2023 T20I Nordic Cup

International cricket tournament

Cricket tournament

2023 T20I Nordic CupDates| 18 – 21 May 2023

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Administrator(s)| Danish Cricket Federation
Cricket format| 20 overs, Twenty20 International
Tournament format(s)| Double round-robin
Host(s)|  Denmark
Champions|  Denmark
Runners-up|  Norway
Participants| 4
Matches| 12
Most runs|  Raza Iqbal (141)
Most wickets|  Shahzeb Choudhry (10)
Amjad Sher (10)
Raza Iqbal (10)

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The 2023 T20I Nordic Cup was a men's Twenty20 International (T20I) cricket tournament that was played in Denmark in May 2023.[1][2] The quadrangular tournament was contested by Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden.[3] Denmark's last two fixtures were played as non-T20I matches.[4]

## Squads

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Denmark[5][n 1] |  Finland[6] |  Norway |  Sweden[7]

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* Hamid Shah (c)
* Saif Ahmad
* Lucky Ali
* Surya Anand
* Saran Aslam
* Oliver Hald
* Abdul Hashmi (wk)
* Magnus Kristensen
* Nicolaj Laegsgaard
* Abdullah Mahmood
* Rizwan Mahmood
* Saud Munir
* Musa Shaheen
* Simon Sørensen
* Shangeev Thanikaithasan
* Anique Uddin
* Shakeel Zeb

* Nathan Collins (c)
* Amjad Sher (vc)
* Akhil Arjunan
* ~~Mohammad Asaduzzaman~~
* Matias Brasier
* Peter Gallagher
* Matthew Jenkinson
* Parveen Kumar
* Raaz Mohammad
* Aravind Mohan (wk)
* Faheem Nellancheri
* Jordan O'Brien (wk)
* Vanraaj Padhaal
* Areeb Quadir (wk)
* Atif Rasheed
* ~~Ziaur Rehman~~
* Sumit Singh
* Mahesh Tambe

* Ali Saleem (c)
* Kuruge Abeyrathna (wk)
* Chaudhary Akram
* Rafaqat Ali
* Tafseer Ali
* Muhammad Butt
* Nouman Butt
* Raza Iqbal
* Javed Maroofkhail
* Junaid Mehmood (wk)
* Qamar Mushtaque
* Vinay Ravi
* Saif-Ul Islam
* Sher Sahak
* Adnan Shnwarei

* Shahzeb Choudhry (c)
* Sami Rahmani (vc)
* Saeed Ahmed
* Choudry Share Ali
* Abdul Naser Baluch
* Wynand Boshoff (wk)
* Ajay Mundra
* Saad Nawaz
* Prashant Shukla
* Abdur Rahman Sudais
* Zaker Taqawi
* Khalid Zahid
* Zabiullah Zahid
* Abu Zar
* Imal Zuwak

## Points table

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR

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1  |  Denmark | 4  | 3  | 1  | 0  | 6  | 1.981
2  |  Norway | 5  | 3  | 2  | 0  | 6  | 0.457
3  |  Sweden | 5  | 2  | 3  | 0  | 4  | 0.052
4  |  Finland | 6  | 2  | 4  | 0  | 4  | −1.572

Source: ESPNcricinfo[8]

## Fixtures

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18 May 2023
11:00
Scorecard

Norway
99/9 (20 overs)

Denmark
100/1 (9.5 overs)

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Chaudhary Akram 36 (50)
Saud Munir 5/21 (4 overs)

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Nicolaj Laegsgaard 63* (36)
Kuruge Abeyrathna 1/12 (2 overs)

Denmark won by 9 wickets
Svanholm Park, Brøndby
Umpires: Fareedoon Bhatti (Nor) and Allan From (Den)
Player of the match: Nicolaj Laegsgaard (Den)

* Norway won the toss and elected to bat.
* Chaudhary Akram and Nouman Butt (Nor) both made their T20I debuts.
* Saud Munir became the first player for Denmark to take both a hat-trick[9] and a five-wicket haul in men's T20Is.[10]

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18 May 2023
15:30
Scorecard

Denmark
175/5 (20 overs)

Finland
103/8 (20 overs)

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Saif Ahmad 66 (45)
Amjad Sher 2/25 (4 overs)

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Mahesh Tambe 20* (28)
Oliver Hald 3/5 (3 overs)

Denmark won by 72 runs
Svanholm Park, Brøndby
Umpires: Fareedoon Bhatti (Nor) and Ashish Saini (Swe)
Player of the match: Saif Ahmad (Den)

* Denmark won the toss and elected to bat.
* Akhil Arjunan and Jordan O'Brien (Fin) both made their T20I debuts.

