 | ||||||||||
| Association | Norwegian Cricket Board | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Personnel | ||||||||||
| Captain | Khizer Ahmed | |||||||||
| Coach | Zeeshan Siddiqui | |||||||||
| International Cricket Council | ||||||||||
| ICC status | Associate member[1] (2017) Affiliate member (2000) | |||||||||
| ICC region | Europe | |||||||||
| ||||||||||
| International cricket | ||||||||||
| First international | v Austria atSeebarn Cricket Ground; 22 August 2000 | |||||||||
| T20 Internationals | ||||||||||
| First T20I | v Italy atCollege Field,Saint Peter Port; 15 June 2019 | |||||||||
| Last T20I | v Hungary at Stubberudmyra Cricket Ground,Oslo; 17 August 2025 | |||||||||
| ||||||||||
| As of 25 August 2025 | ||||||||||
TheNorway national cricket team is the team that representsNorway ininternational cricket matches. TheNorwegian Cricket Board became an affiliate member of theInternational Cricket Council (ICC) in 2000, and the national side played its first international match later that year. Most of the side's matches have been against members of theEuropean Cricket Council (ECC), although in more recent years Norway has fielded sides in the lower divisions of theWorld Cricket League (WCL). The team's current head coach isMuhammad Haroon, a former first-class player in Pakistan, who was appointed in early 2014.[5] In 2017, they became anassociate member of the ICC.[1] Norway achieved their highest ever ICC T20I ranking (30th) under Haroon’s coaching. Norway was also honoured with the ICC Accelerated Growth Member Award in 2017. This recognition was part of the ICC’s annual Development Awards, which celebrate outstanding contributions to the growth of cricket among its member nations.
Norwegian cricket was first organised in the 1960s by a few Asian immigrants and has grown to the current state of 55 clubs playing in five divisions.
Norway became a member of theInternational Cricket Council in 2000[1] and played in their first international tournament – the European Representative Championships inAustria – that same year. They won the tournament without losing a game, but did not play again until 2003, when they took part in the ECC Trophy for the first time. They won this tournament too, again without losing a game. This qualified the team for a place in Division Two of theEuropean Championship in 2004. They finished fourth in the six-team tournament, gaining wins againstGibraltar andIsrael.
In 2005 Norway won the European Affiliates Championship, the equivalent of the ECC Trophy. They once again won the tournament without losing a game, and again qualified for Division Two of the European Championship in 2006. They won the tournament, beating debutantsJersey in the final after losing to them in the group stage. This gave Norway a place in Division One for the first time in 2008 and earned them a place inDivision Five of theWorld Cricket League.
In May 2008, Norway travelled toJersey to take part in the Division Five tournament. Although they beatVanuatu in Group A, it was the team's only group stage win and with four loses they failed to make the semi-finals. Norway finished ninth overall after defeating theBahamas and thenJapan in positional playoff matches. With only the top two from this tournament qualifying for Division Four in Tanzania later in the year, Norway missed out on the chance to take their2011 World Cup dream any further.
In July 2008, Norway met the top nations of European cricket when they participated in Division One of the European Championship. The Norwegians finished sixth overall in the six-team tournament, beaten convincingly in four of their matches – againstDenmark,Ireland, theNetherlands, andScotland – whilst their match againstItaly was abandoned owing to rain.[6]
In August 2009, Norway travelled to Singapore to compete inDivision Six of the World Cricket League. They won only one of five group matches and finished sixth overall after losing a positional playoff toBotswana.[7] As a result, Norway were relegated to Division Seven.
In May 2011, Norway travelled toBotswana forDivision Seven of the World Cricket League and their relatively poor performances at ICC events continued as they finished fifth overall, although they did beat Japan in a group match and then a positional playoff.[8] Fifth place saw Norway relegated toDivision Eight of the World Cricket League.
However, by the end of year 2011 a drastic change in team performance was observed in the World Cricket League, mainly due to the inclusion of a number of new, younger, and fitter players. Under the captaincy of Rakesh the team went on to win several qualifying rounds and titles in games against higher or similarly ranked teams, such as Japan. In June 2012, in the World Cricket League, the team gained the top spot in the shortest format of the game, with amazing reformations[clarification needed] in the field. This success won Norway a spot in another ICC qualifier event, potentially securing them a place in theT20 World Cup competition.[8]
In 2013 the team competed in the2013 ICC European T20 Championship Division One in England; they finished in 8th place, securing wins over Sweden and Gibraltar.
In 2014, Norway started their tour; their first game was against Old Southendian and Southchurch cricket club on 21 June. They lost this T20 match by four runs.
In April 2018, the ICC decided to grant fullTwenty20 International (T20I) status to all its members. Therefore, allTwenty20 matches played between Norway and otherICC members after 1 January 2019 would be a full T20I.[9]
In September 2018, Norway qualified from Group C of the2018–19 ICC World Twenty20 Europe Qualifier to the Regional Finals of the tournament.[10]
The Norwegians played their first T20I match againstItaly on 15 June 2019.
v | ||
Italy won by 20 runs (DLS method) College Field,Saint Peter Port Umpires:Rizwan Akram (Ned) andMary Waldron (Ire) Player of the match:Walid Ghauri (Nor) |
| ICC T20 World Cup Europe Regional Final records | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | L | T | NR | |
 2019 | Round-robin | 6/6 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
 2021 | Did not qualify | |||||||
 2023 | ||||||||
 2025 | ||||||||
| Total | 1/4 | 0 Titles | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| World Cricket League | T20 World Cup Europe Sub-regional Qualifiers | European Cricket Championship | European T20 Championship |
|---|---|---|---|
|
|
|
The following is a list of the players included in Norway's squad for the finals of the2018–19 ICC T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier in Jersey in June 2019.[13]
| Ground | City | Region | Capacity | Matches hosted | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fornebu Cricket Ground | Bærum | Akershus | 1,000 | T20Is, ICC qualifiers | Norway’s main cricket venue; hosted international tournaments and ECN events |
International match summary — Norway[14]
Last updated 17 August 2025
| Playing Record | ||||||
| Format | M | W | L | T | NR | Inaugural Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Twenty20 Internationals | 49 | 26 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 15 June 2019 |
Most T20I runs for Norway[18]
| Most T20I wickets for Norway[19]
|
T20I record versus other nations[14]
Records complete to T20I #3410. Last updated 17 August 2025.
| Opponent | M | W | L | T | NR | First match | First win |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs Associate Members | |||||||
| Austria | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 31 July 2022 | 9 June 2025 |
 Czech Republic | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 July 2022 | 25 July 2022 |
 Denmark | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17 June 2019 | 14 June 2025 |
 Estonia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 July 2022 | 24 July 2022 |
 Finland | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 19 May 2023 | 19 May 2023 |
 France | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 August 2021 | 7 August 2021 |
 Germany | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 20 June 2019 | 8 August 2021 |
 Gibraltar | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 July 2024 | 13 July 2024 |
| Guernsey | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 19 June 2019 | 29 April 2022 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 August 2025 | 17 August 2025 |
| Italy | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 June 2019 | |
 Jersey | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16 June 2019 | |
 Portugal | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 April 2025 | 7 April 2025 |
 Slovenia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 July 2024 | 9 July 2024 |
| Spain | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 30 April 2022 | |
 Sweden | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 May 2023 | 18 May 2023 |
 Switzerland | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 July 2022 | 28 July 2022 |
2015 ICC World Cricket League Division Six
| |
