Johnson record best haul stops Pakistan: 2nd T20 (SCG)

Rookie paceman Spencer Johnson took the best match haul by an Australian in T20 internationals to bowl his side to a 13-run win over Pakistan.

Johnson's 5-26 made him only the sixth bowler in history to take five wickets in a match for Australia in T20s, and improved on James Faulkner's 5-27.

Earlier, Australia had a rapid start from Matt Short (32 from 17) and Jake Fraser-McGurk (20 from nine) as they added 47 runs off the first 15 deliveries. Australia then lost 100-9 from the next 105 balls of the innings to post 148.

Australia 147 for 9 (Short 32, Rauf 4-22, Afridi 3-17, Muqeem 2-21) beat Pakistan 134 (Usman 52, Irfan 37*, Johnson 5-26, Zampa 2-19) by 13 runs

Nov 2024.