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18 May 2023
15:30
Scorecard

Norway
183/9 (20 overs)

Sweden
108 (15.4 overs)

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Raza Iqbal 64 (42)
Zaker Taqawi 4/26 (4 overs)

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Abdur Rahman Sudais 42 (38)
Raza Iqbal 5/23 (3.4 overs)

Norway won by 75 runs
Solvangs Park, Glostrup
Umpires: Allan From (Den) and Srinidhi Ravindra (Fin)
Player of the match: Raza Iqbal (Nor)

* Norway won the toss and elected to bat.
* Saif-Ul Islam (Nor), Saeeb Ahmed, Choudry Share Ali, Abdul Naser Baluch, Shahzeb Choudhry, Sami Rahmani, Abdur Rahman Sudais, Abu Zar and Zabiullah Zahid (Swe) all made their T20I debuts.
* Raza Iqbal (Nor) took his first five-wicket haul in T20Is.[10]

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19 May 2023
11:00
Scorecard

Denmark
109 (19.2 overs)

Sweden
110/0 (14.4 overs)

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Hamid Shah 29 (31)
Zaker Taqawi 3/21 (4 overs)

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Choudry Share Ali 61* (42)

Sweden won by 10 wickets
Svanholm Park, Brøndby
Umpires: Fareedoon Bhatti (Nor) and Srinidhi Ravindra (Fin)
Player of the match: Choudry Share Ali (Swe)

* Sweden won the toss and elected to field.
* Magnus Kristensen (Den) and Prashant Shukla (Swe) both made their T20I debuts.

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19 May 2023
11:00
Scorecard

Norway
131/7 (20 overs)

Finland
101 (16.5 overs)

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Muhammad Butt 45* (46)
Akhil Arjunan 2/13 (4 overs)

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Faheem Nellancheri 35 (20)
Qamar Mushtaque 3/18 (2.5 overs)

Norway won by 30 runs
Solvangs Park, Glostrup
Umpires: Atif Jamal (Den) and Ashish Saini (Swe)
Player of the match: Muhammad Butt (Nor)

* Norway won the toss and elected to bat.
* Faheem Nellancheri and Sumit Singh (Fin) both made their T20I debuts.

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19 May 2023
15:30
Scorecard

Finland
92 (19.5 overs)

Denmark
94/2 (14.5 overs)

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Atif Rasheed 30 (26)
Hamid Shah 4/19 (3.5 overs)

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Shangeev Thanikaithasan 41* (31)
Akhil Arjunan 1/22 (3 overs)

Denmark won by 8 wickets
Svanholm Park, Brøndby
Umpires: Fareedoon Bhatti (Nor) and Ashish Saini (Swe)
Player of the match: Hamid Shah (Den)

* Finland won the toss and elected to bat.

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19 May 2023
15:30
Scorecard

Sweden
176/7 (20 overs)

Norway
123 (19.2 overs)

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Choudry Share Ali 43 (32)
Javed Maroofkhail 2/14 (3 overs)

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Kuruge Abeyrathna 25 (29)
Khalid Zahid 3/15 (4 overs)

Sweden won by 53 runs
Solvangs Park, Glostrup
Umpires: Atif Jamal (Den) and Srinidhi Ravindra (Fin)
Player of the match: Khalid Zahid (Swe)

* Sweden won the toss and elected to bat.

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20 May 2023
11:00
Scorecard

Finland
106 (19.2 overs)

Sweden
99 (19.2 overs)

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Atif Rasheed 29 (27)
Shahzeb Choudhry 4/11 (4 overs)

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Abdul Naser Baluch 20 (16)
Amjad Sher 3/20 (4 overs)

Finland won by 7 runs
Svanholm Park, Brøndby
Umpires: Fareedoon Bhatti (Nor) and Allan From (Den)
Player of the match: Shahzeb Choudhry (Swe)

* Sweden won the toss and elected to field.

