Austria vs Norway, 1st Match
Viking Cup 2025 · T20I · · Botkyrka Cricket Center, Stockholm
Austria won by 4 wickets (with 20 balls remaining) (Austria 92/6, Norway 87).
Match report
Austria (AUT) faced Norway (NOR) in the 1st Match of Viking Cup 2025, a T20I match, at Botkyrka Cricket Center, Stockholm. Play began on Thursday, 7 August 2025 at 08:30 UTC. Each side bats for up to 20 overs, so a full match takes about three hours.
Austria won the toss and chose to bowl.
Norway made 87 in 17.4 overs, with Kuruge Darshana top-scoring on 17 from 11 balls. Umair Tariq was the pick of the bowlers with 3 for 15. Austria made 92/6 in 16.4 overs, with Bilal Zalmai top-scoring on 17 from 13 balls. Muhammad Butt was the pick of the bowlers with 2 for 12.
Result: Austria won by 4 wickets (with 20 balls remaining). Bilal Zalmai was named player of the match.
The full scorecard, fall of wickets and every ball of the commentary are on the Scorecard and Commentary tabs, and the Crease Cam replays each delivery as an animation.
Norway · 1st innings: 87 (17.4 ov)
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Khizer Ahmed | c Aqib Iqbal b Umair Tariq | 7 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 58.33 |
| Aminullah Tanha | b Umair Tariq | 4 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 40 |
| Walid Ghauri | c Armaan Randhawa b Bilal Zalmai | 9 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 42.86 |
| Kuruge Darshana | c Bilal Zalmai b Umair Tariq | 17 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 154.55 |
| Faisal Raza | c Baseer Khan b Karanbir Singh | 9 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 40.91 |
| Muhammad Butt | c Imran Asif b Bilal Zalmai | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 |
| Ibrahim Rahimi | lbw b Aqib Iqbal | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qamar Mushtaque | b Karanbir Singh | 9 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 81.82 |
| Ahmadullah Shinwari | run out (Imran Asif) | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 |
| Vinay Ravi | not out | 13 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 185.71 |
| Adnan Shinwari | lbw b Zeeshan Goraya | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 50 |
Extras: 15
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zeeshan Goraya | 3.4 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 4.91 |
| Umair Tariq | 4 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 3.75 |
| Aqib Iqbal | 4 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 5.5 |
| Bilal Zalmai | 4 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 3.5 |
| Karanbir Singh | 2 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 6.5 |
Austria · 1st innings: 92/6 (16.4 ov)
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Karanbir Singh | c Aminullah Tanha b Vinay Ravi | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 200 |
| Bilal Zalmai | c Qamar Mushtaque b Muhammad Butt | 17 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 130.77 |
| Zeshan Arif | c Kuruge Darshana b Adnan Shinwari | 16 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 57.14 |
| Armaan Randhawa | not out | 11 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 68.75 |
| Aqib Iqbal | c Vinay Ravi b Kuruge Darshana | 11 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 68.75 |
| Imran Asif | c Faisal Raza b Muhammad Butt | 7 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 58.33 |
| Baseer Khan | c Khizer Ahmed b Adnan Shinwari | 6 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 50 |
| Hamid Safi | not out | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 600 |
Extras: 12 · Did not bat: Arsalan Arif, Umair Tariq, Zeeshan Goraya
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vinay Ravi | 3 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 6.33 |
| Ahmadullah Shinwari | 3 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 4.33 |
| Qamar Mushtaque | 3 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 3.67 |
| Adnan Shinwari | 1.4 | 0 | 26 | 2 | 15.6 |
| Muhammad Butt | 4 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 3 |
| Kuruge Darshana | 2 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 5.5 |