Croatia v Austria
5th Place Play-Off · Happy Valley Ground, Episkopi · 23 May 2026
Austria won by 5 wickets
Croatia innings160/620 overs
Austria innings164/516.5 overs · target 161
The worm
CroatiaAustria
Cumulative runs after each over. Dots mark overs in which wickets fell.
Runs per over
Croatiawicket
Austriawicket
Croatia innings 160/6 (20 ov)
| Batter | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S Houghton | c Amar Naeem b Aqib Iqbal | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| CM Carroll | c Umair Tariq b Aqib Iqbal | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 |
| Rashid Hashmi | c Zeshan Arif b Bilal Zalmai | 28 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 121.7 |
| JR Newton | c Irfan Safi b Umair Tariq | 50 | 46 | 3 | 1 | 108.7 |
| OSB Tilley | run out (Amar Naeem/Aqib Iqbal) | 22 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 68.8 |
| Saghar Manzoor | c Irfan Safi b H Khogiyani | 30 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 300.0 |
| N Davidovic | not out | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.0 |
| DJ Hall | not out | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.0 |
| Extras | 23 | |||||
| Total | 6 wickets, 20 overs | 160 | ||||
Did not bat: M Separovic, Sajid Khan, A Curavic
Fall of wickets: 1-1 (S Houghton, 0.4 ov), 12-2 (CM Carroll, 2.2 ov), 81-3 (Rashid Hashmi, 10.1 ov), 121-4 (JR Newton, 16.3 ov), 157-5 (Saghar Manzoor, 19.2 ov), 159-6 (OSB Tilley, 19.5 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Dots | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aqib Iqbal | 4 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 5.25 | 13 | 2 | 0 |
| Baseer Khan | 4 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 7.50 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| H Khogiyani | 4 | 0 | 36 | 1 | 9.00 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Bilal Zalmai | 4 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 5.75 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| Irfan Safi | 2 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 9.50 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
| Umair Tariq | 2 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 10.50 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
Partnerships
| Wicket | Runs | Balls | Batters |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 4 | S Houghton 0, CM Carroll 0 |
| 2 | 11 | 10 | CM Carroll 5, Rashid Hashmi 6 |
| 3 | 69 | 47 | Rashid Hashmi 22, JR Newton 38 |
| 4 | 40 | 38 | JR Newton 12, OSB Tilley 16 |
| 5 | 36 | 17 | OSB Tilley 5, Saghar Manzoor 30 |
| 6 | 2 | 3 | OSB Tilley 1, N Davidovic 1 |
| Unbroken | 1 | 1 | N Davidovic 0, DJ Hall 1 |
Austria innings 164/5 (16.5 ov)
| Batter | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Karanbir Singh | c A Curavic b CM Carroll | 12 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 150.0 |
| Bilal Zalmai | c Saghar Manzoor b JR Newton | 68 | 30 | 4 | 7 | 226.7 |
| Amar Naeem | c CM Carroll b Sajid Khan | 16 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 88.9 |
| A Randhawa | c Sajid Khan b DJ Hall | 15 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 78.9 |
| I Asif | c Sajid Khan b DJ Hall | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 114.3 |
| Nageebullah Sultanzai | not out | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 60.0 |
| Aqib Iqbal | not out | 31 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 344.4 |
| Extras | 8 | |||||
| Total | 5 wickets, 16.5 overs | 164 | ||||
Did not bat: Umair Tariq, Irfan Safi, Baseer Khan, H Khogiyani
Fall of wickets: 15-1 (Karanbir Singh, 1.4 ov), 69-2 (Amar Naeem, 7.3 ov), 109-3 (Bilal Zalmai, 10.5 ov), 119-4 (I Asif, 12.3 ov), 128-5 (A Randhawa, 14.5 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Dots | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JR Newton | 4 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 7.50 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| CM Carroll | 4 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 5.50 | 13 | 3 | 0 |
| N Davidovic | 1 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 22.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| DJ Hall | 4 | 0 | 31 | 2 | 7.75 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Sajid Khan | 2 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 7.00 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| S Houghton | 1.5 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 21.82 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Partnerships
| Wicket | Runs | Balls | Batters |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 15 | 10 | Karanbir Singh 12, Bilal Zalmai 3 |
| 2 | 54 | 35 | Bilal Zalmai 34, Amar Naeem 16 |
| 3 | 40 | 20 | Bilal Zalmai 31, A Randhawa 9 |
| 4 | 10 | 10 | A Randhawa 2, I Asif 8 |
| 5 | 9 | 14 | A Randhawa 4, Nageebullah Sultanzai 4 |
| Unbroken | 36 | 12 | Nageebullah Sultanzai 2, Aqib Iqbal 31 |
Match details
- Toss
- Croatia, chose to bat
- Player of the match
- Aqib Iqbal
- Ground
- Happy Valley Ground, Cyprus
- Season
- 2026
- Umpires
- Mark Duffy, N Bathi
- Match referee
- G McCrea
- Source
- Cricsheet match 1534060