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Norway against each opponent, all formats
Opponent	Matches	Wins	Losses	Other
Sweden	15	5	10	0
Austria	12	4	8	0
Denmark	10	2	7	1
Finland	9	6	3	0
France	9	3	6	0
Portugal	9	2	6	1
Germany	6	2	4	0
Czech Republic	5	3	2	0
Estonia	4	4	0	0
Luxembourg	4	4	0	0
Guernsey	4	1	3	0
Jersey	4	0	4	0
Spain	3	0	3	0
Isle of Man	2	0	2	0
Romania	2	1	1	0
Gibraltar	2	2	0	0
Turkey	2	2	0	0
Hungary	2	1	1	0
Italy	2	0	2	0
Greece	1	1	0	0
Bulgaria	1	1	0	0
Slovenia	1	1	0	0
Switzerland	1	1	0	0

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Norway players by career runs
Player	Gender	Career runs	Career wickets
Walid Ghauri	Men	939	3
Khizer Ahmed	Men	806	-
Kuruge Abeyrathna	Men	714	24
Sher Sahak	Men	580	19
Raza Iqbal	Men	524	35
Ayesha Hasan	Women	520	2
Ibrahim Rahimi	Men	489	1
Anushka Gorad	Women	392	2
Ramya Immadi	Women	369	29
Wahidullah Sahak	Men	347	24
Chaudhary Akram	Men	333	8
Faisal Raza	Men	314	1
Qamar Mushtaque	Men	296	60
Bijeyata Kumari	Women	262	-
Vinay Ravi	Men	247	49
Ali Saleem	Men	239	1
Saif-Ul Islam	Men	202	-
Usman Arif	Men	166	5
Ansar Iqbal	Men	154	0
Junaid Mehmood	Men	154	-
Tafseer Ali	Men	146	1
Hayatullah Niazi	Men	140	8
Muhammad Butt	Men	127	37
Nayab Razwan	Women	127	5
Shangeerthana Raveendrakumar	Women	104	3
Alina Aslam	Women	101	22
Nayab Alizai	Women	99	-
Vidya Viyala	Women	99	8
Javed Maroofkhail	Men	95	3
Ahmadullah Shinwari	Men	89	35

