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Natthakan Chantham

Natthakan Chantham

Thai cricketer (born 1996)

Natthakan Chantham (Thai: ณัฏฐกานต์ จันทร์ธรรม Thai pronunciation: [nát.tʰa.kāːn tɕān.tʰām]; na-ta-KAHN chan-TAHM,[3][4] born 1 January 1996) is a Thai cricketer, who plays for the women's national cricket team as a right-handed opening batter.[5]

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International career

She played for the Thailand women's national cricket team in the 2017 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier in February 2017.[6]

In June 2018, she was named in Thailand's squad for the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier tournament.[7] She made her Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) debut for Thailand on 3 June 2018, in the 2018 Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup.[8] In November 2018, she was named in the Women's Global Development Squad, to play fixtures against Women's Big Bash League (WBBL) clubs.[9]

In August 2019, she was named in Thailand's squad for the 2019 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier tournament in Scotland.[10] In January 2020, she was named in Thailand's squad for the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup in Australia.[11] She was the leading run-scorer for Thailand in the tournament, with 103 runs in four matches.[12] In Thailand's last match of the tournament, against Pakistan, she scored 56 to register her country’s first Women’s T20 World Cup half-century, and shared in an opening partnership of 93 with Nattaya Boochatham.[13][14]

In November 2020, Chantham was nominated for the ICC Women's Associate Cricketer of the Decade award.[15]

Chantham scored consecutive centuries (113 and 120) against the South Africa Emerging side in September 2021, during her team's tour of Zimbabwe and South Africa.[16] In November 2021, she was named in Thailand's team for the 2021 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier tournament in Zimbabwe.[17] She played in Thailand's first match of the tournament, on 21 November 2021 against Zimbabwe.[18]

In October 2022, she played for Thailand in Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup.

Franchise career

In October 2020, she was selected to play for the IPL Trailblazers in the 2020 Women's T20 Challenge league,[19] becoming the first Thai cricketer to play in a professional Twenty20 franchise league.[20] In the tournament final, she played a prominent role in the Trailblazers' victory, by diving spectacularly to save a boundary by Jemimah Rodrigues, and then by taking a breakthrough catch in the covers to dismiss Rodrigues off the bowling of Deepti Sharma.[21]

References

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    "Natthakan Chantam". cricket.com.au. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
  2. [2]
    Ananya, Upendran (6 March 2020). "Lessons, laughs, leadership and a love of the game – Thailand's memorable T20 World Cup campaign". Women's Criczone. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
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    Listen to Chantham pronouncing her own name: "ICC Women's T20 World Cup - Interview with Thailand's Natthakan Chantham". YouTube. 15 February 2000. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
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    Pandey, Devendra (3 November 2020). "No access to cricket on TV, now ready to play 'live': Thailand's Nattakan (sic) Chantam makes progress". The Indian Express. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
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    "Natthakan Chantam". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
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    "ICC Women's World Cup Qualifier, 6th Match, Group A: India Women v Thailand Women at Colombo (CCC), Feb 8, 2017". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
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    "ICC announces umpire and referee appointments for ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier 2018". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
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    "3rd Match, Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup at Kuala Lumpur, Jun 3 2018". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
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    "Second Women's Global Development Squad heads to Rebel Women's Big Bash League". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
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    "Match official appointments and squads announced for ICC Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier 2019". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
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    "Thailand name squad for their first Women's T20 World Cup". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
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    "ICC Women's T20 World Cup, 2019/20 - Thailand Women: Batting and bowling averages". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
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    Admin (3 March 2020). "Thailand batters shine in washed-out finale". GoSports. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
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    Voigt-Hill, Xavier (3 March 2020). "Natthakan Chantam's sparkling half-century shows what Thailand can do with exposure and experience". The Cricketer. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
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    "ICC Awards of the Decade announced". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
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    "Chantham twin centuries put Thailand ahead against South Africa Emerging XI". Emerging Cricket. 11 September 2021. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
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    "Thailand announce 15-member side for World Cup Qualifiers". Women's CricZone. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
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    "2nd Match, Group B, Harare, Nov 21 2021, ICC Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
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    "BCCI Announces Squads for Women's T20 Challenge". IPL T20. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
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    "Thailand's Natthakan Chantham picked for Women's IPL". Emerging Cricket. 11 October 2020. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
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    Team Latestly (9 November 2020). "Nattakan (sic) Chantam Praised for Her Spectacular Fielding Effort and Catch in Trailblazers vs Supernovas Women's T20 Challenge Final (Watch Video)". Latestly. Retrieved 11 November 2020.

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