Natthakan Chantham Explained

Natthakan Chantham
Female:true
Country:Thailand
International:true
Birth Date:1 January 1996
Birth Place:Chiang Mai,[1] Thailand
Nickname:Jeans[2]
Batting:Right-handed
Bowling:Right-arm medium-fast
Role:Batter
Odidebutdate:20 November
Odidebutyear:2022
Odidebutagainst:Netherlands
Odicap:3
Lastodidate:7 July
Lastodiyear:2023
Lastodiagainst:Netherlands
T20idebutdate:3 June
T20idebutyear:2018
T20idebutagainst:Pakistan
T20icap:3
Lastt20idate:1 May
Lastt20iyear:2022
Lastt20iagainst:USA
Club1:Trailblazers
Year1:2020
Club2:Velocity
Year2:2022
Columns:2
Hidedeliveries:true
Column1:WODI
Matches1:9
Runs1:473
Bat Avg1:52.55
100S/50S1:1/5
Top Score1:102
Deliveries1:
Wickets1:
Bowl Avg1:
Fivefor1:
Tenfor1:
Best Bowling1:–/–
Catches/Stumpings1:5/–
Column2:WT20I
Matches2:82
Runs2:1,690
Bat Avg2:27.25
100S/50S2:0/9
Top Score2:88
Deliveries2:
Wickets2:
Bowl Avg2:
Fivefor2:
Tenfor2:
Best Bowling2:
Catches/Stumpings2:23/–
Date:8 October 2024
Source:http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/486942.html ESPNcricinfo
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Natthakan Chantham (th|ณัฏฐกานต์ จันทร์ธรรม pronounced as /th/;,[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]

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.

On 20 November 2022, she scored her maiden Women's One Day International century, making 102 against the Netherlands.[19] [20] [21]

Franchise career

In October 2020, she was selected to play for the IPL Trailblazers in the 2020 Women's T20 Challenge league,[22] becoming the first Thai cricketer to play in a professional Twenty20 franchise league.[23] 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.[24]

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Natthakan Chantam . 13 October 2022 . cricket.com.au .
  2. Web site: Ananya . Upendran . Lessons, laughs, leadership and a love of the game – Thailand's memorable T20 World Cup campaign . Women's Criczone . 6 July 2020 . 6 March 2020.
  3. Listen to Chantham pronouncing her own name: Web site: ICC Women's T20 World Cup - Interview with Thailand's Natthakan Chantham . YouTube. 26 September 2021 . 15 February 2000.
  4. News: Pandey . Devendra . No access to cricket on TV, now ready to play 'live': Thailand's Nattakan (sic) Chantam makes progress . 11 November 2020 . . 3 November 2020.
  5. Web site: Natthakan Chantam . 12 February 2017 . ESPNcricinfo.
  6. Web site: ICC Women's World Cup Qualifier, 6th Match, Group A: India Women v Thailand Women at Colombo (CCC), Feb 8, 2017 . 12 February 2017 . ESPNcricinfo.
  7. Web site: ICC announces umpire and referee appointments for ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier 2018 . International Cricket Council . 27 June 2018.
  8. Web site: 3rd Match, Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup at Kuala Lumpur, Jun 3 2018 . ESPNcricinfo . 4 July 2018.
  9. Web site: Second Women's Global Development Squad heads to Rebel Women's Big Bash League . International Cricket Council . 14 November 2018.
  10. Web site: Match official appointments and squads announced for ICC Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier 2019 . International Cricket Council . 21 August 2019.
  11. Web site: Thailand name squad for their first Women's T20 World Cup . International Cricket Council . 29 January 2020.
  12. Web site: ICC Women's T20 World Cup, 2019/20 - Thailand Women: Batting and bowling averages . ESPNcricinfo . 3 March 2020.
  13. Web site: Admin . Thailand batters shine in washed-out finale . GoSports . 3 July 2020 . 3 March 2020.
  14. Voigt-Hill . Xavier . Natthakan Chantam's sparkling half-century shows what Thailand can do with exposure and experience . . 3 March 2020 . 3 July 2020.
  15. Web site: ICC Awards of the Decade announced . International Cricket Council . 25 November 2020.
  16. Web site: Chantham twin centuries put Thailand ahead against South Africa Emerging XI. Emerging Cricket. 11 September 2021. 12 September 2021.
  17. Web site: Thailand announce 15-member side for World Cup Qualifiers . Women's CricZone . 8 November 2021.
  18. Web site: 2nd Match, Group B, Harare, Nov 21 2021, ICC Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier . ESPNcricinfo . 21 November 2021.
  19. Web site: Thailand women make dream ODI debut with 100-run win against Netherlands. The Statesman. 8 October 2024.
  20. Web site: NATTHAKAN CHANTHAM HITS HUNDRED IN THAILAND WOMEN’S FIRST ODI. Thailand Cricket. 8 October 2024.
  21. Web site: Thailand Women vs Netherlands Women. ESPNCricinfo. 8 October 2024.
  22. Web site: BCCI Announces Squads for Women's T20 Challenge . IPL T20 . 11 October 2020.
  23. Web site: Thailand's Natthakan Chantham picked for Women's IPL . Emerging Cricket . 11 October 2020 . 11 October 2020.
  24. News: Team Latestly . Nattakan (sic) Chantam Praised for Her Spectacular Fielding Effort and Catch in Trailblazers vs Supernovas Women's T20 Challenge Final (Watch Video) . 11 November 2020 . Latestly . 9 November 2020.