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India and Pakistan batsmen are known to be masters of playing the art of spin bowling, and Australian leg spinner Adam Zampa is looking forward to bowling to batsmen from both nations. Australia face Pakistan and India March 25 and 27, respectively.

Zampa should not be short of confidence after an impressive performance against Bangladesh, taking three wickets to help his team emerge victorious.


Zampa is one such bowler who has great variety in his armoury. He bowls a tight length, and buys his wickets sometimes as well. Though he may be relatively new in the international circuit, whatever one has seen of late, he may play an important role for Australia in the coming years as well.

But he might have never bowled to batsmen in the calibre of Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Shoaib Malik and other such batsmen, who read spinners brilliantly. These batsmen do not allow spinners to get on top of them, which will be a huge challenge for Zampa.

Though there might be no pressure on Zampa to perform, he might be pressurised by India and Pakistan batsmen, who could attack the spinner, and if Zampa crumbles under such situations, it will be a long and tough night for the leggie.

"It's going to be a new challenge playing Pakistan and India, they're great players of spin so it's something that I'm really looking forward to. It's been made quite clear that there's been pressure on me to perform over here but I'm very excited about playing those types of players," Australian Associated Press quoted Zampa as saying.

With Steven Smith as his captain, the leggie considers him to be of great help during matches.

"I work really well with Steven. He's been really good for my game since I was a young guy. To have him standing there at cover all the time is really nice and I think we work together quite well," Zampa said.

"I haven't changed anything at all. My plans are pretty simple and to have him there in the back of my ear to reassure that is nice."

http://www.ibtimes.co.in/world-t20-adam-zampa-excited-bowl-india-pakistan-batsmen-671856
 
Not really, he is a Bilal Asif without the batting.

Sodhi and Santner were the challenges which both teams failed.
 
India and Pakistan batsmen are known to be masters of playing the art of spin bowling, and Australian leg spinner Adam Zampa is looking forward to bowling to batsmen from both nations.
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India and Pakistan batsmen are known to be "masters" of playing the art of spin bowling? News to me.
 
2 crucial wickets on a batting surface.

Very good.
 
Warne-esque run up but not a big turner of the ball like Warne. Decent control.

Seems like he's more a limited overs spinner judging from his domestic record, with a FC bowling avg of 50 but Australian pitches aren't very conducive to spin.
 
I hope India's watching this matcha nd taking notes of things Zampa can do on Mohali.
 
I like his attitude, doesn't get intimidated, very important attribute particularly for a leggie, takes a lot of heart to give it any area..just to see if the surface has anything to offer
 
He is anything but a lulloo bowler.

He flights the ball and is not afraid to get hit.

If you want to be a good legspinner , you have to be able to take the risks.

I disagree, that he doesn't turn the ball. He probably does, but not on non-turning tracks.

You can't compare a youngster to Warne. Warne started at some place too, before he actually went and became the Warne we know.

But the good attitude, along with ability to take risks will pay him dividends.

If India vs Australia is a turning track, I expect Zampa to trouble Indian batsmen just as Indian bowlers would torture Australian batsmen.
 
I think Sodhi is better, but I think Zampa has the right toolbox as well. He's a bit more predictable though, once Malik got his eye in it became easy to hit Zampa off his length.

But he will be absolutely key vs India. All depends on how he does vs Indian batsmen and how Aussie bats handle Ashwin.

Huge test for Bumrah and Panda as well. Have a feeling latter will be exposed big time.
 
Suleiman said:
I think Sodhi is better, but I think Zampa has the right toolbox as well. He's a bit more predictable though, once Malik got his eye in it became easy to hit Zampa off his length.

But he will be absolutely key vs India. All depends on how he does vs Indian batsmen and how Aussie bats handle Ashwin.

Huge test for Bumrah and Panda as well. Have a feeling latter will be exposed big time.
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Pandya:narine

He has been exposed already. Averages 10 runs per over this tournament:noori
 
Suleiman said:
I think Sodhi is better, but I think Zampa has the right toolbox as well. He's a bit more predictable though, once Malik got his eye in it became easy to hit Zampa off his length.

