AUS Vs PAK, 2nd T20I Highlights: Spencer Johnson's Fifer Helps Australia Beat Pakistan By 13 Runs At SCG

The first ball of the second Australia vs Pakistan T20I is scheduled to be bowled at 1:30 pm IST, with the toss at 1 pm. The match will be live-streamed on the Disney+ Hotstar app and website in India. It will be telecast on the Star Sports Network TV channels in India.

Pakistan: Sahibzada Farhan, Mohammad Rizwan(w/c), Babar Azam, Usman Khan, Agha Salman, Irfan Khan, Haseebullah Khan, Abbas Afridi, Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah, Haris Rauf, Arafat Minhas, Omair Yousuf, Jahandad Khan, Sufiyan Muqeem.

Australia: Matthew Short, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Glenn Maxwell, Tim David, Marcus Stoinis, Josh Inglis(w/c), Aaron Hardie, Xavier Bartlett, Nathan Ellis, Adam Zampa, Spencer Johnson, Sean Abbott, Josh Philippe.

Australia skipper Josh Inglis has won the toss and elected to bat first against Pakistan.

Playing XIs

Pakistan: Sahibzada Farhan, Mohammad Rizwan(w/c), Babar Azam, Usman Khan, Agha Salman, Irfan Khan, Abbas Afridi, Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah, Haris Rauf, Sufiyan Muqeem.

Australia: Matthew Short, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Josh Inglis(w/c), Glenn Maxwell, Tim David, Marcus Stoinis, Aaron Hardie, Xavier Bartlett, Nathan Ellis, Adam Zampa, Spencer Johnson.

Mohammad Rizwan | Pakistan Captain

Fighting spirit was fantastic (in Brisbane). Want to keep that here as well. One change - Sufiyan Muqeem comes in. He's a good bowler, bowled well in the emerging tournament.

Josh Inglis | Australia Captain

We'll have a bat. Nice to get a win on the board to start the series. It was only 7 overs, but I enjoyed how everyone went about it. We've got a really good bowling lineup. Heaps of options at our disposal.

Australian openers are Matthew Short and Jake Fraser-McGurk. Pakistan opened the bowling attack with Shaheen Shah Afridi. The first ball went to extra cover for three runs as Australia opened their run-account. Jake Fraser-McGurk smashed him for three fours and a six to collect 21 runs from the first over.

AUS - 21/0 (1)

Matthew Short and Jake Fraser-McGurk have bamboozled the Pakistan bowling attack in the first two overs. After getting 21 runs from the first over, Naseem Shah leaked 16 runs in the next. Short managed to get two more boundaries in the third over.

AUS - 48/0 (3)

Haris Rauf was introduced into the attack in the fourth over and he got rid of the destructive batter Jake Fraser-McGurk on his fourth delivery. Salman Ali Agha took a fine catch. Australia have already crossed 50 runs in the fourth over and Matthew Short is still there. Josh Inglis came at number three and he also got dismissed on the last delivery of the over.

AUS - 52/2 (4)

Haris Rauf's two wickets changed the momentum of the game. Abbas Afridi also dismissed the dangerous atter Matthew Short which allowed Pakistan to take a sigh of relief. Now, Glenn Maxwell and Marcus Stoinis are at the crease.

AUS - 71/3 (8)

With the wicket of Marcus Stoinis, four players of the Australian side are back to the pavilion. Tim David and Glenn Maxwell are in the middle and hoping for setting a big total with only nine overs left in the hosts' innings.

AUS - 92/4 (11)

Haris Rauf has been on song in this series and he continued his form against the destructive batter Tim David again when he hit him for a couple of boundaries. He backed his length and dismissed him on the last delivery of the over.

AUS - 115/6 (15)

Haris Rauf got his fourth wicket in the match when he bowled Xavier Bartlett in the 19th over. Nathan Ellis joined Aaron Hardie and managed to give him strike on the fourth delivery of the over.

AUS - 141/7 (19)

Abbas Afridi bowled the last over and got two wickets to end his spell with the bowling figures of 4-0-17-3. Now, Pakistan need 148 runs to win the match.

AUS - 147/9 (20)

Brief Score: AUS - 147/9 (20)

Matthew Short - 32 (17), Aaron Hardie - 28 (23) | Haris Rauf: (4-0-22-4)

The most experienced players in the team, Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan opened the batting for Pakistan. Spencer Johnson started with five runs from the wide. 12 runs came from the first over. But Babar lost his wicket in the next over.

PAK - 15/1 (2)

Coming to bat at number three, Sahibzada Farhan could not spend much time at the crease and gave his wicket to Spencer Johnson. Usman Khan joined Mohammad Rizwan in the middle.

PAK - 21/2 (4)

Mohammad Rizwan is playing with a strike rate around 50 and Usman Khan is yet to score any boundary after playing 12 balls. Both batters are seeing off the Aussie bowlers and taking the game deep. They need to change the gears now.

PAK - 36/2 (8)

Spencer Johnson was called back into the attack and Mohammad Rizwan welcomed him with a boundary over mid-wicket region. His first boundary in the match. Johnson dismissed him on the next delivery. Salman Ali Agha came and went back on the very next ball. Just runs came from the over.

PAK - 44/4 (10)

Usman Khan finally shifted gears and managed to collect 12 runs from the 13th over. He smashed Adam Zampa for a six on the third delivery of the over.

PAK - 80/4 (13)

Usman Khan completed his half-century and got dismissed in the 16th over by Spencer Johnson. He got rid of Abbas Afridi on the next delivery to complete his five-wicket haul in the match. Pakistan still need 42 runs in the last four overs.

PAK - 106/6 (16)

Irfan Khan targeted Nathan Ellis and smashed him for two fours and a six to collect 17 runs from the 18th over. Now, Pakistan need 24 runs in the last two overs to win this match.

PAK - 124/8 (18)

Irfan Khan managed to hit a four on the last delivery of the 19th over to collect eight runs which left them needing 16 runs in the last over. Marcus Stoinis bowled in right areas and kept Irfan guessing.

PAK - 132/9 (19)

Nathan Ellis kept his cool and bowled the 20th over. Irfan Khan failed to connect the balls and got Haris Rauf run-out while taking a double on the fourth delivery. Pakistan lost the match by 13 runs.

PAK - 134/10 (19.4)

It's a dream to play for Australia. It's something I don't take lightly. Never know when your last game is going to be. Whatever chances I get are a bonus and hopefully I can play a couple more. We used the conditions well. I didn't get it right in the first over but the communication between us three pacers helped us get over the line.

Bowlers bowled really well. But if you drop crucial catches, it will cost you the game. We all know pitch wasn't easy to bat. Catches were crucial. Haris loves Australia because of the pace and bounce. Not sure about the changes for the third game. Will see what the situation demands.

We started really well. Boys at the top got us to a flier. It was tough through the middle as they adapted and bowled cutters. There's so many options in this team I can go to. Everytime I turned to Johnson tonight, he got a pole. The way they played tonight was really good (the two openers). Put their bowlers under pressure and got us off to a flier. I need to sleep - it's tough work this captaincy. That drop catch - I was thinking more of the captaincy than the keeping. It's something I'm keen to learn about and hopefully grow.

Pakistan lost the match and series as well in the Sydney Cricket Ground on Saturday. They will play the final T20I of the series on Monday. Join us then. Until then, goodbye and take care!