"VAN" (Sports Desk - 27.11.2025) :: Day five of the inaugural ICC Women’s Emerging Nations Trophy 2025 saw wins for Scotland, Thailand, United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Netherlands.
Scotland remain two points ahead of Thailand on the points table after they made it five wins out of five in a well-contested match against Papua New Guinea (PNG).
The outstanding individual performance of the day came from Thailand’s 21-year-old, left-arm spinner, Thipatcha Putthawong who returned career best figures of five wickets for just six runs in Thailand’s eight-wicket victory against Uganda at AIT. She now has a remarkable 119 wickets in women’s T20Is from 80 matches with a bowling average under 10 which puts her top of the list in women’s cricket for bowlers with more than 100 T20I wickets and is also the first to take a five-wicket haul in the tournament.
Uganda were bowled out for 55 in 19.3 overs after Thailand won the toss and elected to field first. Stephani Namiina scored the most runs with 23 from 43 deliveries in a tough day out for the visitors. Thipatcha was backed up well by Sunida Chaturongrattana who took two wickets for 16.
Thailand made quick work of the chase, Nannapat Koncharoenkai and opener Nattaya Boochatham scored 28 not out and 24 respectively, setting up their victory with 11 overs to spare.
In another quick finish, the UAE beat Tanzania by seven wickets. In a brave move, Tanzania elected to bat first but were skittled out for 46 runs thanks to Vaishnave Mahesh (three wickets for seven) and Suraksha Kotte (two wickets for 10) who shared five wickets between them.
UAE captain, Esha Oza top scored with 28 runs as her team reached their target in 7.1 overs.
The Netherlands recovered well from their loss against PNG on Tuesday, they posted the highest total of the tournament so far, 164 for six, after being asked to bat first in their encounter with Namibia at TCG.
Sterre Kalis and Babette De Leede led the charge with 47 (38 balls) and 39 (34 balls) runs respectively.
Only Yasmeen Khan put up a fight in Namibia’s reply. She played an electrifying innings, smashing 41 runs in 15 deliveries which included seven boundaries and two sixes, but after she was bowled out by Frederique Overdijk, it was a lost cause for the Eagles.
The Netherlands’ Overdijk (four wickets for 18) and Caroline De Lange (three wickets for 11) accounted for seven of the Namibian wickets as they bowled them out for 113 runs, winning by 51 runs with 22 balls to spare.
The last match of the day was a thrilling encounter between PNG and undefeated Scotland at AIT.
PNG won the toss and elected to bat first, posting a competitive 118/8 in their allotted overs thanks to a big performance by Hollan Doriga who scored 63 runs from 51 deliveries. The only other notable contributions with the bat came from Naoani Vare and captain Brenda Tau who scored 12 runs each.
Scotland were challenged in this match, which went down to the second-last ball of the match. Star batter, Darcey Carter was run out for 30 off 40 deliveries after her opening partner Ailsa Lister (four off three balls) and Ellen Watson (26 off 32 balls) lost their wickets for four and 26 respectively.
Captain Sarah Bryce (39 not out off 29 balls) helped bring stability to the chase and continued the chase with Carter until the latter was run out in the 15th over. Megan McColl added 14 at a run a ball before she too was run out with four balls left in the match. It was enough in the end, Rachel Slater added four vital runs to the scoreboard for her team’s victory by six wickets.
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