the pair of Soumarya Dutta and Ajay signing off on behalf of our Scorer/Analyst Manish Bishnoi. See you soon!
Thipatcha Putthawong (Thailand Women Captain): "Initially I was anxious because the team is quite young. The experienced players are missing due to injuries but those that we have here stepped up.
Didn't have to say anything to the team, we made a few mistakes in the first half but fought back well. Really enjoyed captaining the side."
Nannapat Koncharoenkai (Player of the match): "I am really happy. First game of the tournament is always exciting. That's why you saw we didn't get any wickets in the first half. But we came back well in the second half. We did miss her but we have many batters here.
We have been practicing for situations like these and were well prepared for a situation like this."
Player of the match: Nannapat Koncharoenkai
Winnifred Duraisingam( Malaysia Women Captain)- "It's a bit disappointing as we started well but our middle order collapsed. After Hunter's wicket we lost the plot and none of the other batters could put up a fight. We were confident at the halfway mark and hoped that we could chase it down. We will look to bounce back stronger in the next two games."
5:07 PM IST & Local Time: We are all set for the post-match presentation.
4:58 PM IST & Local Time: That's it Thailand Women keep their unbeaten run against Malaysia Women alive with a 22-run win. Thaipatcha Puttawong becomes the youngest captain to lead a side to win in Women's Asia Cup.
Earlier in the game, Thailand Women won the toss and opted to bat first. Wicketkeeper batter N Koncharoenkai, who came out to bat at three, top-scored with a knock of 40.
They lost the wicket of Nannaphat Chaihan for a silver duck. Skipper Thipatcha Putthawong struggled in the middle and was out for 9 after facing 16 deliveries.
Phannita Maya made 29 while Khiaoto and Kanoh remained unbeaten on 14 and 13 respectively. Ismail was the pick of the bowlers with figures of 3/16 from her four overs.
Winifred Duraisingam, Aisya Eleesa, Suabika Manivannan picked up one wicket apiece as they finished at 133/6.
In reply, Malaysia openers started well and put on 68 runs for the first wicket. Duraisingam was the first one to depart in the 12th over but after that their batting line-up fell like a pack of cards.
Wan Julia fought a lone battle, scorning 52 off 53. However, with wickets falling regularly at the other end and they eventually fell short by 22 runs in the end.
Onnicha Kamchomphu picked up two wickets for 20 while Chanida Sutthiruang, Nattaya Boochatham, Thipatcha Putthawong and Suleeporn Laomi all picked up a wicket each to win the game. Stay tuned for the post-match presentation.
OVER 20
Malaysia Women
111/8
Dhanusri Muhunan
1(2)
Aina Najwa
6(5)
Nattaya Boochatham
1-20(4.0)
19.6 N Boochatham to A Najwa
1 Back of a length and around the line of off stump. Najwa cuts it away past cover for a single. Malaysia Women end up with 111/8 in 20 overs. Thailand Women win by 22 runs.
19.5 N Boochatham to A Najwa
2 Pitched up and around middle stump. Najwa works it away in front of square for a couple of runs.
19.4 N Boochatham to D Muhunan
1 Shorter and outside the line of off stump. Mununan cuts it away to point. Will be a single.
19.3 N Boochatham to D Muhunan
0 Fuller and around middle stump line. Muhunan hits it back to the bowler.
W STUMPED!! The 8th one goes down. It was tossed up and around the line of off stump. Eleesa tried to go down the track but she missed the line of the ball. The keeper was alert and whipped the bails off in a flash.
19.1 N Boochatham to A Eleesa
0 Fuller and around the middle stump line. Pushed back to the bowler.
19.1 N Boochatham to A Najwa
1wd WIDE!! This one is fuller and down the leg stump line. Najwa tries to slog that one away but it's going down the leg stump. The keeper misses it and it will be an extra run.