Austria vs Norway, Final
Viking Cup Finals 2025 · T20I · · Botkyrka Cricket Center, Stockholm
Austria won by 8 wickets (with 49 balls remaining) (Austria 106/2, Norway 105).
Match report
Austria (AUT) faced Norway (NOR) in the Final of Viking Cup Finals 2025, a T20I match, at Botkyrka Cricket Center, Stockholm. Play began on Sunday, 10 August 2025 at 10:00 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. The on-field umpires were Bilal Munir.
Norway made 105 in 19.1 overs, with Qamar Mushtaque top-scoring on 44 not out from 46 balls. Ziaurahman Shinwari was the pick of the bowlers with 4 for 22. Austria made 106/2 in 11.5 overs, with Bilal Zalmai top-scoring on 79 not out from 39 balls. Muhammad Butt was the pick of the bowlers with 1 for 37.
Result: Austria won by 8 wickets (with 49 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: 105 (19.1 ov)
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Khizer Ahmed | c Bilal Zalmai b Umair Tariq | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kuruge Abeyrathna | c Imran Asif b Baseer Khan | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 100 |
| Walid Ghauri | c Ziaurahman Shinwari b Umair Tariq | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 |
| Qamar Mushtaque | not out | 44 | 46 | 4 | 1 | 95.65 |
| Faisal Raza | lbw b Umair Tariq | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 |
| Muhammad Butt | b Aqib Iqbal | 10 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 71.43 |
| Vishal Sharma | c Umair Tariq b Bilal Zalmai | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ibrahim Rahimi | c Aqib Iqbal b Ziaurahman Shinwari | 23 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 100 |
| Ahmadullah Shinwari | c Karanbir Singh b Ziaurahman Shinwari | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 125 |
| Vinay Ravi | c Armaan Randhawa b Ziaurahman Shinwari | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 40 |
| Adnan Shinwari | c Arsalan Arif b Ziaurahman Shinwari | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 |
Extras: 11
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Umair Tariq | 4 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 2.75 |
| Baseer Khan | 4 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 6.5 |
| Aqib Iqbal | 4 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 5.25 |
| Bilal Zalmai | 4 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 5.25 |
| Ziaurahman Shinwari | 3.1 | 0 | 22 | 4 | 6.95 |
Austria · 1st innings: 106/2 (11.5 ov)
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Karanbir Singh | run out (Vinay Ravi) | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 22.22 |
| Bilal Zalmai | not out | 79 | 39 | 7 | 6 | 202.56 |
| Imran Asif | b Muhammad Butt | 6 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 42.86 |
| Armaan Randhawa | not out | 12 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 120 |
Extras: 7 · Did not bat: Aqib Iqbal, Arsalan Arif, Baseer Khan, Hamid Safi, Umair Tariq, Zeshan Arif, Ziaurahman Shinwari
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vinay Ravi | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 3 |
| Ahmadullah Shinwari | 3 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 8.33 |
| Qamar Mushtaque | 2 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 14 |
| Muhammad Butt | 2.5 | 0 | 37 | 1 | 13.06 |
| Kuruge Abeyrathna | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 |