Recent recorded matches

International match results
Date	Match	Format	Result	Coverage
2026-08-30	NorwayvAustria	T20I · Women	Austria won by 7 wickets	Scorecard
2026-08-29	Isle of ManvNorway	T20I · Women	Isle of Man won by 27 runs	Scorecard
2026-08-29	GreecevNorway	T20I · Women	Norway won by 6 wickets	Scorecard
2026-08-27	NorwayvRomania	T20I · Women	Norway won by 2 runs	Scorecard
2026-07-14	NorwayvGibraltar	T20I · Men	Norway won by 24 runs	Scorecard
2026-07-12	DenmarkvNorway	T20I · Men	Denmark won by 54 runs	Scorecard
2026-07-10	TurkeyvNorway	T20I · Men	Norway won by 7 wickets	Scorecard
2026-07-09	EstoniavNorway	T20I · Men	Norway won by 2 wickets	Scorecard
2026-07-08	HungaryvNorway	T20I · Men	Hungary won by 2 runs	Scorecard
2026-06-28	NorwayvCzech Republic	T20I · Women	Czech Republic won by 6 wickets	Scorecard
2026-06-27	NorwayvLuxembourg	T20I · Women	Norway won by 45 runs	Scorecard
2026-06-27	Czech RepublicvNorway	T20I · Women	Czech Republic won by 33 runs	Scorecard
2026-06-26	NorwayvLuxembourg	T20I · Women	Norway won by 13 runs	Scorecard
2026-06-14	NorwayvAustria	T20I · Men	Austria won by 15 runs (D/L method)	Scorecard
2026-06-13	FinlandvNorway	T20I · Men	Finland won by 35 runs	Scorecard
2026-06-12	NorwayvAustria	T20I · Men	Norway won by 78 runs	Scorecard
2026-06-11	NorwayvSweden	T20I · Men	Sweden won by 5 wickets	Scorecard
2026-04-09	NorwayvFrance	T20I · Men	France won by 4 wickets	Scorecard
2026-04-08	PortugalvNorway	T20I · Men	Portugal won by 83 runs	Scorecard
2026-04-07	NorwayvPortugal	T20I · Men	No result	No play
2026-04-07	FrancevNorway	T20I · Men	France won by 7 runs	Scorecard
2026-04-06	PortugalvNorway	T20I · Men	Portugal won by 12 runs	Scorecard
2026-04-05	NorwayvFrance	T20I · Men	Norway won by 10 runs	Scorecard
2025-10-12	NorwayvBulgaria	T20I · Women	Norway won by 98 runs	Scorecard
2025-10-12	AustriavNorway	T20I · Women	Norway won by 1 wicket	Scorecard
2025-10-11	NorwayvRomania	T20I · Women	Romania won by 8 wickets	Scorecard
2025-10-11	NorwayvTurkey	T20I · Women	Norway won by 7 runs	Scorecard
2025-08-31	NorwayvDenmark	T20I · Women	Denmark won by 7 wickets	Scorecard
2025-08-30	GermanyvNorway	T20I · Women	Germany won by 78 runs	Scorecard
2025-08-30	FinlandvNorway	T20I · Women	Norway won by 1 wicket	Scorecard
2025-08-29	SwedenvNorway	T20I · Women	Sweden won by 94 runs	Scorecard
2025-08-17	NorwayvHungary	T20I · Men	Norway won by 32 runs	Scorecard
2025-08-17	SwedenvNorway	T20I · Men	Norway won by 3 wickets	Scorecard
2025-08-10	NorwayvAustria	T20I · Men	Austria won by 8 wickets	Scorecard
2025-08-09	NorwayvSweden	T20I · Men	Norway won by 23 runs	Scorecard
2025-08-08	NorwayvFrance	T20I · Men	Norway won by 22 runs	Scorecard
2025-08-07	AustriavNorway	T20I · Men	Austria won by 4 wickets	Scorecard
2025-06-15	FinlandvNorway	T20I · Men	Finland won by 22 runs	Scorecard
2025-06-15	SwedenvNorway	T20I · Men	Norway won by 2 wickets	Scorecard
2025-06-14	DenmarkvNorway	T20I · Men	Norway won by 9 wickets	Scorecard
2025-06-14	FinlandvNorway	T20I · Men	Finland won by 11 runs	Scorecard
2025-06-10	NorwayvAustria	T20I · Men	Austria won by 9 wickets	Scorecard
2025-06-10	NorwayvCzech Republic	T20I · Men	Norway won by 41 runs	Scorecard
2025-06-09	NorwayvAustria	T20I · Men	Norway won by 22 runs	Scorecard
2025-06-08	NorwayvCzech Republic	T20I · Men	Norway won by 37 runs	Scorecard
2025-04-09	NorwayvPortugal	T20I · Women	Portugal won by 9 wickets	Scorecard
2025-04-09	PortugalvNorway	T20I · Men	Portugal won by 54 runs	Scorecard
2025-04-08	PortugalvNorway	T20I · Women	Norway won by 5 wickets	Scorecard
2025-04-08	NorwayvPortugal	T20I · Men	Portugal won by 4 wickets	Scorecard
2025-04-07	PortugalvNorway	T20I · Women	Portugal won by 16 runs	Scorecard

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MEN · T20I · 2019 to 2026

Norway men in T20Is

LWWLW

64Played

31Won

32Lost

0Drawn / tied

1No result

48.43Win %

Men T20I results by opponent

Norway Men T20I results by opponent
Opponent	P	W	L	NR	Win %	Last
Finland	8	5	3	0	62.50	2026
Austria	7	2	5	0	28.57	2026
France	7	3	4	0	42.85	2026
Sweden	7	5	2	0	71.42	2026
Portugal	6	1	4	1	16.66	2026
Germany	5	2	3	0	40.00	2024
Denmark	4	1	3	0	25.00	2026
Czech Republic	3	3	0	0	100.00	2025
Guernsey	3	1	2	0	33.33	2022
Estonia	2	2	0	0	100.00	2026
Gibraltar	2	2	0	0	100.00	2026
Hungary	2	1	1	0	50.00	2026
Jersey	2	0	2	0	0.00	2024
Spain	2	0	2	0	0.00	2022
Italy	1	0	1	0	0.00	2019
Slovenia	1	1	0	0	100.00	2024
Switzerland	1	1	0	0	100.00	2022
Turkey	1	1	0	0	100.00	2026
All	64	31	32	1	48.43	2026

