Malta vs Austria

Malta vs Austria, ICC Men's T20 World Cup Sub Regional Europe Qualifier A, 16 May 2026

Result

Malta (20 ov) 140
Austria (12.5 ov) 141/3

Austria won by 7 wickets

Full scorecard

Malta — 1st innings

140 (20 ov)
Batting RB4s6sSR
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 5 138.10
P Pushparajan c Amar Naeem b Aqib Iqbal 10 10 2 0 100.00
Jaspal Singh b KR Jha 6 10 0 0 60.00
Flynn Zahra run out (Bilal Zalmai/Amar Naeem) 2 3 0 0 66.67
Imran Ameer b Bilal Zalmai 0 1 0 0 0.00
Muhammad Ajmal c Bilal Zalmai b KR Jha 0 2 0 0 0.00
Zeeshan Khan b Irfan Safi 16 22 0 0 72.73
SB 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 (w 8) 8
Total 10 wkts, 20 ov 140

Fall of wickets 1-12 (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, 9.6 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, 19.6 ov)

Bowling OMRWEconWdNb
Aqib Iqbal 4 0 31 1 7.75 1 0
Baseer Khan 3 0 18 1 6.00 0 0
Bilal Zalmai 4 0 20 1 5.00 1 0
KR Jha 3 0 21 2 7.00 1 0
Irfan Safi 3 0 29 2 9.67 4 0
Waqar Zalmai 3 0 21 1 7.00 1 0

Austria — 2nd innings

T 141 141/3 (12.5 ov)
Batting RB4s6sSR
Karanbir Singh lbw b Salman Sharjeel 23 6 1 3 383.33
Bilal Zalmai b Mehboob Ali 34 14 5 2 242.86
A Randhawa * not out 37 27 2 2 137.04
Aqib Iqbal lbw b Mohammed Qasim 6 9 0 0 66.67
I Asif * not out 39 21 2 4 185.71
Extras (lb 1, w 1) 2
Total 3 wkts, 12.5 ov 141

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

Fall of wickets 1-23 (Karanbir Singh, 1.1 ov), 2-77 (Bilal Zalmai, 4.6 ov), 3-88 (Aqib Iqbal, 7.3 ov)

Bowling OMRWEconWdNb
Mehboob Ali 4 0 40 1 10.00 0 0
Salman Sharjeel 1 0 16 1 16.00 0 0
Ajin Soman 1 0 22 0 22.00 0 0
Mohammed Qasim 4 0 25 1 6.25 0 0
P Pushparajan 1.5 0 31 0 16.91 1 0
Imran Ameer 1 0 6 0 6.00 0 0

Malta — 1st innings — 20 overs

Runs per over peak 12
Over 1 Aqib Iqbal wd 1 1 • • 1 4 8 runs
Over 2 Baseer Khan • 4 W • • • 4 runs 1 wkt
Over 3 Aqib Iqbal • • 1 • 1 1 3 runs
Over 4 Baseer Khan 1 1 4 6 • • 12 runs
Over 5 Aqib Iqbal 4 • 4 W 1 • 9 runs 1 wkt
Over 6 Baseer Khan • • • 1 • 1 2 runs
Over 7 Aqib Iqbal 6 • 1 • 2 2 11 runs
Over 8 Bilal Zalmai 2 • • • • 1 3 runs
Over 9 KR Jha 1 • wd W 1 • 6 9 runs 1 wkt
Over 10 Bilal Zalmai • 1 W 2 1 W 4 runs 2 wkt
Over 11 KR Jha • 1 • W 1 1 3 runs 1 wkt
Over 12 Bilal Zalmai 1 • • • • 1 2 runs
Over 13 KR Jha • 1 • 1 1 6 9 runs
Over 14 Bilal Zalmai 1 6 wd • 1 1 1 11 runs
Over 15 Irfan Safi 1 wd 1 W wd • wd 6 wd • 12 runs 1 wkt
Over 16 Waqar Zalmai 1 1 • 2 • 1 5 runs
Over 17 Irfan Safi 1 6 1 1 • 1 10 runs
Over 18 Waqar Zalmai 6 1 2 1 W 1 11 runs 1 wkt
Over 19 Irfan Safi 4 • 1 W 1 1 7 runs 1 wkt
Over 20 Waqar Zalmai 1 1 • wd 1 1 W 5 runs 1 wkt

Austria — 2nd innings — 13 overs

Runs per over peak 23
Over 1 Mehboob Ali 6 4 6 6 1 • 23 runs
Over 2 Salman Sharjeel W 4 1 1 6 4 16 runs 1 wkt
Over 3 Ajin Soman 6 4 4 1 1 6 22 runs
Over 4 Mohammed Qasim 2 • 1 4 • 4 11 runs
Over 5 Mehboob Ali • 1 4 • • W 5 runs 1 wkt
Over 6 Mohammed Qasim 1 1 1 • 1 • 4 runs
Over 7 Mehboob Ali • 1 1 1 1 1 5 runs
Over 8 Mohammed Qasim 1 1 W • • • 2 runs 1 wkt
Over 9 Mehboob Ali • 6 • 1 • • 7 runs
Over 10 Mohammed Qasim 1 1 1lb • 6 • 9 runs
Over 11 P Pushparajan • 1 4 1 wd 1 6 14 runs
Over 12 Imran Ameer 1 • 2 1 1 1 6 runs
Over 13 P Pushparajan 6 • 4 6 1 17 runs

Run progression

Malta 140 Austria 141 wicket
0 36 72 108 0 3 6 9 12 15 18

Overs

Partnerships

Malta — 1st innings

1 12 Mehboob Ali 6 · Mohammed Qasim 5
2 23 P Pushparajan 10 · Mohammed Qasim 13
3 19 Mohammed Qasim 12 · Jaspal Singh 6
4 8 Flynn Zahra 2 · Mohammed Qasim 6
5 3 Mohammed Qasim 3 · Imran Ameer 0
6 1 Mohammed Qasim 1 · Muhammad Ajmal 0
7 27 Zeeshan Khan 7 · Mohammed Qasim 18
8 34 SB Patel 22 · Zeeshan Khan 9
9 6 Ajin Soman 6 · Zeeshan Khan 0
10 7 Ajin Soman 3 · Salman Sharjeel 3

Austria — 2nd innings

1 23 Karanbir Singh 23 · Bilal Zalmai 0
2 54 Bilal Zalmai 34 · A Randhawa 20
3 11 Aqib Iqbal 6 · A Randhawa 5
4 53 I Asif 39 · A Randhawa 12

Bars show the full stand including extras; the two figures beside each are the runs each batter made off the bat.

Match details

Format T20
Ground Happy Valley Ground 2, Episkopi
Season 2026
Toss Austria won the toss and chose to bowl
Umpires Mark Duffy, M Burns
Match referee G McCrea

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