Norway vs Austria, 3rd Place Play-Off — Viking Cup
Match summary
Austria beat Norway by 15 runs (DLS Method) in the 3rd Place Play-Off of the Viking Cup at Botkyrka Cricket Center, Stockholm on Sun, 14 Jun, 2026. Inning 119/8 (18 ov); Austria 79/2 (11.4 ov). Karanbir Singh top-scored with 47 off 35 balls for Austria. Mahammad Bilal Zalmai took 3/26 for Austria. Norway won the toss and chose to bat.
| Batter | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Karanbir Singh c Khizer Ahmed b Q Mushtaque | 47 | 35 | 1 | 5 | 134.29 |
| Mahammad Bilal Zalmai c Khizer Ahmed b A Shinwari | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| Irfan Safi Not out | 20 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 90.91 |
| Shadnan Khan Not out | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 66.67 |
Extras 8 (1 b, 1 lb, 6 wd)
Total 79/2 (11.4 ov)
Yet to bat: Armaan Randhawa, Baseer Khan, Hamid Safi, Hekmatullah Khogiyani, Mohamed Zalmai, Nageebullah Sultanzai, Zeeshan Arif
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | ER |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ankit Gupta | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 13 |
| Ahmadullah Shinwari | 4 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 7 |
| Qamar Mushtaque | 2 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 7 |
| Anil Parmar | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 7 |
| Farmanullah Ghari | 2.4 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 3 |
7 (Mahammad Bilal Zalmai, 2.1 ov) · 74 (Karanbir Singh, 10.5 ov)
| Batter | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saif-ul Islam c (sub F Shams) b MB Zalmai | 30 | 34 | 4 | 0 | 88.24 |
| Khizer Ahmed c H Khogiyani b Baseer Khan | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| Walid Ghauri c Z Arif b Baseer Khan | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 109.09 |
| Chaudhary Usman Akram runout (N Sultanzai / MB Zalmai) | 34 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 103.03 |
| Akhter Pacha Sher lbw b MB Zalmai | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Faisal Raza b MB Zalmai | 22 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 146.67 |
| Qamar Mushtaque c Irfan Safi b Mohamed Zalmai | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| Farmanullah Ghari b Mohamed Zalmai | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 150 |
| Ankit Gupta Not out | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
Extras 11 (3 lb, 8 wd)
Total 119/8 (18 ov)
Yet to bat: Ahmadullah Shinwari, Anil Parmar
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | ER |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mahammad Bilal Zalmai | 4 | 0 | 26 | 3 | 6.5 |
| Baseer Khan | 4 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 5 |
| Shadnan Khan | 2 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 8.5 |
| Mohamed Zalmai | 4 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 5.25 |
| Hekmatullah Khogiyani | 3 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 6.67 |
| Irfan Safi | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 12 |
6 (Khizer Ahmed, 1.2 ov) · 38 (Walid Ghauri, 5.5 ov) · 69 (Saif-ul Islam, 11.2 ov) · 69 (Akhter Pacha Sher, 11.3 ov) · 98 (Faisal Raza, 15.3 ov) · 100 (Qamar Mushtaque, 16.1 ov) · 106 (Farmanullah Ghari, 16.5 ov) · 119 (Chaudhary Usman Akram, 17.6 ov)