tt16801 itt3894	France v Switzerland
	ICC Men's T20 World Cup Sub Regional Europe Qualifier A 2026 (Group A)
Venue	Happy Valley No 1 Ground, Episkopi on 22nd May 2026 (20-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	France won the toss and decided to bat
Result	France won by 8 runs
Points	France 2; Switzerland 0
Umpires	I McDonald (Scotland), Rizwan Akram (Netherlands)
Referee	G McCrea (Ireland)
Reserve Umpire	NR Bathi (Netherlands)
Player of the Match	Usman Khan

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France innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
+Virk Ali	run out (Vinod)	25	19		4	-	131.58
N Arab	c Sarwari b Khan Ahmadzai	24	13		2	2	184.62
G McKeon	c Sarwari b Deshan	6	8		-	-	75.00
C Roberts	b Aneesh Kumar	34	34		2	-	100.00
Z Sher	c Sinh b Johnson	25	16		1	2	156.25
M Khan Rafah	lbw b Aneesh Kumar	2	5		-	-	40.00
K Ahmadzai	run out (Johnson)	7	11		-	-	63.64
Noman Amjad	not out	20	11		2	-	181.82
Usman Khan	not out	4	3		-	-	133.33
Z Zahiri	did not bat
*Dawood Ahmadzai	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb, 1 w)	2
Total	(7 wickets, innings closed, 20 overs)	149
Fall of wickets:
1-40 (Virk Ali, 4.4 ov), 2-51 (Arab, 5.3 ov), 3-74 (McKeon, 8.5 ov), 4-109 (Sher, 13.3 ov), 5-114 (Khan Rafah, 14.6 ov), 6-121 (Roberts, 16.6 ov), 7-130 (K Ahmadzai, 18.2 ov)

Switzerland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Sarwari	3	0	35	0	-	-	-	11.67
Sinh	2	0	17	0	-	-	-	8.50
Deshan	4	0	30	1	1	-	24.00	7.50
Khan Ahmadzai	4	0	28	1	-	-	24.00	7.00
Johnson	4	0	24	1	-	-	24.00	6.00
Aneesh Kumar	3	0	14	2	-	-	9.00	4.67

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Switzerland innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
A Vinod	c Virk Ali b Sher	20	18		4	-	111.11
*H Deshan	c Usman Khan b Noman Amjad	15	13		3	-	115.38
M Stanikzai	c Virk Ali b Usman Khan	34	22		6	-	154.55
J Sinh	c Noman Amjad b Khan Rafah	13	15		-	1	86.67
+Ahmed Hassan	c Virk Ali b Noman Amjad	19	19		-	2	100.00
D Johnson	b Usman Khan	0	1		-	-	0.00
S Panguluri	retired out	8	18		1	-	44.44
J Tiwari	c Arab b Khan Rafah	21	11		2	2	190.91
S Sarwari	c Virk Ali b Khan Rafah	0	2		-	-	0.00
M Khan Ahmadzai	not out	1	2		-	-	50.00
NK Aneesh Kumar	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 1 lb, 1 nb, 6 w)	10
Total	(9 wickets, innings closed, 20 overs)	141
Fall of wickets:
1-35 (Deshan, 3.6 ov), 2-40 (Vinod, 5.1 ov), 3-74 (Sinh, 9.4 ov), 4-96 (Stanikzai, 12.2 ov), 5-96 (Johnson, 12.3 ov), 6-118 (Ahmed Hassan, 17.2 ov), 7-129 (Panguluri, 18.3 ov), 8-140 (Tiwari, 19.3 ov), 9-141 (Sarwari, 19.6 ov)

France bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Zahiri	3	0	15	0	1	-	-	5.00
Noman Amjad	4	0	34	2	1	1	12.00	8.50
Sher	2	0	20	1	1	-	12.00	10.00
Dawood Ahmadzai	3	1	23	0	2	-	-	7.67
Khan Rafah	4	0	22	3	-	-	8.00	5.50
Usman Khan	4	0	24	2	1	-	12.00	6.00

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Notes
--> S Panguluri made his debut in International Twenty20 matches
--> S Panguluri made his debut in Twenty20 matches
--> M Khan Rafah made his last appearance in Twenty20 matches
--> M Khan Rafah made his last appearance in International Twenty20 matches
--> S Panguluri made his last appearance in International Twenty20 matches
--> S Panguluri made his last appearance in Twenty20 matches
--> J Tiwari made his last appearance in Twenty20 matches
--> J Tiwari made his last appearance in International Twenty20 matches
--> G McKeon passed 1000 runs in International Twenty20 matches when he reached 4
--> G McKeon passed 1000 runs in Twenty20 matches when he reached 4
--> J Tiwari passed his previous highest score of 17 in Twenty20 matches
--> J Tiwari passed his previous highest score of 17 in International Twenty20 matches
--> Virk Ali made his debut in Cyprus in International Twenty20 matches
--> Virk Ali made his debut in Cyprus in Twenty20 matches
--> Z Zahiri made his debut in Cyprus in International Twenty20 matches
--> Z Zahiri made his debut in Cyprus in Twenty20 matches
--> Usman Khan reached 50 wickets in International Twenty20 matches when he dismissed D Johnson, his 2nd wicket in the Switzerland innings
--> Usman Khan reached 50 wickets in Twenty20 matches when he dismissed D Johnson, his 2nd wicket in the Switzerland innings

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