It’s a Thailand-Indonesia T20 women’s final

Indonesia and Thailand, two nations that were never colonised by the British who introduced cricket globally, will play for the gold medal in the women’s T20 final of the 29^th SEA Games on Monday (Aug 28) at the Kinrara Oval.

The Malaysians, however, will go into the playoff for bronze medal against Singapore (9am). The women’s final will start at 12.30pm.

In the last round robin match played on Sunday (Aug 27), the Indonesians defeated the host by 21 runs. Batting first, Indonesia scored 97 runs for the loss of two wickets with V. Anggraeni posting 48 runs, A. Andriani contributed 28 and P. Haryanti scored 11 runs.

Chasing a modest target of 98 runs for victory, the Malaysians struggled against the pace and spin attack of N. Sitompol (2-13), NW Sariani (2-12), A. Andriani (1-17) and T. Hanum (1-13) as they crashed out with 21 runs needed for victory.

In the men’s T20 matches, the host crushed Thailand by seven wickets while Singapore defeated Vietnam by 165 runs. Two more matches are scheduled on Monday. Indonesia plays Vietnam (4pm) and Myanmar meets Thailand (7.30pm).

The men’s T20 final is on Tuesday (Aug 29).

 Scores – Men’s T20 Malaysia v Thailand: Thailand 77 all out (K. Suttisan 25, Vichanath Singh 11; Mohamad Shukri 3-8, Virandeep Singh 2-14, Anwar Rahman 1-10, D. Duraisingam 1-16, Syed Aziz 1-23). Malaysia 81-3 in 17.1 overs (Suharril Fetri 27 not out, Aminuddin Ramly 15, Virandeep Singh 14 not out; W. Uisuk 1-15, C. Pengkumta 1-29). Result: Malaysia won by 7 wickets.

 Singapore v Vietnam: Singapore 194-3 in 20 overs (NMS Param 63, RA Hussein 51, Abhiraj Singh 44; T Le Tien 2-32). Vietnam 29 all out in 15 overs (T Le Tien 8; M. Dharmichand 3-4, A. Krishna 2-2, PVSS Raja 2-4, Mohamed Shoib 2-5). Result: Singapore won by 165 runs.

 Women’s T20 Malaysia v Indonesia: Indonesia 97-2 in 20 overs (V. Anggraeni 48, A. Andriani 28, P. Haryanti 11; Janaddiah Halim 1-10, Nadhirah Nasruddin 1-11). Malaysia 76-9 in 20 overs (Zumika Azmi 15, Sasha Azmi 14, Mahirah Izzati Ismail 12; N. Sitompol 2-13, NW Sariani 2-12, A. Andriani 1-17, T. Hanum 1-13). Result: Indonesia won by 21 runs

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