Sep 6, 2019Peter Della Penna in Dundee, ScotlandFacebookTwitterFacebook MessengerPinterestEmailprintAt 4:17pm on a chilly afternoon at a ground that hugs the mouth of the River Tay as it disappears into the North Sea, Sornnarin Tippoch wore a tense look. She stood in front of the Thailand team tent, grimacing, arms crossed in front of her chest, shouting words of encouragement to Nattaya Boochatham as the batter walked out to the middle.As Boochatham took guard against Papua New Guinea in Thursday’s semi-final at the Women’s T20 World Cup Qualifier, Thailand needed just four runs off four overs with eight wickets in hand. Why the fuss then, a casual observer might wonder. But for the team, the ensuing moment in which Boochatham struck the winning single to book a place at next year’s T20 World Cup – the first time in Thailand’s history – in Australia was the culmination of 12 years of toil, fighting adversity and, most of all, perseverance leading to what Tippoch later described as “a big step in my life”.Though September 5, 2019 was a history-making day at Forfarshire Cricket Club – preserved for posterity in front of live TV cameras by a handful of accredited photographers and a…