Men T20I results by situation

Norway Men T20I results home and away
Setting	P	W	L	D/T	NR	Win %	Last
Unknown	64	31	32	0	1	48.43	2026
All	64	31	32	0	1	48.43	2026

T20I record by toss and batting order
Situation	P	W	L	Win %
Won the toss	22	11	11	50.00
Lost the toss	34	17	17	50.00
Chose to bat	17	9	8	52.94
Chose to field	5	2	3	40.00
Batted first	38	21	17	55.26
Chased	25	10	15	40.00
All	141	70	71	49.64

Men T20I results by year

Norway Men T20I results by year
Year	P	W	L	NR	Win %
2026	15	5	9	1	33.33
2025	17	10	7	0	58.82
2024	8	7	1	0	87.50
2023	5	3	2	0	60.00
2022	9	4	5	0	44.44
2021	5	2	3	0	40.00
2019	5	0	5	0	0.00
All	64	31	32	1	48.43

Men T20I team records

Highest T20I totals
Total	Opponent	Ground	Date
199/1	Gibraltar	Koge Cricket Club	2026-07-14
186/6	Czech Republic	Vantaa	2022-07-25
185/8	Sweden	Bayer Uerdingen Cricket Ground	2024-07-08
185/7	Germany	Bayer Uerdingen Cricket Ground	2021-08-08
183/9	Sweden	Glostrup	2023-05-18

Lowest all-out T20I totals
Total	Opponent	Ground	Date
46	Portugal	Santarem Cricket Ground	2026-04-08
69	Jersey	Bayer Uerdingen Cricket Ground	2024-07-14
76	Germany	Bayer Uerdingen Cricket Ground	2021-08-05
77	Austria	Kerava National Cricket Ground	2022-07-31
80	Jersey	King George V Sports Ground	2019-06-16

Highest successful T20I chases
Chase	Opponent	Ground	Date
181/1	Denmark	Koge Cricket Club	2025-06-14
152/8	Sweden	Ishoj Cricket Club	2025-06-15
137/7	Sweden	Stubberudmyra Cricket Ground	2025-08-17
119/3	Finland	Kerava National Cricket Ground	2024-06-15
117/1	Finland	Kerava National Cricket Ground	2024-06-16

Biggest T20I wins by runs
Margin	Opponent	Ground	Date
97 runs	Finland	Kerava National Cricket Ground	2024-06-14
78 runs	Austria	Botkyrka Cricket Center, Stockholm	2026-06-12
53 runs	Sweden	Bayer Uerdingen Cricket Ground	2024-07-08
51 runs	Germany	Bayer Uerdingen Cricket Ground	2021-08-08
41 runs	Czech Republic	Scott Page Field	2025-06-10

Biggest T20I wins by wickets
Margin	Opponent	Ground	Date
10 wickets	Estonia	Kerava National Cricket Ground	2022-07-24
9 wickets	Finland	Kerava National Cricket Ground	2024-06-16
9 wickets	Denmark	Koge Cricket Club	2025-06-14
8 wickets	Slovenia	Bayer Uerdingen Cricket Ground	2024-07-09
7 wickets	Finland	Solvangs Park	2023-05-20

Men T20I leading players

Most T20I runs
Batter	Mat	Inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	100	50
Walid Ghauri	36	36	939	100*	29.34	118.71	1	4
Khizer Ahmed	45	45	806	64*	20.15	116.47	0	2
Kuruge Abeyrathna	41	41	714	46*	19.29	98.21	0	0
Sher Sahak	36	36	580	70*	20.71	138.42	0	2
Raza Iqbal	31	31	524	64*	18.71	117.75	0	4
Ibrahim Rahimi	29	29	489	55*	18.80	161.92	0	1
Wahidullah Sahak	18	18	347	75	20.41	134.49	0	3
Chaudhary Akram	13	13	333	57	27.75	105.71	0	1
Faisal Raza	23	23	314	48	15.70	111.74	0	0
Qamar Mushtaque	34	34	296	50	13.45	102.06	0	1

