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
05010015020005101520Croatia: 1 wicket in over 1, 1/1Croatia: 1 wicket in over 3, 13/2Croatia: 1 wicket in over 11, 83/3Croatia: 1 wicket in over 17, 123/4Croatia: 2 wickets in over 20, 160/6Austria: 1 wicket in over 2, 19/1Austria: 1 wicket in over 8, 74/2Austria: 1 wicket in over 11, 110/3Austria: 1 wicket in over 13, 121/4Austria: 1 wicket in over 15, 128/5

Cumulative runs after each over. Dots mark overs in which wickets fell.

Runs per over

Croatiawicket
015305101520Over 1: 1 run, 1 wicketOver 2: 8 runsOver 3: 4 runs, 1 wicketOver 4: 13 runsOver 5: 12 runsOver 6: 9 runsOver 7: 8 runsOver 8: 9 runsOver 9: 10 runsOver 10: 7 runsOver 11: 2 runs, 1 wicketOver 12: 17 runsOver 13: 6 runsOver 14: 3 runsOver 15: 5 runsOver 16: 6 runsOver 17: 3 runs, 1 wicketOver 18: 15 runsOver 19: 18 runsOver 20: 4 runs, 2 wickets
Austriawicket
015305101520Over 1: 11 runsOver 2: 8 runs, 1 wicketOver 3: 1 runOver 4: 10 runsOver 5: 10 runsOver 6: 22 runsOver 7: 2 runsOver 8: 10 runs, 1 wicketOver 9: 18 runsOver 10: 10 runsOver 11: 8 runs, 1 wicketOver 12: 2 runsOver 13: 9 runs, 1 wicketOver 14: 4 runsOver 15: 3 runs, 1 wicketOver 16: 6 runsOver 17: 30 runs

Croatia innings 160/6 (20 ov)

BatterRB4s6sSR
S Houghtonc Amar Naeem b Aqib Iqbal04000.0
CM Carrollc Umair Tariq b Aqib Iqbal5510100.0
Rashid Hashmic Zeshan Arif b Bilal Zalmai282311121.7
JR Newtonc Irfan Safi b Umair Tariq504631108.7
OSB Tilleyrun out (Amar Naeem/Aqib Iqbal)22321068.8
Saghar Manzoorc Irfan Safi b H Khogiyani301023300.0
N Davidovicnot out1100100.0
DJ Hallnot out1100100.0
Extras23
Total6 wickets, 20 overs160

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)

BowlerOMRWEconDotsWdNb
Aqib Iqbal402125.251320
Baseer Khan403007.50700
H Khogiyani403619.00411
Bilal Zalmai402315.75810
Irfan Safi201909.50361
Umair Tariq2021110.50510
Partnerships
WicketRunsBallsBatters
114S Houghton 0, CM Carroll 0
21110CM Carroll 5, Rashid Hashmi 6
36947Rashid Hashmi 22, JR Newton 38
44038JR Newton 12, OSB Tilley 16
53617OSB Tilley 5, Saghar Manzoor 30
623OSB Tilley 1, N Davidovic 1
Unbroken11N Davidovic 0, DJ Hall 1

Austria innings 164/5 (16.5 ov)

BatterRB4s6sSR
Karanbir Singhc A Curavic b CM Carroll12811150.0
Bilal Zalmaic Saghar Manzoor b JR Newton683047226.7
Amar Naeemc CM Carroll b Sajid Khan16183088.9
A Randhawac Sajid Khan b DJ Hall15191078.9
I Asifc Sajid Khan b DJ Hall8701114.3
Nageebullah Sultanzainot out6100060.0
Aqib Iqbalnot out31905344.4
Extras8
Total5 wickets, 16.5 overs164

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)

BowlerOMRWEconDotsWdNb
JR Newton403017.501200
CM Carroll402215.501330
N Davidovic1022022.00200
DJ Hall403127.751000
Sajid Khan201417.00400
S Houghton1.5040021.82100
Partnerships
WicketRunsBallsBatters
11510Karanbir Singh 12, Bilal Zalmai 3
25435Bilal Zalmai 34, Amar Naeem 16
34020Bilal Zalmai 31, A Randhawa 9
41010A Randhawa 2, I Asif 8
5914A Randhawa 4, Nageebullah Sultanzai 4
Unbroken3612Nageebullah 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