But he will be absolutely key vs India. All depends on how he does vs Indian batsmen and how Aussie bats handle Ashwin.

Huge test for Bumrah and Panda as well. Have a feeling latter will be exposed big time.
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Exposed how? He's a work in progress and India know that.
 
Dr_Bassim said:
He is anything but a lulloo bowler.

He flights the ball and is not afraid to get hit.

If you want to be a good legspinner , you have to be able to take the risks.

I disagree, that he doesn't turn the ball. He probably does, but not on non-turning tracks.

You can't compare a youngster to Warne. Warne started at some place too, before he actually went and became the Warne we know.

But the good attitude, along with ability to take risks will pay him dividends.

If India vs Australia is a turning track, I expect Zampa to trouble Indian batsmen just as Indian bowlers would torture Australian batsmen.
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yesterday imad was turning the bowl quite well, was it a non-turning track?
 
after warnie zampa is my new favorite. what a future waiting for him and cricket. such a treat to watch him bowling, very smart bowler, quickly can read batsman mind.
 
Shaan said:
after warnie zampa is my new favorite. what a future waiting for him and cricket. such a treat to watch him bowling, very smart bowler, quickly can read batsman mind.
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If you saw the afridi wicket and think that he is smart then sorry, but at the moment NZ have great spinning options
 
Suleiman said:
I think Sodhi is better, but I think Zampa has the right toolbox as well. He's a bit more predictable though, once Malik got his eye in it became easy to hit Zampa off his length.

But he will be absolutely key vs India. All depends on how he does vs Indian batsmen and how Aussie bats handle Ashwin.

Huge test for Bumrah and Panda as well. Have a feeling latter will be exposed big time.
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Really waiting for him to spark out in tommorows match lets see how he goes there and even against pak, umar and malik specially worsened his figures while yuvraj may have a good hand over him
 
For God's sake, stop hyping players up. Zampa is an average bowler, who will get thrashed by Indians unless they are playing on a square turner.

I was watching him closely against Pakistan, and I don't think he bowled any special delivery. Most of our batsmen have a habit of making ordinary bowlers look world class.

The bowl to umar akmal should have been played straight, as it wasn't too short.

Afridi had his usual brain explosion. I mean after hitting a six, you expect the bowler to bowl short at you, so you can always wait for that bad delivery outside offstump, or stay on backfoot to hit it over mid-wicket.
 
aabbasi said:
For God's sake, stop hyping players up. Zampa is an average bowler, who will get thrashed by Indians unless they are playing on a square turner.

I was watching him closely against Pakistan, and I don't think he bowled any special delivery. Most of our batsmen have a habit of making ordinary bowlers look world class.

The bowl to umar akmal should have been played straight, as it wasn't too short.

Afridi had his usual brain explosion. I mean after hitting a six, you expect the bowler to bowl short at you, so you can always wait for that bad delivery outside offstump, or stay on backfoot to hit it over mid-wicket.
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I am 100% sure he will bother Indian batsmen.
 
aabbasi said:
For God's sake, stop hyping players up. Zampa is an average bowler, who will get thrashed by Indians unless they are playing on a square turner.

I was watching him closely against Pakistan, and I don't think he bowled any special delivery. Most of our batsmen have a habit of making ordinary bowlers look world class.

The bowl to umar akmal should have been played straight, as it wasn't too short.

Afridi had his usual brain explosion. I mean after hitting a six, you expect the bowler to bowl short at you, so you can always wait for that bad delivery outside offstump, or stay on backfoot to hit it over mid-wicket.
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I think you need to check him now, he's been brilliant except for that loose full-tosser which was smashed by yuvraj for a six, but still his figures look good!
 
Was this the same poor guy who's face got hit by a ball leading to a runout

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Poor captaincy by Smith.

