ICC Women's Player of the Month for May 2023 revealed

Men's POTM May 2023

19-year-old Thipatcha Putthawong has become the latest recipient of the ICC Women's Player of the Month for May 2023, after her countrywoman Naruemol Chaiwai won it last month.

Putthawong was against seasoned Sri Lankan Chamari Athapaththu and her teammate the talented Harshitha Madavi in running for the May award.

The youngster has made waves in the Associate world, and delivered glory for her team through a South East Asian Games gold-medal campaign in Cambodia.

Continually troubling batters with her quicker left-arm orthodox, Putthawong claimed 11 wickets and was also incredibly economic, leading to a jaw-dropping stat line: not only was she the leading wicket-taker, she claimed her wickets at an average of just 1.54, conceding just 17 runs in 15.3 overs. That's an economy of just 1.09.

Staggeringly, three of her spells ended with economy rates of under one, with figures of 1/9 against Indonesia somehow an outlier.

Putthawong's 4/3 against the Philippines was her best performance, closely joined by 3/3 and 3/2 against Malaysia and Myanmar respectively.

"I am very happy to be recognized as the ICC Women’s Player of the Month," said Putthawong after winning the award.

"I would like to express my gratitude to the Cricket Association of Thailand for my aiding development and always trusting in my abilities.

"I am very honored to be given the opportunity to represent my country and put in important performances during the SEA Games. I would like to express my appreciation to all the voters that contributed to this prize. I will keep trying to develop myself as a cricketer and hope everyone follows my progression and Thailand's success in the future."