Renshaw stars as Australia edge Bangladesh in thriller to clinch T20 series

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/renshaw-matt/2ZSJwHw6/"]Renshaw[/a]'s career-best score after [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/australia/OxG0JfXg/"]Australia[/a] won the toss and decided to bat first helped the visitors reach 196-5, which they defended in a last-over thriller, with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/bangladesh/2of97jms/"]Bangladesh[/a] only managing 189-6.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/cricket/australia-OxG0JfXg/bangladesh-2of97jms/?mid=OpsRdvd5"]Chasing 197, Bangladesh made a blistering start[/a] 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][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][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][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][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][p]Bangladesh needed 63 runs off the last 40 balls, with captain Towhid Hridoy holding the line.[/p][embed guid="3442e6a1-c551-4794-9a6d-2ae992015b2b" url="https://x.com/cricketcomau/status/2067954869668114878" social-type="twitter" /][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][p][b]"We were moving according to plan,"[/b] Emon said after the game.[/p][p][b]"I felt the biggest damage was my wicket and Saif's wicket falling back-to-back," [/b]he added.[/p][p][b]"We fell a bit behind there, otherwise, it was looking very good."[/b][/p][p]Australia's Hardie took two wickets, while Nathan Ellis, Renshaw, Zampa and Davies claimed one each.[/p][p]Earlier, Renshaw's innings lifted the visitors after they stumbled to 44-3 inside the powerplay.[/p][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][p]Mustafizur Rahman then sent back Marsh for 20 on the final ball of the powerplay.[/p][p]Renshaw rebuilt with Tim David, whose 45 off 26 balls came in a match-defining 97-run stand.[/p][embed guid="32977c0e-2365-45cd-a71b-9331869b1680" url="https://x.com/BCBtigers/status/2067953584847946202" social-type="twitter" /][p][b]"It's nice to get a couple of wins and wrap up the series after two games," [/b]Renshaw said after the game.[/p][p]The T20 series win comes after Australia's shock 2-1 loss in the preceding one-day international series earlier this month.[/p][p][b]"Yeah, a little bit," [/b]Renshaw said when asked if the result felt like settling scores.[/p][p][b]"The one-day series, it was a few really good games,"[/b] he added.[/p][p][b]"It felt like every game we were just a little bit shy."[/b][/p]