Sweden vs Norway, 5th Match
Viking Cup 2025 · T20I · · Botkyrka Cricket Center, Stockholm
Norway won by 23 runs (Sweden 156, Norway 179/4).
Match report
Sweden (SWE) faced Norway (NOR) in the 5th Match of Viking Cup 2025, a T20I match, at Botkyrka Cricket Center, Stockholm. Play began on Saturday, 9 August 2025 at 08:30 UTC. Each side bats for up to 20 overs, so a full match takes about three hours.
Norway won the toss and chose to bat.
Norway made 179/4 in 20 overs, with Walid Ghauri top-scoring on 76 not out from 47 balls. Samarth Shetty was the pick of the bowlers with 1 for 14. Sweden made 156 in 19.4 overs, with Ihsanullah Wafa top-scoring on 32 from 26 balls. Qamar Mushtaque was the pick of the bowlers with 3 for 25.
Result: Norway won by 23 runs. Walid Ghauri 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: 179/4 (20 ov)
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Khizer Ahmed | c Ihsanullah Wafa b Abdul Naser Baluch | 11 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 122.22 |
| Kuruge Darshana | lbw b Syed Gillani | 18 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 200 |
| Walid Ghauri | not out | 76 | 47 | 9 | 3 | 161.7 |
| Vishal Sharma | b Samarth Shetty | 12 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 44.44 |
| Vinay Ravi | c Ajay Mundra b Samiullah Rahmani | 18 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 120 |
| Ibrahim Rahimi | not out | 36 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 257.14 |
Extras: 8 · Did not bat: Muhammad Butt, Faisal Raza, Qamar Mushtaque, Ahmadullah Shinwari, Adnan Shinwari
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Khalid Zahid | 3 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 8.33 |
| Abdul Naser Baluch | 4 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 6.5 |
| Syed Gillani | 4 | 0 | 42 | 1 | 10.5 |
| Samiullah Rahmani | 3 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 9.67 |
| Advait Dhabe | 4 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 10.5 |
| Samarth Shetty | 2 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 7 |
Sweden · 1st innings: 156 (19.4 ov)
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Imal Zuwak | c Qamar Mushtaque b Kuruge Darshana | 30 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 115.38 |
| Awais Ahmad | c Adnan Shinwari b Ahmadullah Shinwari | 17 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 106.25 |
| Ajay Mundra | c Ibrahim Rahimi b Kuruge Darshana | 7 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 87.5 |
| Samarth Shetty | c Ibrahim Rahimi b Muhammad Butt | 16 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 106.67 |
| Ihsanullah Wafa | Retired Out | 32 | 26 | 0 | 3 | 123.08 |
| Samiullah Rahmani | c Ibrahim Rahimi b Qamar Mushtaque | 29 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 161.11 |
| Khalid Zahid | c Kuruge Darshana b Vinay Ravi | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50 |
| Abdul Naser Baluch | c Ibrahim Rahimi b Qamar Mushtaque | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aritra Bhakat | lbw b Qamar Mushtaque | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| Syed Gillani | not out | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Advait Dhabe | c Ahmadullah Shinwari b Vinay Ravi | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Extras: 21
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vinay Ravi | 3.4 | 0 | 41 | 2 | 11.18 |
| Ahmadullah Shinwari | 4 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 5.5 |
| Qamar Mushtaque | 4 | 0 | 25 | 3 | 6.25 |
| Kuruge Darshana | 3 | 0 | 25 | 2 | 8.33 |
| Muhammad Butt | 4 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 6.25 |
| Adnan Shinwari | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 |