Most T20I wickets
Bowler	Mat	Inns	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	SR	5w
Qamar Mushtaque	46	46	60	3/16	16.15	6.94	13.95	0
Vinay Ravi	49	49	49	4/22	21.14	6.58	19.26	0
Muhammad Butt	27	27	37	5/8	14.70	5.44	16.18	1
Raza Iqbal	28	28	35	5/23	15.74	6.05	15.60	1
Ahmadullah Shinwari	38	38	35	4/20	22.54	6.79	19.91	0
AJ Parmar	23	23	34	4/17	14.52	6.41	13.58	0
Wahidullah Sahak	21	21	24	3/17	16.79	7.70	13.08	0
Kuruge Abeyrathna	25	25	24	3/14	18.45	7.06	15.66	0
Sher Sahak	16	16	19	3/18	13.52	7.07	11.47	0
Mansoor Shah	8	8	10	3/19	21.60	9.06	14.30	0

Highest individual T20I scores
Score	Batter	BF	Opponent	Ground	Date
100*	Walid Ghauri	48	Denmark	Koge Cricket Club	2025-06-14
91*	Saif-Ul Islam	63	Gibraltar	Koge Cricket Club	2026-07-14
76*	Walid Ghauri	47	Sweden	Botkyrka Cricket Center, Stockholm	2025-08-09
75	Wahidullah Sahak	43	Gibraltar	Koge Cricket Club	2026-07-14
71*	Wahidullah Sahak	32	Gibraltar	Bayer Uerdingen Cricket Ground	2024-07-13

Best T20I bowling figures
Figures	Bowler	Balls	Opponent	Ground	Date
5/8	Muhammad Butt	24	Czech Republic	Vantaa	2022-07-25
5/23	Raza Iqbal	22	Sweden	Glostrup	2023-05-18
4/11	Muhammad Butt	24	France	Botkyrka Cricket Center, Stockholm	2025-08-08
4/17	AJ Parmar	18	Gibraltar	Bayer Uerdingen Cricket Ground	2024-07-13
4/20	Ahmadullah Shinwari	21	Finland	Ishoj Cricket Club	2025-06-14

Most T20I appearances
Player	Mat
Vinay Ravi	50
Khizer Ahmed	48
Qamar Mushtaque	48
Kuruge Abeyrathna	44
Sher Sahak	42
Ahmadullah Shinwari	39
Walid Ghauri	38
Ibrahim Rahimi	33
Raza Iqbal	31
Muhammad Butt	29

Latest men T20I matches

Latest matches
Date	Opponent	Result	Scores	Ground
2026-07-14	Gibraltar	Won	Norway 199/1 · Gibraltar 175/6	Koge Cricket Club
2026-07-12	Denmark	Lost	Denmark 203/5 · Norway 149	Svanholm Park
2026-07-10	Turkey	Won	Turkey 95 · Norway 97/3	Koge Cricket Club
2026-07-09	Estonia	Won	Estonia 105/9 · Norway 109/8	Koge Cricket Club
2026-07-08	Hungary	Lost	Hungary 140/8 · Norway 138/7	Brondby
2026-06-14	Austria	Lost	Norway 119/8 · Austria 79/2	Botkyrka Cricket Center, Stockholm
2026-06-13	Finland	Lost	Finland 177/7 · Norway 142/9	Botkyrka Cricket Center, Stockholm
2026-06-12	Austria	Won	Norway 150/8 · Austria 72/9	Botkyrka Cricket Center, Stockholm
2026-06-11	Sweden	Lost	Norway 137/9 · Sweden 138/5	Botkyrka Cricket Center, Stockholm
2026-04-09	France	Lost	Norway 111 · France 112/6	Santarem Cricket Ground