He had fear that zampa will get hit out.


If you don't have confidence in your legspinner than don't select him for limited overs.


If you select a leggie than back him.



Zampa's confidence will take huge jarr aswell.
 
Smith thinks that Zampa could have bowled 1 more over as he bowled 3.

This proves his mistake in calculations.


Because Zampa bowled 2 overs and not 3 overs.



# Massive blunder.
 
Averages 50 in Shield cricket at the mo'. Is he satisfied to merely be a limited overs specialist or is he good enough to challenge for a baggy green? I've liked what I've seen so far.
 
Last Monetarist said:
Averages 50 in Shield cricket at the mo'. Is he satisfied to merely be a limited overs specialist or is he good enough to challenge for a baggy green? I've liked what I've seen so far.
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He'll never be test standard
 
Looks a very good spinner. Lyon's not too far from being the best spinner in the world considering the pitches he bowls on. Zampa and Lyon bowling in tests in tandem in subcontinent would be devastating. At the moment, he looks a good LOI bowler. Will have to see if he translates that success to tests
 
Knew this Zampa was good.

But this is legendaryyyyyyyyyyyy :bow: :bow: :bow:

Dhoni's usual captaincy continued (took him off after he bowled a good over just like in last game and let runs leak off the pacers) but that dude turned his disadvantage (bowling at death) to his advantage.
 
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Called it long time ago that his kid is gonna be future of leg spin. Happy for him, but want him as a permanent member of Aus Test and LOI squad.
 
Adam Zampa - the new leg spinner from Australia

After a superb WT20 and equally good IPL, 24 year old Zampa has made his mark immediately in the ODI vs WI. He bowls with wonderful control and does not seem fazed to continuously toss it up even to best players of spin.

Aus seem to have unearthed a gem of a bowler. He's more of a limited overs specialist right now and not much of a test bowler yet but should graduate to that level soon after some A tours and some more FC cricket.

I see him playing alongside Lyon on Australia's Test tour to India next year.
 
Australia don't 'unearth' players. They make them.

Zampa is a very smart bowler. Quite skilled with his subtle variations. Looking forward to watching him bowl on the dustbowls of India.
 
Reminds me of Warne almost, has a bit of the same flair and bowling style

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His run up is like Warnes. I like the look of him expecting him to do well in LOI formats. Hope Smith backs him
 
ShoonyaSifar said:
After a superb WT20 and equally good IPL, 24 year old Zampa has made his mark immediately in the ODI vs WI. He bowls with wonderful control and does not seem fazed to continuously toss it up even to best players of spin.

Aus seem to have unearthed a gem of a bowler. He's more of a limited overs specialist right now and not much of a test bowler yet but should graduate to that level soon after some A tours and some more FC cricket.

I see him playing alongside Lyon on Australia's Test tour to India next year.
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Won't play tests.

Well I guess Indian tours could be anything because magical selections happen - White, Krezja, Doherty, Maxwell etc
 
Muirhead was a bigger turner of the ball . Zampa simply dies not spin the ball enough to be considered in Tests.
 
Nikhil_cric said:
Muirhead was a bigger turner of the ball . Zampa simply dies not spin the ball enough to be considered in Tests.
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I'm not impressed with Zampa as I was with Muirhead. Muirhead was much more raw but a better talent than Zampa. Zampa is limited but a better developed bowler. The depressing thing is that Muirhead has just only played 1 recognizable cricket in the last 1.5 years, that too an u-23 match for his state.
 
The guy Adam Zampa has really impressed me the way he spins the bowl, has already taken 14 wickets in cpl and I'm now so impatient to see him against Yasir Shah during #PakvsAus.
 
super hitter said:
The guy Adam Zampa has really impressed me the way he spins the bowl, has already taken 14 wickets in cpl and I'm now so impatient to see him against Yasir Shah during #PakvsAus.
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Well Pakistan made Nathan Hauritz look good so they might be able to make Zampa look vaguely test standard
 
Thivagar said:
I'm not impressed with Zampa as I was with Muirhead. Muirhead was much more raw but a better talent than Zampa. Zampa is limited but a better developed bowler. The depressing thing is that Muirhead has just only played 1 recognizable cricket in the last 1.5 years, that too an u-23 match for his state.
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Muirhead fell apart completely but supposedly there are some recent signs he is bringing himself together.

