Cricket fans around the world heaps praise on Twitter as Thailand women’s cricket team qualifies for 2020 T20 World Cup for the first time.
Thailand women made history on Thursday when they qualified for the 2020 T20 World Cup for the first time ever after beating Papua New Guinea women by eight wickets in the semi-final of the qualifiers.
This is how the Thailand players celebrated the winning moment:
That moment when you qualify for your first World Cup ever. Congratulations, ! 🙌
— ESPNcricinfo (@ESPNcricinfo)
The HISTORY MAKERS!
Congratulations on making it to the World Cup 2020!
What a team!📷Credits
— Female Cricket (@imfemalecricket)
When I was Thunder GM in WBBL01 we hosted Thai cricketers Suleeporn Laomi and Sornnarin Tippoch. We knew nothing about Thai cricket but were impressed by their passion for the game. Last night they made history – Thailand will play in next year’s T20 World Cup!
— Nick Cummins (@CricketTasCEO)
See soon 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
— Lisa Sthalekar (@sthalekar93)
What a journey, congratulations and . Lots of learnings and experience gained for this young team! Everything happens for a reason, let’s rebuild and make it a positive one! As always,
— Ciara J Metcalfe ☘️ (@CiaraJMetcalfe)
– and here I was told about the potential of women team as compare to men’s. Today is their day. Congratulations on qualification.
— Asif Khan (@mak_asif)
What a great day for Thailand. They have qualified for Women’s T20 World Cup 2020 in Australia for the first time in their history. What a day for cricket too.
— Mazher Arshad (@MazherArshad)
The women’s team has just qualified for the . The craziest part? Almost everyone who has followed their story would have been more surprised if they DIDN’T qualify. An incredible story for world cricket in so many ways.
— Daniel Beswick (@DGBeswick1)
This is a great story for world cricket: Thailand qualifying for a World Cup for the first time ever
— Tim (@timwig)
“WE ARE GOING TO AUSTRALIA!!!!!” party time for I’m Scotland tonight!
— Peter Della Penna (@PeterDellaPenna)
12 years ago a group of recently converted softball players came last in an Asian women’s cricket tournament. Today, they have made history; they have qualified for their country’s first . A credit to their local development programs. Simply amazing
— Tim Cutler (@timcutler)
Loves all things female cricket