As Thailand was united in its grief following the passing of His Majesty the King on Oct 13, its women's cricket team, who were playing in Hong Kong, did their best for their beloved monarch.
The next morning after the King's death, Thailand faced Nepal, knowing that one more win in Asia's qualifying round for the Women's World Cup would bring them success in the tournament and with it a place in the main qualifying competition for the Women's World Cup for the first time.
Captain Sornnarin Tippoch said: "The result of the match did not matter, we were playing for the King".
And the Thai women played their hearts out even after Nepal had scored an impressive 108 for 4 in their 20 overs.
Nattakan Chantam was back at the top of the order following injury and she played her best innings of the tournament hitting 23 from 11 balls with 3 fours and a six, but at 62 for 7 the match seemed to be slipping away before Chanida Suttiruang made an unbeaten 27 to see her side home by one wicket in a very exciting finish.
This was Thailand's fourth win in five matches in the Asian qualifiers which also included China and Hong Kong and it gave the team an unassailable lead at the top of the table.
The Asian qualifiers finished the following day with Thailand defeating hosts Hong Kong and Nepal beating China to finish second behind Thailand.
The Thai women did their grieving nation proud and Sornnarin was named player of the tournament.
Sornnarin promised that her team would continue to work hard and would try their best in the World Cup qualifiers to be held in Sri Lanka in February and the Asian Cup which will be held in Thailand next month.