Johnson claims a maiden 5-wicket haul in the second T20 International to win 3-match series
Australia seamer Spencer Johnson claimed a maiden five-wicket haul in international cricket as the hosts beat Pakistan by 13 runs in the second Twenty20 International on Saturday to clinch the three-match series by 2-0.
Johnson then removed Abbas Afridi for four to finish with 5-26 before Irfan Khan launched another counterattack with an unbeaten 37 but he could not take the tourists over the line despite only 16 required from the final over.They had recovered from an early onslaught by Australia’s opening batsmen to restrict the hosts to 147-9 despite several dropped catches as Rauf claimed 4-22 and Abbas Afridi bagged 3-17.
Short missed a slower one from Abbas Afridi to fall for 32 and Marcus Stoinis was dismissed by Muqeem for 14 after he had twice survived due to some sloppy catching by Salman Agha and Shaheen Afridi.
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