2023 T20I Nordic Cup
| Dates | 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) |
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[edit]
| Denmark[5][n 1]
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Finland[6]
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Norway
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Sweden[7]
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Points table[edit]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
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| 1 | Denmark
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4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1.981 |
| 2 | Norway
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5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0.457 |
| 3 | Sweden
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5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0.052 |
| 4 | Finland
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6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | −1.572 |
Source: ESPNcricinfo[8]
Fixtures[edit]
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Chaudhary Akram 36 (50)
Saud Munir 5/21 (4 overs) |
- 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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Saif Ahmad 66 (45)
Amjad Sher 2/25 (4 overs) |
- Denmark won the toss and elected to bat.
- Akhil Arjunan and Jordan O'Brien (Fin) both made their T20I debuts.
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Raza Iqbal 64 (42)
Zaker Taqawi 4/26 (4 overs) |
Abdur Rahman Sudais 42 (38)
Raza Iqbal 5/23 (3.4 overs) |
- 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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Hamid Shah 29 (31)
Zaker Taqawi 3/21 (4 overs) |
Choudry Share Ali 61* (42)
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- Sweden won the toss and elected to field.
- Magnus Kristensen (Den) and Prashant Shukla (Swe) both made their T20I debuts.
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Muhammad Butt 45* (46)
Akhil Arjunan 2/13 (4 overs) |
Faheem Nellancheri 35 (20)
Qamar Mushtaque 3/18 (2.5 overs) |
- Norway won the toss and elected to bat.
- Faheem Nellancheri and Sumit Singh (Fin) both made their T20I debuts.
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Choudry Share Ali 43 (32)
Javed Maroofkhail 2/14 (3 overs) |
Kuruge Abeyrathna 25 (29)
Khalid Zahid 3/15 (4 overs) |
- Sweden won the toss and elected to bat.
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Atif Rasheed 29 (27)
Shahzeb Choudhry 4/11 (4 overs) |
Abdul Naser Baluch 20 (16)
Amjad Sher 3/20 (4 overs) |
- Sweden won the toss and elected to field.
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Rizwan Mahmood 27 (23)
Prashant Shukla 2/10 (2 overs) |
Abu Zar 17 (24)
Raizul Sawmy 3/5 (2 overs) |
- Denmark A won the toss and elected to bat.
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Atif Rasheed 29 (17)
Muhammad Butt 3/18 (4 overs) |
Raza Iqbal 50 (25)
Peter Gallagher 2/18 (4 overs) |
- Finland won the toss and elected to bat.
- Rafaqat Ali (Nor) made his T20I debut.
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Junaid Mehmood 32 (24)
Anique Uddin 2/17 (3 overs) |
Saran Aslam 62* (35)
Qamar Mushtaque 1/15 (3 overs) |
- Norway A won the toss and elected to bat.
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Sami Rahmani 22 (23)
Raaz Mohammad 3/16 (3.4 overs) |
Aravind Mohan 29 (40)
Prashant Shukla 4/18 (4 overs) |
- Finland won the toss and elected to field.
- Super Over: Finland 15/0, Sweden 13/1
Notes[edit]
- ^ 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[edit]
- ^ "Nordic cup igen i Danmark" [Nordic cup again in Denmark]. Danish Cricket Federation (in Danish). Retrieved 7 May 2023.
- ^ "Klart for Nordic Cup!" [Ready for the Nordic Cup!]. Norwegian Cricket Board (in Norwegian). Retrieved 14 May 2023.
- ^ "Denmark Cricket to host men's Nordic Cup Tournament in May 2023". Czarsportz. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
- ^ "Nordic T20I Cup 2023 schedule: Full fixtures list and match timings". Wisden. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Finnish Bears squad selected for Men's Nordic T20 Cup". Cricket Finland. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
- ^ "National team selection from high performance camp". Cricket Sweden. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
- ^ "Nordic T20 Cup 2023 Points table". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
- ^ "Records, Twenty20 Internationals, Bowling records, Hat-tricks". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
- ^ a b "Five-wicket hauls in T20I matches – Innings by innings". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
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