{"id":747015,"date":"2026-06-19T16:18:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T16:18:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/747015\/"},"modified":"2026-06-19T16:18:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T16:18:12","slug":"cricket-2026-australia-seals-t20-series-against-bangladesh-after-matt-renshaw-heroics-scorecard-highlights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/747015\/","title":{"rendered":"Cricket 2026: Australia seals T20 series against Bangladesh after Matt Renshaw heroics, scorecard, highlights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Matt Renshaw\u2019s all-round show with an unbeaten 89 and a wicket helped Australia with a seven-run win over Bangladesh in the second T20 in Chattogram on Friday to seal the three-match series.<\/p>\n<p>Renshaw, who made obscure history earlier in the week by becoming the first Australian to play a match in all three international formats on Bangladeshi soil, put up a career-best score.<\/p>\n<p>21\/6\/2026\u201dWatch Bangladesh vs Australia ODI &amp; T20 series LIVE &amp; EXCLUSIVE on Fox Cricket, available on Kayo | New to Kayo? <a href=\"https:\/\/kayosports.com.au\/en-AU\/welcome\/cricket?extcamp=fsaeditoriallinkcricket-edt-fsp-lnk-awr-grc-cri-kyo&amp;channel=fsa&amp;campaign=fsacontra\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Join now and get your first month for just $1<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"i-amphtml-fill-content i-amphtml-replaced-content\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/poster-fallback.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>It came after Australia won the toss and decided to bat first helped the visitors reach 196-5, which they defended in a last-over thriller, with Bangladesh only managing 189-6.<\/p>\n<p>Chasing 197, Bangladesh made a blistering start through openers Tanzid Hasan and Saif Hassan, who put on 48 in just 3.4 overs to raise hopes of a series-levelling win.<\/p>\n<p>Tanzid smashed 30 off 15 balls with four fours and a six before Renshaw made the breakthrough, taking a sharp return catch off his own bowling.<\/p>\n<p>Soumya Sarkar kept up the momentum as Bangladesh raced to 72-1 at the end of the powerplay, but Adam Zampa removed him for 15 to slow the charge.<\/p>\n<p>Parvez Hossain Emon then counter-attacked, hammering 36 off 22 balls and combining with Saif in a 53-run stand to keep Bangladesh on course.<\/p>\n<p>But Australia came back in the game when Aaron Hardie dismissed Emon, with captain Mitchell Marsh taking a running catch at cover, before Joel Davies removed the set Saif for 42.<\/p>\n<p>Bangladesh needed 63 runs off the last 40 balls, with captain Towhid Hridoy holding the line.<\/p>\n<p>Hridoy fought till the end with a brisk 35 off 22 balls, sharing a 36-run stand with Abdul Gaffar Saqlain, but was caught on the boundary with Bangladesh needing eight off the last ball of the chase.<\/p>\n<p>Aussies lose two wickets early! | 00:44<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were moving according to plan,\u201d Emon said after the game. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI felt the biggest damage was my wicket and Saif\u2019s wicket falling back-to-back,\u201d he added. \u201cWe fell a bit behind there, otherwise it was looking very good.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Australia\u2019s Hardie took two wickets, while Nathan Ellis, Renshaw, Zampa and Davies claimed one each.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, Renshaw\u2019s innings lifted the visitors after they stumbled to 44-3 inside the powerplay.<\/p>\n<p>Josh Inglis and Marsh gave the tourists a brisk start before Nasum Ahmed dismissed Inglis for 11 and Nahid Rana removed the in-form Cooper Connolly for one.<\/p>\n<p>Mustafizur Rahman then sent back Marsh for 20 on the final ball of the powerplay.<\/p>\n<p>Renshaw rebuilt with Tim David, whose 45 off 26 balls came in a match-defining 97-run stand.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s nice to get a couple of wins and wrap up the series after two games,\u201d Renshaw said after the game.<\/p>\n<p>The T20 series win comes after Australia\u2019s shock 2-1 loss in the preceding one-day international series earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYeah, a little bit,\u201d Renshaw said when asked if the result felt like settling scores.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe one-day series, it was a few really good games,\u201d he added. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt felt like every game we were just a little bit shy.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Matt Renshaw\u2019s all-round show with an unbeaten 89 and a wicket helped Australia with a seven-run win over&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":747016,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[564],"tags":[64,63,740,85],"class_list":["post-747015","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cricket","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/747015","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=747015"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/747015\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/747016"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=747015"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=747015"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=747015"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}