The 2019 Netherlands Women's Quadrangular Series was a Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) cricket tournament that was held in Deventer, Netherlands, from 8 to 14 August 2019.^[1] It took place ahead of the 2019 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier tournament in Scotland.^[2] The series was contested between the teams of Ireland, the Netherlands, Scotland and Thailand.^[3] All the matches took place at the Sportpark Het Schootsveld.^[4][5] Thailand won the series, after winning five of their six matches, with Scotland finishing second.^[6]

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2019 Netherlands Women's Quadrangular Series

Dates	8 – 14 August 2019
Administrator(s)	International Cricket Council
Cricket format	WT20I
Tournament format(s)	Double round-robin
Host(s)	Netherlands
Champions	Thailand
Runners-up	Scotland
Participants	4
Matches	12
Most runs	Gaby Lewis (180)
Most wickets	Onnicha Kamchomphu (9) Nattaya Boochatham (9) Katherine Fraser (9)

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The opening round of fixtures saw Ireland beat the Netherlands by 79 runs and Thailand beat Scotland by 74 runs.^[7][8] On the second day, both matches were affected by rain, and were decided by the Duckworth–Lewis–Stern (DLS) method. Scotland beat the Netherlands by five runs, to leave the hosts without a win from their first two matches.^[9] Thailand's match against Ireland was initially reduced to 14 overs, before another delay with the bowler's run-up reduced the game to 10 overs per side.^[10] Thailand eventually won the match, beating Ireland by four runs.^[11] The first Ireland-Scotland encounter saw Scotland win by eleven runs in a close match.^[12] It was Scotland's first win against Ireland since 2011.^[13] Thailand beat the Netherlands by eight wickets to remain unbeaten in the tournament ahead of the rest day, with the hosts winless from their three matches.^[14] Thailand's win was their 17th win in a row,^[15] breaking the previous record of 16 consecutive wins in WT20I cricket set by Australia.^[16][17]

The first match after the rest day was between Scotland and Thailand, with Scotland ending Thailand's unbeaten streak.^[18] Scotland's captain, Sarah Bryce, scored four runs off the final ball of the match, to beat Thailand by five wickets.^[19] In Ireland's match against the Netherlands, Ireland scored 213/4, their highest total in a WT20I match.^[20] However, the match ended in a no result, with rain during the Netherlands' run chase.^[21] The penultimate round of matches saw Scotland beat the Netherlands by 62 runs, by the DLS method, to win their fourth consecutive match.^[22] Thailand beat Ireland by seven wickets, in another rain-affected match.^[23] Onnicha Kamchomphu became the first bowler for Thailand to take a hat-trick in a WT20I match, finishing with three wickets for twelve runs from the two overs she bowled.^[24] The final day of fixtures started with Ireland beating Scotland by nine wickets, with Gaby Lewis and Kim Garth setting a new record for the highest partnership for any wicket by Ireland in a WT20I match, with an unbeaten 113 runs.^[25] The last match of the tournament saw Thailand beat the Netherlands by 93 runs, after the hosts only scored 40 runs in their run chase.^[6]