Sweden vs France, 3rd Place
Viking Cup Finals 2025 · T20I · · Botkyrka Cricket Center, Stockholm
France won by 2 wickets (with 5 balls remaining) (Sweden 152/7, France 153/8).
Match report
Sweden (SWE) faced France (FRA) in the 3rd Place of Viking Cup Finals 2025, a T20I match, at Botkyrka Cricket Center, Stockholm. Play began on Sunday, 10 August 2025 at 06:00 UTC. Each side bats for up to 20 overs, so a full match takes about three hours.
Sweden won the toss and chose to bat. The on-field umpires were Madhava Rao and Usman Afzal.
Sweden made 152/7 in 20 overs, with Imal Zuwak top-scoring on 55 from 44 balls. Dawood Ahmadzai was the pick of the bowlers with 3 for 35. France made 153/8 in 19.1 overs, with Zaheer Zahiri top-scoring on 34 not out from 16 balls. Khalid Zahid was the pick of the bowlers with 3 for 24.
Result: France won by 2 wickets (with 5 balls remaining). Imal Zuwak 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.
Sweden · 1st innings: 152/7 (20 ov)
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Imal Zuwak | c Lucas Smith b Dawood Ahmadzai | 55 | 44 | 6 | 1 | 125 |
| Awais Ahmad | c Christian Roberts b Dawood Ahmadzai | 25 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 113.64 |
| Ajay Mundra | lbw b Zain Ahmad | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 40 |
| Samarth Shetty | b Zain Ahmad | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 22.22 |
| Ihsanullah Wafa | c Dawood Ahmadzai b Jamshid Nasiri | 18 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 163.64 |
| Samiullah Rahmani | c Mukhtar Ghulami b Dawood Ahmadzai | 26 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 200 |
| Khalid Zahid | not out | 16 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 145.45 |
| Abdul Naser Baluch | run out (Lingeswaran Canessane) | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| Aritra Bhakat | not out | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 300 |
Extras: 4 · Did not bat: Hamid Mahmood, Sanuk Gedara
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zaheer Zahiri | 4 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 7.5 |
| Noman Amjad | 2 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 11 |
| Dawood Ahmadzai | 4 | 0 | 35 | 3 | 8.75 |
| Jamshid Nasiri | 4 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 5 |
| Zain Ahmad | 4 | 0 | 27 | 2 | 6.75 |
| Rohullah Mangal | 2 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 8 |
France · 1st innings: 153/8 (19.1 ov)
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mukhtar Ghulami | lbw b Abdul Naser Baluch | 15 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 150 |
| Alestin Johnmary | b Khalid Zahid | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 125 |
| Zain Ahmad | b Khalid Zahid | 15 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 187.5 |
| Christian Roberts | c Imal Zuwak b Sanuk Gedara | 29 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 107.41 |
| Jamshid Nasiri | c sub b Khalid Zahid | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 37.5 |
| Lingeswaran Canessane | c Aritra Bhakat b Sanuk Gedara | 11 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 100 |
| Lucas Smith | b Samiullah Rahmani | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 122.22 |
| Noman Amjad | not out | 11 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 91.67 |
| Dawood Ahmadzai | c Awais Ahmad b Ihsanullah Wafa | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16.67 |
| Zaheer Zahiri | not out | 34 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 212.5 |
Extras: 13 · Did not bat: Rohullah Mangal
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Khalid Zahid | 4 | 0 | 24 | 3 | 6 |
| Abdul Naser Baluch | 3 | 0 | 43 | 1 | 14.33 |
| Samiullah Rahmani | 4 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 6.75 |
| Hamid Mahmood | 3 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 6 |
| Sanuk Gedara | 3.1 | 0 | 25 | 2 | 7.89 |
| Ihsanullah Wafa | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| Samarth Shetty | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |