# Women's cricket at the 2023 SEA Games
Women's cricket at the 2023 SEA Games comprised four medal competitions for women's national teams, played in the 50-over, Twenty20, T10, and six-a-side formats at the AZ Group Cricket Oval in [Phnom Penh](https://www.edgepedia.org/phnom-penh), Cambodia, between late April and mid-May 2023.[1](https://czarsportzauto.com/2023-sea-games/) Thailand won the 50-over and Twenty20 gold medals, while Indonesia took the six-a-side title.[2](https://www.cricketthailand.org/thailand-women-win-gold-in-50-over-cricket/) • [3](https://www.cricbuzz.com/live-cricket-scorecard/69732/thaiw-vs-idnw-final-sea-games-womens-twenty20-cricket-competition-2023) • [4](https://oca.asia/news/3971-indonesias-women-record-historic-sea-games-gold-in-cricket.html)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Host and venue | 32nd SEA Games, Phnom Penh, Cambodia; cricket played at the AZ Group Cricket Oval on Hun Sen Boulevard[1](https://czarsportzauto.com/2023-sea-games/) |
| Competition window | Cricket events ran from April 28 to May 16, 2023[1](https://czarsportzauto.com/2023-sea-games/) |
| Formats | Women's medals in 50-over, T20, T10, and six-a-side competitions; the T20 category carried T20I status with ranking points[1](https://czarsportzauto.com/2023-sea-games/) |
| 50-over final | Thailand Women beat Indonesia Women by 93 runs on May 14, 2023[2](https://www.cricketthailand.org/thailand-women-win-gold-in-50-over-cricket/) |
| T20 final | Thailand Women 120/3 beat Indonesia Women 80/6 by 40 runs on May 15, 2023[3](https://www.cricbuzz.com/live-cricket-scorecard/69732/thaiw-vs-idnw-final-sea-games-womens-twenty20-cricket-competition-2023) |
| Six-a-side gold | Indonesia beat the Philippines in the final on May 10, 2023, a first SEA Games cricket gold for Indonesian women[4](https://oca.asia/news/3971-indonesias-women-record-historic-sea-games-gold-in-cricket.html) |
| T20 groups | Group A: Thailand, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines; Group B: Cambodia, Singapore, Indonesia[1](https://czarsportzauto.com/2023-sea-games/) |
## Organization and formats
The SEA Games Federation Council and Cambodia's Olympic Council approved cricket's inclusion among the 39 sports disciplines of the 32nd [SEA Games](https://www.edgepedia.org/sea-games), staged in Phnom Penh from May 5 to 16, 2023.[1](https://czarsportzauto.com/2023-sea-games/) The women's program mirrored the men's: a 50-over competition, a Twenty20 competition played with full T20I status and ranking points, a T10 competition, and a six-a-side tournament, all contested for medals.[1](https://czarsportzauto.com/2023-sea-games/) The women's T20 teams were split into two groups, with Thailand, Malaysia, Myanmar, and the Philippines in [Group A](https://www.edgepedia.org/group-a), and Cambodia, Singapore, and Indonesia in [Group B](https://www.edgepedia.org/group-b).[1](https://czarsportzauto.com/2023-sea-games/)
## 50-over competition
**Thailand took the first cricket gold of the Games** on May 14, 2023, beating Indonesia by 93 runs in the 50-over final.[2](https://www.cricketthailand.org/thailand-women-win-gold-in-50-over-cricket/) Thailand batted first and were bowled out for 130 in 35.2 overs, despite an opening stand of 43 between Sornnarin Tippoch and Natthakan Chantham.[2](https://www.cricketthailand.org/thailand-women-win-gold-in-50-over-cricket/)
The total proved ample. Chanida Sutthiruang took a wicket with her first ball and three wickets inside eight legal balls; Suleeporn Laomi produced a run out, and Nattaya Boochatham helped reduce Indonesia to 10 for six in the 8th over.[2](https://www.cricketthailand.org/thailand-women-win-gold-in-50-over-cricket/) Thipatcha Putthawong struck with her first ball, and two wickets fell in Onnicha Kamchomphu's first over, leaving Indonesia at 17 for nine.[2](https://www.cricketthailand.org/thailand-women-win-gold-in-50-over-cricket/) The last pair added a stand of 20, more than doubling the score, before Laomi's second run out sealed the gold medal.[2](https://www.cricketthailand.org/thailand-women-win-gold-in-50-over-cricket/)
## Twenty20 competition
The T20 group stage produced several one-sided results.
