The Norway national cricket team represents Norway in international cricket matches. The Norwegian Cricket Board became an affiliate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) in 2000, and the national side played its first international match in August the same year. Most of the side's matches have been against members of the European Cricket Council (ECC), although in more recent years Norway has fielded sides in the lower divisions of the World Cricket League (WCL). The team's current head coach is Muhammad Haroon, a former first-class player in Pakistan, who was appointed in early 2014. In 2017, they became an associate member of the ICC.
In August 2009, Norway travelled to Singapore to compete in Division Six of the World Cricket League. They won only one of five group matches and finished sixth overall after losing a positional playoff to Botswana. As a result, Norway were relegated to Division Seven.
In May 2011, Norway travelled to Botswana for Division 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. Fifth place saw Norway relegated to Division 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 in the field. This success won Norway a spot in another ICC qualifier event, potentially securing them a place in the T20 World Cup competition.
In September 2018, Norway qualified from Group C of the 2018–19 ICC World Twenty20 Europe Qualifier to the Regional Finals of the tournament.
The Norwegians played their first T20I match against Italy on 15 June 2019.
Grounds
Tournament history
T20 World Cup Europe Regional Final
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! width=50 |W
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| 2019||Round-robin||6/6||5||0||5||0||0
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| 2021||rowspan=3 colspan=7|Did not qualify
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| 2023
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| 2025
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|Total||1/4||0 Titles ||5||0||5||0||0
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Other tournaments
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! European Cricket Championship
! European T20 Championship
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- 2008 (Division Five): 9th place
- 2009 (Division Six): 6th place
- 2011 (Division Seven): 5th place
- Raza Iqbal
- Wahidullah Sahak
- Khizer Ahmed (captain)
- Vinay Ravi
- Junaid Mehmood
- Tafseer Ali
- Ahmadullah Shinwari
- Walid Ghauri
- Ansar Iqbal
- Javed Maroofkhail
- Qamar Mushtaque
- Mohammad Sher Sahak
- Darshana Kuruge
- Ibrahim Rahimi
- Anil Parmer
International grounds
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! Ground !! City !! Region !! Capacity !! Matches hosted !! Notes
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| Fornebu Cricket Ground || Bærum || Akershus || 1,000 || T20Is, ICC qualifiers || Norway’s main cricket venue; hosted international tournaments and ECN events
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Records and statistics
International match summary — Norway
Last updated 9 April 2026
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! Format !! M !! W !! L !! T !! NR !! Inaugural Match
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| align="left"| Twenty20 Internationals || 54 || 27 || 27 || 0 || 0 || 15 June 2019
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Twenty20 International
- Highest team total: 186/6 v Czech Republic, 25 July 2022 at Tikkurila Cricket Ground, Vantaa
- Highest individual score: 70* by Sher Sahak v Guernsey, 29 April 2022 at Desert Springs Cricket Ground, Almería
- Best individual bowling figures: 5/8, Muhammad Butt v Czech Republic, 25 July 2022 at Tikkurila Cricket Ground, Vantaa
Most T20I runs for Norway
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! Player!!Runs!!Average!!Career span
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|Walid Ghauri || 734 || 33.36 || 2019–2025
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|Khizer Ahmed || 731 || 22.15 || 2019–2026
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|Kuruge Abeyrathna || 663 || 19.50 || 2021–2026
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|Sher Sahak || 573 || 21.22 || 2021–2026
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|Raza Iqbal || 524 || 18.71 || 2019–2024
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Most T20I wickets for Norway
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! Player!!Wickets!!Average!!Career span
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|Qamar Mushtaque || 53 || 14.86 || 2022–2026
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|Vinay Ravi || 43 || 21.48 || 2022–2026
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|Raza Iqbal || 35 || 15.74 || 2019–2024
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|Anil Parmar || 33 || 11.93 || 2024–2025
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|Muhammad Butt || 29 || 13.34 || 2022–2026
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T20I record versus other nations