WOMEN · T20I · 2019 to 2026

Norway women in T20Is

LWWLL

46Played

15Won

30Lost

0Drawn / tied

1No result

32.60Win %

Women T20I results by opponent

Norway Women T20I results by opponent
Opponent	P	W	L	NR	Win %	Last
Sweden	8	0	8	0	0.00	2025
Denmark	6	1	4	1	16.66	2025
Austria	5	2	3	0	40.00	2026
Luxembourg	4	4	0	0	100.00	2026
Portugal	3	1	2	0	33.33	2025
Czech Republic	2	0	2	0	0.00	2026
Estonia	2	2	0	0	100.00	2024
France	2	0	2	0	0.00	2019
Isle of Man	2	0	2	0	0.00	2026
Jersey	2	0	2	0	0.00	2019
Romania	2	1	1	0	50.00	2026
Bulgaria	1	1	0	0	100.00	2025
Finland	1	1	0	0	100.00	2025
Germany	1	0	1	0	0.00	2025
Greece	1	1	0	0	100.00	2026
Guernsey	1	0	1	0	0.00	2024
Italy	1	0	1	0	0.00	2022
Spain	1	0	1	0	0.00	2022
Turkey	1	1	0	0	100.00	2025
All	46	15	30	1	32.60	2026

Women T20I results by situation

Norway Women T20I results home and away
Setting	P	W	L	D/T	NR	Win %	Last
Unknown	46	15	30	0	1	32.60	2026
All	46	15	30	0	1	32.60	2026

T20I record by toss and batting order
Situation	P	W	L	Win %
Won the toss	13	6	7	46.15
Lost the toss	12	4	8	33.33
Chose to bat	7	4	3	57.14
Chose to field	6	2	4	33.33
Batted first	28	9	19	32.14
Chased	17	6	11	35.29
All	83	31	52	37.34

Women T20I results by year

Norway Women T20I results by year
Year	P	W	L	NR	Win %
2026	8	4	4	0	50.00
2025	11	5	6	0	45.45
2024	7	3	4	0	42.85
2023	5	1	3	1	20.00
2022	8	1	7	0	12.50
2021	1	0	1	0	0.00
2019	6	1	5	0	16.66
All	46	15	30	1	32.60

Women T20I team records

Highest T20I totals
Total	Opponent	Ground	Date
177/4	Luxembourg	Banks Field	2026-06-27
160/4	Bulgaria	Moara Vlasiei Cricket Ground	2025-10-12
141/8	Guernsey	Ekeberg Cricket Ground 1	2024-08-11
137/5	Portugal	Santarem Cricket Ground	2025-04-08
134/7	Isle of Man	Moara Vlasiei Cricket Ground	2026-08-29

Lowest all-out T20I totals
Total	Opponent	Ground	Date
33	Jersey	Nantes	2019-08-03
36	Italy	Almeria	2022-11-11
46	Isle of Man	Almeria	2022-11-12
52	Sweden	Guttsta Wicked Cricket Club	2021-08-29
58	Denmark	Koge Cricket Club	2024-09-14

Highest successful T20I chases
Chase	Opponent	Ground	Date
137/5	Portugal	Santarem Cricket Ground	2025-04-08
129/4	Romania	Ilfov County	2026-08-27
110/4	Greece	Moara Vlasiei Cricket Ground	2026-08-29
92/9	Austria	Moara Vlasiei Cricket Ground	2025-10-12
87/1	Estonia	Vantaa	2023-08-26

Biggest T20I wins by runs
Margin	Opponent	Ground	Date
98 runs	Bulgaria	Moara Vlasiei Cricket Ground	2025-10-12
45 runs	Luxembourg	Banks Field	2026-06-27
35 runs	Estonia	Ekeberg Cricket Ground 1	2024-08-10
22 runs	Luxembourg	Koge Cricket Club 2	2024-09-15
13 runs	Luxembourg	Banks Field	2026-06-26

Biggest T20I wins by wickets
Margin	Opponent	Ground	Date
6 wickets	Greece	Moara Vlasiei Cricket Ground	2026-08-29
5 wickets	Portugal	Santarem Cricket Ground	2025-04-08
1 wickets	Finland	Ishoj Cricket Club	2025-08-30
1 wickets	Austria	Moara Vlasiei Cricket Ground	2025-10-12

Women T20I leading players

Most T20I runs
Batter	Mat	Inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50
Ayesha Hasan	36	36	520	54	16.25	68.87	1
Anushka Gorad	33	33	392	38	12.25	62.12	0
Ramya Immadi	43	43	369	33	9.46	60.09	0
Bijeyata Kumari	28	28	262	68*	10.48	50.09	1
Nayab Razwan	19	19	127	18	7.47	64.79	0
Shangeerthana Raveendrakumar	14	14	104	24*	10.40	55.31	0
Alina Aslam	17	17	101	23	7.76	52.06	0
Vidya Viyala	18	18	99	12*	7.61	65.13	0
Nayab Alizai	12	12	99	27	8.25	55.93	0
Farial Zia Safdar	15	15	88	20	6.28	38.42	0