As a raw talent he's ahead of Zampa I agree
 
Convict said:
Muirhead fell apart completely but supposedly there are some recent signs he is bringing himself together.

As a raw talent he's ahead of Zampa I agree
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Wrist Spin bowling is dangerous, since it is not a natural body action, everything can go wrong or right depends on the person. He will probably resurrect from this. Plus he is very young for a spinner.
 
Really like this kid. Best LOI leg spinner after Tahir, Badree and Rasheed. Performed well again in the one off ODI v.s. Ireland. Hope he has a brain off the field unlike Warne. Looks to have a cool head on his shoulders.
 
Rayyman said:
Really like this kid. Best LOI leg spinner after Tahir, Badree and Rasheed. Performed well again in the one off ODI v.s. Ireland. Hope he has a brain off the field unlike Warne. Looks to have a cool head on his shoulders.
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Really not supposed to be much of a praise this
 
Rayyman said:
Well there are Test leg spinners (Yasir, Bishoo, Sodhi) who struggle in LOI. So being a LOI spinner is tough.
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Yes true

Regardless, he is quite the talent and has performed rather well especially in local T20s
 
Rayyman said:
Really like this kid. Best LOI leg spinner after Tahir, Badree and Rasheed. Performed well again in the one off ODI v.s. Ireland. Hope he has a brain off the field unlike Warne. Looks to have a cool head on his shoulders.
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better then adil Rashid...if you're talking about the recent stats.
 
Rohit looked absolutely clueless against him. Alongside, Khawaja and Cummins was the reason for the victory.
 
Adam Zampa believes his blossoming partnership with Nathan Lyon can be an important weapon for Australia at the forthcoming ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2019.

Zampa and his fellow spinner Lyon were Australia's most-used bowlers during the recent one-day international series win against Pakistan in the United Arab Emirates, taking 12 wickets between them across the five matches.

Lyon registered an economy rate of below five runs per over in the UAE, and Zampa said the off-spinner's miserly returns can be the perfect foil for his own attacking wrist-spin, as Australia go to England aiming to defend their World Cup title.

"We play two different roles," said Zampa, who has experience of English conditions following a spell at Essex last summer. "[Lyon] is so accurate, a beautiful off-spinner, bowls to his field really well and bowls really tight. That means I can attack from the other end.

"I think it was a few months ago, where we actually spoke to each other and said, 'I reckon we can play a huge role coming up in the World Cup together, so let's do everything we can to make sure we're both there'.

"We've communicated really well over the last few months. We speak a lot in the nets, we speak a lot in the field, just about whatever, anything - spin bowling, field settings, or how the ball's going to come out. Just anything.

"I think it's going to play a huge role for us sometime throughout the World Cup. I don't know if it will be every game, but I definitely see us playing a huge role together."

Zampa has licence from captain Aaron Finch to chase wickets during the middle overs, and he said: "That is something we have spoken about, and Finchy is big on – trying to take wickets. If you are bowling to the middle and lower order in the last 10 overs, it makes it so much easier for the fast bowlers at the death.

'I reckon we can play a huge role coming up in the World Cup together so let's do everything we can to make sure we're both there'
ADAM ZAMPA

"If you are bowling to in-form batsmen like Virat Kohli or Jos Buttler, for example, if they are in, it makes it a lot harder, so wickets in the middle are so important in one-day cricket."

Australia will come up against another leg-spinner, Rashid Khan, in their opening World Cup match against Afghanistan on 1 June, and Zampa will be aiming to pass on some of the youngster's secrets after the pair shared a net session earlier in the year.

