MATCH SCORECARD

Malta v Austria

16 May 2026 · T20I · Men · Happy Valley Ground 2

Austria won by 7 wickets

Toss Austria, chose to fieldPlayer of the match Bilal ZalmaiICC Men's T20 World Cup Sub Regional Europe Qualifier A

Happy Valley Ground 2 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Sub Regional Europe Qualifier A

INNINGS 1

Malta

20 overs · run rate 7.00 · all out

140

Batting scorecard
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Mehboob Ali	c Amar Naeem b Baseer Khan	6	7	1	0	85.71
Mohammed Qasim	c Zeshan Arif b Irfan Safi	58	42	2	5	138.09
Priyan Pushparajan	c Amar Naeem b Aqib Iqbal	10	10	2	0	100.00
Jaspal Singh	b Kumud Jha	6	10	0	0	60.00
Flynn Zahra	run out (Bilal Zalmai, Amar Naeem)	2	3	0	0	66.66
Imran Ameer	b Bilal Zalmai	0	1	0	0	0.00
Muhammad Ajmal	c Bilal Zalmai b Kumud Jha	0	2	0	0	0.00
Zeeshan Khan	b Irfan Safi	16	22	0	0	72.72
Shrijay Patel	b Waqar Zalmai	22	11	0	3	200.00
Ajin Soman	run out (Amar Naeem)	9	9	1	0	100.00
Salman Sharjeel	not out	3*	3	0	0	100.00

Extras 8 (w 8, nb 0, b/lb 0)Total 140 (20 ov)Run rate 7.00

Fall of wickets1-12 (Mehboob Ali, 1.3 ov)2-35 (P Pushparajan, 4.4 ov)3-54 (Jaspal Singh, 8.3 ov)4-62 (Flynn Zahra, 9.3 ov)5-65 (Imran Ameer, 10.0 ov)6-66 (Muhammad Ajmal, 10.4 ov)7-93 (Mohammed Qasim, 14.3 ov)8-127 (SB Patel, 17.5 ov)9-133 (Zeeshan Khan, 18.4 ov)10-140 (Ajin Soman, 20.0 ov)

Bowling scorecard
Bowler	O	R	W	Econ	WD
Aqib Iqbal	4.0	31	1	7.75	1
Baseer Khan	3.0	18	1	6.00	0
Bilal Zalmai	4.0	20	1	5.00	1
Kumud Jha	3.0	21	2	7.00	1
Irfan Safi	3.0	29	2	9.66	4
Waqar Zalmai	3.0	21	1	7.00	1

Partnerships · Malta

1st wicket · Mehboob Ali & Mohammed Qasim

2nd wicket · Mohammed Qasim & P Pushparajan

3rd wicket · Mohammed Qasim & Jaspal Singh

4th wicket · Mohammed Qasim & Flynn Zahra

5th wicket · Mohammed Qasim & Imran Ameer

6th wicket · Mohammed Qasim & Muhammad Ajmal

7th wicket · Mohammed Qasim & Zeeshan Khan

8th wicket · Zeeshan Khan & SB Patel

9th wicket · Zeeshan Khan & Ajin Soman

10th wicket · Ajin Soman & Salman Sharjeel

Over-by-over totals

Runs and wickets in each over
Over	Runs	Wickets	Total
1	8	0	8
2	4	1	12
3	3	0	15
4	12	0	27
5	9	1	36
6	2	0	38
7	11	0	49
8	3	0	52
9	9	1	61
10	4	2	65
11	3	1	68
12	2	0	70
13	9	0	79
14	11	0	90
15	12	1	102
16	5	0	107
17	10	0	117
18	11	1	128
19	7	1	135
20	5	1	140

INNINGS 2

Austria

12.5 overs · run rate 10.98

141/3

Batting scorecard
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Karanbir Singh	lbw b Salman Sharjeel	23	6	1	3	383.33
Bilal Zalmai	b Mehboob Ali	34	14	5	2	242.85
Armaan Randhawa	not out	37*	27	2	2	137.03
Aqib Iqbal	lbw b	6	9	0	0	66.66
Imran Asif	not out	39*	21	2	4	185.71

Extras 2 (w 1, nb 0, b/lb 1)Total 141/3 (12.5 ov)Run rate 10.98

Did not bat: Amar Naeem, Baseer Khan, Irfan Safi, Zeshan Arif, Waqar Zalmai, Kumud Jha

Fall of wickets1-23 (Karanbir Singh, 1.1 ov)2-77 (Bilal Zalmai, 5.0 ov)3-88 (Aqib Iqbal, 7.3 ov)

