Norway vs Austria, 3rd Place Play-Off

ResultT20IViking Cup 2026· Playoffs· Botkyrka Cricket Center, Stockholm· 14 Jun 2026

NORNorway119/8(18 ov)

AUAAustria79/2(11.4 ov)

Austria won by 15 runs (DLS method)

Norway innings

119/8 (18 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Saif-Ul Islam	c sub (Faridullah Shams) b Bilal Zalmai	30	34	4	0	88.24
Khizer Ahmed †	c H Khogiyani b Baseer Khan	1	4	0	0	25.00
Walid Ghauri	c Zeshan Arif b Baseer Khan	12	11	1	0	109.09
Chaudhary Akram	run out (Bilal Zalmai/Nageebullah Sultanzai)	34	33	1	0	103.03
Akhter Pacha Sher	lbw b Bilal Zalmai	0	1	0	0	0.00
Faisal Raza	b Bilal Zalmai	22	15	2	1	146.67
Qamar Mushtaque	c Irfan Safi b Waqar Zalmai	1	4	0	0	25.00
Farmanullah Ghari	b Waqar Zalmai	6	4	0	1	150.00
A Gupta	not out	2*	2	0	0	100.00
Extras	(b 1, lb 2, w 8)	11
Total	18 Ov (RR 6.61)	119/8

Did not bat: Ahmadullah Shinwari, AJ Parmar

Fall of wickets: 6-1 (Khizer Ahmed, 1.2 ov), 38-2 (Walid Ghauri, 5.5 ov), 69-3 (Saif-Ul Islam, 11.2 ov), 69-4 (Akhter Pacha Sher, 11.3 ov), 98-5 (Faisal Raza, 15.3 ov), 100-6 (Qamar Mushtaque, 16.1 ov), 106-7 (Farmanullah Ghari, 16.5 ov), 119-8 (Chaudhary Akram, 18 ov)

Bowler	O	R	W	Econ	0s	4s	6s	WD
H Khogiyani	3	20	0	6.67	8	1	0	5
Baseer Khan	4	20	2	5.00	14	2	0	1
Shadnan Khan	2	17	0	8.50	3	2	0	0
Bilal Zalmai	4	26	3	6.50	11	2	1	1
Waqar Zalmai	4	21	2	5.25	10	0	1	1
Irfan Safi	1	12	0	12.00	0	1	0	0

Partnerships

Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
1st	Saif-Ul Islam 2(4) & Khizer Ahmed 1(4)	6	8
2nd	Walid Ghauri 12(11) & Saif-Ul Islam 15(16)	32	27
3rd	Chaudhary Akram 17(19) & Saif-Ul Islam 13(14)	31	33
4th	Akhter Pacha Sher 0(1) & Chaudhary Akram 0(0)	0	1
5th	Faisal Raza 22(15) & Chaudhary Akram 6(9)	29	24
6th	Qamar Mushtaque 1(4) & Chaudhary Akram 0(0)	2	4
7th	Farmanullah Ghari 6(4) & Chaudhary Akram 0(0)	6	4
8th	A Gupta 2(2) & Chaudhary Akram 11(5)	13	7

Austria innings

79/2 (11.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Karanbir Singh	c †Khizer Ahmed b Qamar Mushtaque	47	35	1	5	134.29
Bilal Zalmai	c †Khizer Ahmed b Ahmadullah Shinwari	2	10	0	0	20.00
Irfan Safi	not out	20*	22	1	1	90.91
Shadnan Khan †	not out	2*	3	0	0	66.67
Extras	(b 1, lb 1, w 6)	8
Total	11.4 Ov (RR 6.77) · Target 120 from 20 ov	79/2

Did not bat: A Randhawa, Zeshan Arif, H Khogiyani, Baseer Khan, Hamid Safi, Waqar Zalmai, Nageebullah Sultanzai

Fall of wickets: 7-1 (Bilal Zalmai, 2.1 ov), 74-2 (Karanbir Singh, 10.5 ov)

Bowler	O	R	W	Econ	0s	4s	6s	WD
Ahmadullah Shinwari	4	28	1	7.00	15	0	3	2
Farmanullah Ghari	2.4	8	0	3.00	10	0	0	2
Qamar Mushtaque	2	14	1	7.00	7	1	1	0
AJ Parmar	2	14	0	7.00	5	0	1	0
A Gupta	1	13	0	13.00	1	1	1	0

Partnerships

Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
1st	Karanbir Singh 1(3) & Bilal Zalmai 2(10)	7	13
2nd	Irfan Safi 18(20) & Karanbir Singh 46(32)	67	52
3rd	Shadnan Khan 2(3) & Irfan Safi 2(2)	5*	5