In the final on May 15, 2023, at the AZ Group Cricket Oval, Indonesia won the toss and chose to bowl.[3](https://www.cricbuzz.com/live-cricket-scorecard/69732/thaiw-vs-idnw-final-sea-games-womens-twenty20-cricket-competition-2023) Thailand made 120/3 in 20 overs, built on an unbroken second-wicket partnership of 104 between captain Natthakan Chantham, who finished 73 not out off 61 balls with seven fours, and Naruemol Chaiwai, who made 35 off 51.[3](https://www.cricbuzz.com/live-cricket-scorecard/69732/thaiw-vs-idnw-final-sea-games-womens-twenty20-cricket-competition-2023) Ni Wayan Sariani took 2 for 24 for Indonesia.[3](https://www.cricbuzz.com/live-cricket-scorecard/69732/thaiw-vs-idnw-final-sea-games-womens-twenty20-cricket-competition-2023)
Indonesia managed only 80/6 in reply, with Ni Putu Ayu Nanda Sakarini's 13 the top score; Thipatcha Putthawong bowled four overs for 9 runs and took a wicket, and Suleeporn Laomi, Sornnarin Tippoch, Nattaya Boochatham, and Onnicha Kamchomphu each took one.[3](https://www.cricbuzz.com/live-cricket-scorecard/69732/thaiw-vs-idnw-final-sea-games-womens-twenty20-cricket-competition-2023) Thailand won by 40 runs, their second cricket gold of the Games.[3](https://www.cricbuzz.com/live-cricket-scorecard/69732/thaiw-vs-idnw-final-sea-games-womens-twenty20-cricket-competition-2023) • [2](https://www.cricketthailand.org/thailand-women-win-gold-in-50-over-cricket/)
## Six-a-side competition
Indonesia won the women's six-a-side tournament, outclassing the Philippines in the final at the AZ Group Cricket Oval on the afternoon of May 10, 2023.[4](https://oca.asia/news/3971-indonesias-women-record-historic-sea-games-gold-in-cricket.html) The Olympic Council of Asia described the result as a historic SEA Games gold in cricket for Indonesia's women.[4](https://oca.asia/news/3971-indonesias-women-record-historic-sea-games-gold-in-cricket.html)
## Context
Thailand arrived as the pre-tournament favorite in the women's events, having beaten Zimbabwe 2-1 in a home T20I series shortly before the Games.[5](https://www.cricketthailand.org/thailand-level-t20i-series-against-zimbabwe/) The Cricket Association of Thailand anticipated that the 50-over title could be the first of three possible gold medals, with the T20 and T10 competitions to follow.[2](https://www.cricketthailand.org/thailand-women-win-gold-in-50-over-cricket/) For Cambodia, the host nation, the Games marked the country's first international T20 appearances; the Cricket Federation of Cambodia, founded in 2011, fields national men's and women's teams.[6](https://www.icc-cricket.com/about/members/associate/cambodia)
## References
1. [Schedule announced for Cricket in 2023 SEA Games in Cambodia, Czarsportz Global](https://czarsportzauto.com/2023-sea-games/)
2. [Thailand Women Win Gold in 50-Over Cricket, Cricket Association of Thailand](https://www.cricketthailand.org/thailand-women-win-gold-in-50-over-cricket/)
3. [Thailand Women vs Indonesia Women, Final, SEA Games Womens Twenty20 Cricket Competition 2023, Cricbuzz](https://www.cricbuzz.com/live-cricket-scorecard/69732/thaiw-vs-idnw-final-sea-games-womens-twenty20-cricket-competition-2023)
4. [Indonesia's women record historic SEA Games gold in cricket, Olympic Council of Asia](https://oca.asia/news/3971-indonesias-women-record-historic-sea-games-gold-in-cricket.html)
5. [Thailand Win T20I Series Against Zimbabwe, Cricket Association of Thailand](https://www.cricketthailand.org/thailand-level-t20i-series-against-zimbabwe/)
6. [Cambodia, ICC member page](https://www.icc-cricket.com/about/members/associate/cambodia)
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