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20 May 2023
15:30
Scorecard

Denmark A
125/6 (20 overs)

Sweden A
59 (14.5 overs)

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Rizwan Mahmood 27 (23)
Prashant Shukla 2/10 (2 overs)

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Abu Zar 17 (24)
Raizul Sawmy 3/5 (2 overs)

Denmark A won by 66 runs
Svanholm Park, Brøndby
Umpires: Fareedoon Bhatti (Nor) and Srinidhi Ravindra (Fin)
Player of the match: Zameer Khan (Den)

* Denmark A won the toss and elected to bat.

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20 May 2023
15:30
Scorecard

Finland
102 (16.3 overs)

Norway
106/3 (11.5 overs)

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Atif Rasheed 29 (17)
Muhammad Butt 3/18 (4 overs)

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Raza Iqbal 50 (25)
Peter Gallagher 2/18 (4 overs)

Norway won by 7 wickets
Solvangs Park, Glostrup
Umpires: Allan From (Den) and Ashish Saini (Swe)
Player of the match: Raza Iqbal (Nor)

* Finland won the toss and elected to bat.
* Rafaqat Ali (Nor) made his T20I debut.

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21 May 2023
10:30
Scorecard

Norway A
115/8 (20 overs)

Denmark A
117/2 (13 overs)

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Junaid Mehmood 32 (24)
Anique Uddin 2/17 (3 overs)

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Saran Aslam 62* (35)
Qamar Mushtaque 1/15 (3 overs)

Denmark A won by 8 wickets
Svanholm Park, Brøndby
Umpires: Raja Imran Khan (Den) and Ashish Saini (Swe)
Player of the match: Saran Aslam (Den)

* Norway A won the toss and elected to bat.

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21 May 2023
10:30
Scorecard

Sweden
96 (17.4 overs)

Finland
96/9 (20 overs)

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Sami Rahmani 22 (23)
Raaz Mohammad 3/16 (3.4 overs)

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Aravind Mohan 29 (40)
Prashant Shukla 4/18 (4 overs)

Match tied
(Finland won the Super Over)
Solvangs Park, Glostrup
Umpires: Fareedoon Bhatti (Nor) and Atif Jamal (Den)
Player of the match: Prashant Shukla (Swe)

* Finland won the toss and elected to field.
* Super Over: Finland 15/0, Sweden 13/1

## Notes

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1. ^ Aden Aftab, Bilal Aftab, Taranjit Bharaj, Ehsan Karimi, Delawar Khan, Mansoor Khan, Zameer Khan and Raizul Sawmy also featured for the Denmark "A team".

## References

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1. ^ "Nordic cup igen i Danmark" [Nordic cup again in Denmark]. Danish Cricket Federation (in Danish). Retrieved 7 May 2023.
2. ^ "Klart for Nordic Cup!" [Ready for the Nordic Cup!]. Norwegian Cricket Board (in Norwegian). Retrieved 14 May 2023.
3. ^ "Denmark Cricket to host men's Nordic Cup Tournament in May 2023". Czarsportz. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
4. ^ "Nordic T20I Cup 2023 schedule: Full fixtures list and match timings". Wisden. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
5. ^ "Truppen til Nordic Cup er nu formelt oplyst til ICC. Derfor har vi nu også mulighed for, at dele dette med alle jer, der er interesseret derude" [The squad for the Nordic Cup has now been formally announced to the ICC. Therefore, we now also have the opportunity to share this with all of you who are interested out there]. Dansk Cricket-Forbund (in Danish). Retrieved 15 May 2023 - via Facebook.
6. ^ "Finnish Bears squad selected for Men's Nordic T20 Cup". Cricket Finland. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
7. ^ "National team selection from high performance camp". Cricket Sweden. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
8. ^ "Nordic T20 Cup 2023 Points table". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
9. ^ "Records, Twenty20 Internationals, Bowling records, Hat-tricks". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
10. ^ a b "Five-wicket hauls in T20I matches – Innings by innings". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 May 2023.

## External links

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