{"id":750833,"date":"2026-06-21T12:50:24","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:50:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/750833\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T12:50:24","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:50:24","slug":"johnsons-2-6-leads-australia-to-t20-rout-of-bangladesh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/750833\/","title":{"rendered":"Johnson’s 2-6 leads Australia to T20 rout of Bangladesh"},"content":{"rendered":"

Speedster Spencer Johnson has produced the most economical four-over spell by an Australian in T20Is to guide his country to a ruthless seven-wicket win over Bangladesh, sealing a 3-0 series sweep.<\/p>\n

Johnson finished with the stunning figures of 2-6 from four overs as Australia restricted the Tigers to a paltry 8-109 from their 20 overs in the third and final match at Chattogram on Sunday.<\/p>\n

The tourists cruised to victory with 54 deliveries to spare, finishing on 3-112.<\/p>\n

Captain Mitch Marsh made light work of the modest target, bludgeoning 60 off 28 balls – including seven fours and four sixes – to be named player of the match.<\/p>\n

\"Mitch<\/p>\n

Mitch Marsh took to the Bangladeshi bowlers en route to the man of the match award. (AP PHOTO)<\/p>\n

“I’m not sure how I got man of the match – I think Spencer Johnson took 2-6 off four overs, so maybe he should be up here,” Marsh said sheepishly at the post-match presentation.<\/p>\n

“The way we adapted to the conditions each and every game and took our learnings, I thought we were fantastic with the ball today.”<\/p>\n

Johnson set the tone, conceding one run off the second over of the innings, one off the fourth, two off the ninth and, most impressively, just two off the 20th.<\/p>\n

His analysis included a wide and a no-ball, meaning only four were scored off the bat.<\/p>\n

Experienced duo Nathan Ellis (2-21) and Adam Zampa (2-22) provided valuable support for Johnson, who bounced back superbly after conceding 39 from two overs in the second game on Friday.<\/p>\n

Acting skipper Towhid Hridoy (61 not out) waged a solo vigil for the hosts, with Rishad Hossain (16) the only other Bangladeshi batter to pass seven.<\/p>\n

\"Nurul<\/p>\n

Nurul Hasan was bowled between his legs as one of two wickets for Australian spinner Adam Zampa. (AP PHOTO)<\/p>\n

After losing the ODI series 2-1, it was a resounding fightback by Australia in the 20-over format.<\/p>\n

Their win appeared a formality from the moment the Tigers crashed to 3-11 after five overs.<\/p>\n

The procession started when opener Tanzid Hasan (5) was caught short at the non-striker’s end as Saif Hassan’s straight drive deflected off Johnson and onto the stumps.<\/p>\n

Saif (1) and Pervez Hossain Emon (1) holed out tamely after struggling badly for timing, chewing up 22 deliveries between them.<\/p>\n

Zampa captured his 350th international wicket when he nutmegged Nurul Hasan (6) with a slider, before Bangladesh slumped to 5-36 when Shamim Hossain (0) gloved Johnson to wicketkeeper Josh Inglis.<\/p>\n

The Aussies were untroubled in their reply.<\/p>\n

Inglis (17) holed out before opening partner Marsh did likewise, soon after raising his 14th T20 half-century.<\/p>\n

Cooper Connolly (15) miscued leg-spinner Rishad to Saif, before Tim David entered with eight required and calmly clubbed two sixes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Speedster Spencer Johnson has produced the most economical four-over spell by an Australian in T20Is to guide his…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":750834,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[24688,64,63,13047,3453,44,360421,360420],"class_list":["post-750833","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-adam-zampa","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-bangladesh","tag-mitch-marsh","tag-news","tag-nurul-hasan","tag-spencer-johnson"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/750833","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=750833"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/750833\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/750834"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=750833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=750833"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=750833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}