Bowling scorecard
Bowler	O	R	W	Econ	WD
Mehboob Ali	4.0	40	1	10.00	0
Salman Sharjeel	1.0	16	1	16.00	0
Ajin Soman	1.0	22	0	22.00	0
Mohammed Qasim	4.0	25	1	6.25	0
Priyan Pushparajan	1.5	31	0	16.90	1
Imran Ameer	1.0	6	0	6.00	0

Partnerships · Austria

1st wicket · Karanbir Singh & Bilal Zalmai

2nd wicket · Bilal Zalmai & A Randhawa

3rd wicket · A Randhawa & Aqib Iqbal

4th wicket (unbroken) · A Randhawa & I Asif

Over-by-over totals

Runs and wickets in each over
Over	Runs	Wickets	Total
1	23	0	23
2	16	1	39
3	22	0	61
4	11	0	72
5	5	1	77
6	4	0	81
7	5	0	86
8	2	1	88
9	7	0	95
10	9	0	104
11	14	0	118
12	6	0	124
13	17	0	141

MATCH CHARTS

Runs by over, wickets and phases

Worm · cumulative runs by over

MaltaAustriaWicket

Manhattan · Malta runs per over

Manhattan · Austria runs per over

Phases · Malta

Powerplay38 runs · 2 wkts · 6 overs · 6.33 an over

Middle overs69 runs · 5 wkts · 10 overs · 6.90 an over

Death overs33 runs · 3 wkts · 4 overs · 8.25 an over

Phases · Austria

Powerplay81 runs · 2 wkts · 6 overs · 13.50 an over

Middle overs60 runs · 1 wkts · 7 overs · 8.57 an over

Scoring mix · Malta

Fours24 · 18.2%

Sixes48 · 36.4%

Other runs60 · 45.5%

Scoring mix · Austria

Fours40 · 28.8%

Sixes66 · 47.5%

Other runs33 · 23.7%

Bowling spells · wickets, with economy

KR Jha

2/21 · 7.00

Irfan Safi

2/29 · 9.66

Baseer Khan

1/18 · 6.00

Bilal Zalmai

1/20 · 5.00

Waqar Zalmai

1/21 · 7.00

Aqib Iqbal

1/31 · 7.75

Bowling spells · wickets, with economy

Salman Sharjeel

1/16 · 16.00

Mohammed Qasim

1/25 · 6.25

Mehboob Ali

1/40 · 10.00

Imran Ameer

0/6 · 6.00

Ajin Soman

0/22 · 22.00

P Pushparajan

0/31 · 16.90

Over	Runs	Wickets	Total
1	8	0	8
2	4	1	12
3	3	0	15
4	12	0	27
5	9	1	36
6	2	0	38
7	11	0	49
8	3	0	52
9	9	1	61
10	4	2	65
11	3	1	68
12	2	0	70
13	9	0	79
14	11	0	90
15	12	1	102
16	5	0	107
17	10	0	117
18	11	1	128
19	7	1	135
20	5	1	140

Over	Runs	Wickets	Total
1	23	0	23
2	16	1	39
3	22	0	61
4	11	0	72
5	5	1	77
6	4	0	81
7	5	0	86
8	2	1	88
9	7	0	95
10	9	0	104
11	14	0	118
12	6	0	124
13	17	0	141

Over	Runs	Wickets	Total
1	8	0	8
2	4	1	12
3	3	0	15
4	12	0	27
5	9	1	36
6	2	0	38
7	11	0	49
8	3	0	52
9	9	1	61
10	4	2	65
11	3	1	68
12	2	0	70
13	9	0	79
14	11	0	90
15	12	1	102
16	5	0	107
17	10	0	117
18	11	1	128
19	7	1	135
20	5	1	140

Over	Runs	Wickets	Total
1	23	0	23
2	16	1	39
3	22	0	61
4	11	0	72
5	5	1	77
6	4	0	81
7	5	0	86
8	2	1	88
9	7	0	95
10	9	0	104
11	14	0	118
12	6	0	124
13	17	0	141

Malta v Austria

Malta

Austria

Runs by over, wickets and phases

Playing XIs

Malta

Austria

Over	Runs	Wickets	Total
1	8	0	8
2	4	1	12
3	3	0	15
4	12	0	27
5	9	1	36
6	2	0	38
7	11	0	49
8	3	0	52
9	9	1	61
10	4	2	65
11	3	1	68
12	2	0	70
13	9	0	79
14	11	0	90
15	12	1	102
16	5	0	107
17	10	0	117
18	11	1	128
19	7	1	135
20	5	1	140

Over	Runs	Wickets	Total
1	23	0	23
2	16	1	39
3	22	0	61
4	11	0	72
5	5	1	77
6	4	0	81
7	5	0	86
8	2	1	88
9	7	0	95
10	9	0	104
11	14	0	118
12	6	0	124
13	17	0	141