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Thailand women’s cricket left-arm spinner Thipacha Puthavong took four wickets in as many balls to help her team beat Netherlands in a 20-over match on Friday. Puthavong became the seventh cricketer, whether male or female, to achieve this feat. With bowling figures of 5/8 in 3.5 overs and the Netherlands being bowled out for 75, she took the wickets of Phebe Molkenboer, Mikki Zwilling, Hannah Landheer and Caroline de Lange in successive deliveries in the 18th over.
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Wicket in balls! Thipacha Puthavong, take the bow
The young sensation took five wickets to guide Thailand to victory against the Netherlands.#EuropeanCricket #stronger together #hattrick #thailand #Netherlands pic.twitter.com/dwoS6GcfB1– European Cricket (@EuropeanCricket) 14 July 2023
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With wickets in hand, Thailand chased down the total in 13.3 overs to win the T20I tri-series, which also included Scotland Women. (Read: Nitish Rana’s Asian Games loss upset wife Sachi Marwah, says ‘either you take…’)
Puthavong became the third female cricketer to take four wickets in four balls, joining Germany’s Anuradha Doddaballapur (against Austria in 2020) and Botswana’s Shamila Mosweu (against Mozambique in 2021).
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Thipacha Puthavong named ICC Women’s Player of the Month for May 2023
Description pic.twitter.com/jV3DmCE9Y3– ICC (@ICC) 12 June 2023
In men’s cricket, Rashid Khan, Lasith Malinga, Curtis Camper and Jason Holder have taken four wickets in four balls.
The 19-year-old Puthavong was named the ICC Women’s Player of the Month for May 2023 as she helped Thailand women win gold at the Southeast Asian Games in Cambodia.
ICC announces equal prize money for men’s and women’s teams in ICC events
The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Thursday announced equal prize money for men’s and women’s teams in ICC competitions, while also making changes to over-rate restrictions in Test cricket.
“This decision was taken at the ICC Annual Conference in Durban, South Africa, and ensures that the ICC Board fulfills its commitment to reach prize money equity by 2030 ahead of schedule,” the ICC said in an official statement. Teams will now receive equal prize money for equal finishing positions in comparable events, as well as match winnings in those events.