Most T20I wickets
Bowler	Mat	Inns	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	SR	5w
Mirab Razwan	27	27	33	6/7	17.42	6.19	16.87	1
Ramya Immadi	34	34	29	4/15	26.10	6.62	23.65	0
Paridhi Agrawal	21	21	25	3/11	13.20	4.71	16.80	0
Alina Aslam	25	25	22	3/23	23.00	5.63	24.50	0
Farial Zia Safdar	15	15	15	3/9	15.26	4.43	20.66	0
Pooja Kumari	12	12	10	3/10	17.20	5.03	20.50	0
Prachi Kumari	16	16	10	4/18	26.80	6.59	24.40	0
Hina Hussain	13	13	8	2/21	27.37	5.94	27.62	0
Vidya Viyala	15	15	8	2/11	32.12	6.58	29.25	0
Lopamudra	24	24	8	2/15	44.25	6.89	38.50	0

Highest individual T20I scores
Score	Batter	BF	Opponent	Ground	Date
68*	Bijeyata Kumari	68	Luxembourg	Banks Field	2026-06-27
54	Ayesha Hasan	44	Portugal	Santarem Cricket Ground	2025-04-09
45*	Ayesha Hasan	46	Greece	Moara Vlasiei Cricket Ground	2026-08-29
41*	Mutaiba Ansar	57	Austria	Nantes	2019-07-31
38	Anushka Gorad	61	Portugal	Santarem Cricket Ground	2025-04-08

Best T20I bowling figures
Figures	Bowler	Balls	Opponent	Ground	Date
6/7	Mirab Razwan	17	Finland	Ishoj Cricket Club	2025-08-30
4/15	Ramya Immadi	24	Bulgaria	Moara Vlasiei Cricket Ground	2025-10-12
4/18	Prachi Kumari	24	Turkey	Moara Vlasiei Cricket Ground	2025-10-11
3/9	Farial Zia Safdar	19	Sweden	Guttsta Wicked Cricket Club	2021-08-29
3/10	Farial Zia Safdar	24	Austria	Nantes	2019-07-31

Most T20I appearances
Player	Mat
Ramya Immadi	45
Ayesha Hasan	38
Anushka Gorad	35
Mirab Razwan	34
Bijeyata Kumari	30
Lopamudra	28
Alina Aslam	25
Paridhi Agrawal	22
Vidya Viyala	21
Prachi Kumari	20

Latest women T20I matches

Latest matches
Date	Opponent	Result	Scores	Ground
2026-08-30	Austria	Lost	Norway 81 · Austria 82/3	Moara Vlasiei Cricket Ground
2026-08-29	Isle of Man	Lost	Isle of Man 161/6 · Norway 134/7	Moara Vlasiei Cricket Ground
2026-08-29	Greece	Won	Greece 109/5 · Norway 110/4	Moara Vlasiei Cricket Ground
2026-08-27	Romania	Won	Romania 157/2 · Norway 129/4	Ilfov County
2026-06-28	Czech Republic	Lost	Norway 126 · Czech Republic 127/4	Banks Field
2026-06-27	Luxembourg	Won	Norway 177/4 · Luxembourg 132/5	Banks Field
2026-06-27	Czech Republic	Lost	Czech Republic 150/4 · Norway 117	Banks Field
2026-06-26	Luxembourg	Won	Norway 131/6 · Luxembourg 118/3	Banks Field
2025-10-12	Bulgaria	Won	Norway 160/4 · Bulgaria 62	Moara Vlasiei Cricket Ground
2025-10-12	Austria	Won	Austria 91 · Norway 92/9	Moara Vlasiei Cricket Ground

Frequently asked questions about Norway

How many international matches has Norway played?: Norway has 110 recorded international matches in this archive: 64 men and 46 women.
How many T20Is has Norway won?: Norway has won 46 recorded T20I matches from 110 T20Is. Men: 31 wins from 64. Women: 15 wins from 46.
How many international wins does Norway have?: Norway has 46 recorded wins, 62 losses and 2 other results. This is an archive volume count, not an official ranking.