"I am so glad I did that because I now know I could never bowl like Rashid," he said. "But having that information now means I can give it to our batters. Rashid Khan is a once-in-a-lifetime bowler."

https://www.cricketworldcup.com/news/en/1223589
 
Australian player Adam Zampa found guilty of breaching The ICC Code of Conduct

Australian bowler Adam Zampa has been reprimanded for breaching Level 1 of the ICC Code of Conduct during Match 10 at The ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2019 between Australia and West Indies.

Zampa was found to have breached Article 2.3 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel, which relates to using audible obscenities in an international match. In addition to the formal warning, one demerit point has been added to Zampa’s disciplinary record

The incident occurred at the end of the 29th over of the West Indies innings when Zampa was heard using an audible obscenity by the umpires.

Zampa admitted the offence and accepted the sanction proposed by Jeff Crowe of the Emirates Elite Panel of ICC Match Referees and, as such, there was no need for a formal hearing.

On-field umpires Marais Erasmus and Chris Gaffaney, third umpire Ruchira Palliyaguruge and fourth official S Ravi levelled the charges.
 
Not good enough.

Pak batters should try to score 100 off him.
 
We have had issues with leg spinners in the past, Zampa is a very good spinner. We need to be careful.
 
He’s grown in confidence. When you look at him you don’t see anything exceptional. Like Hawkeye said above you would think you would get this guy for 100 runs and that’s exactly from where he gets his wickets. He’s clever and has learnt the art of putting the ball in the right areas even if he doesn’t spin it much. If you continue to attack him blindly he will get away with 2-3 wickets. Not someone who is afraid of being hit for sixes. He will continue to bowl in his areas. Very impressed with his mindset. Very underrated.
 
Zampa sticks with Plan A ahead of summer opener

Adam Zampa will maintain faith in his craft as he prepares for his first game of the Australian domestic summer eager to put the disappointment of the World Cup behind him.

Zampa played four of Australia's 10 World Cup fixtures earlier this year, and while he accepted being left out of the side when Australia opted for four quicks against Pakistan and Sri Lanka, being dropped for veteran off-spinner Nathan Lyon for the final four fixtures of the tournament, including the semi-final against England, hurt.

"I suppose the way the World Cup went people expected the leg-spinners to have a different tournament to what they did," Zampa said today on the eve of South Australia's Marsh One-Day Cup clash with Queensland in Brisbane.

"The weather didn't help that, the wickets weren't as dry as we expected them to be.

"But, yeah, personally it didn't go the way I felt it should."

Zampa claimed five wickets in his four World Cup matches with an economy rate of 7.15. That came after he'd been a key figure for the one-day side in the lead-up to the tournament, finishing behind only Pat Cummins among Australian wicket-takers during the tour of India earlier this year.

Having made a stunning start to his ODI career – he was the top ODI wicket-taker in 2016 – Zampa was in and out of the side for the following 18 months before forcing his way back in the lead-up to the World Cup.

He was the leading slow-bowler in last summer's one-day competition with 12 wickets in six games and enters this year's tournament with the confidence to trust in his own game and stick with his plans.

"I'm not going to change too much," he said. "I've had a really good few years in one-day cricket, particularly at the domestic level.

"I'm pretty consistent, so I'm going to keep it pretty simple and do what I've always done, pretty much."

https://www.cricket.com.au/news/ada...up-south-australia-one-day-cricket/2019-09-23
 
Zampa sizes up role in Aussies' twin-spin plans

While much of the focus of Australia's T20 clean sweep of Sri Lanka was on the hosts dominant batting, leg-spinner Adam Zampa slipped under the radar as perhaps the pick of the bowlers.

Zampa collected 5-64 from 12 overs in the 3-0 whitewash, just one wicket less than series-leader Pat Cummins but the South Australian owned a superior economy rate (5.33 to Cummins' 6.58).

The 27-year-old was dropped halfway through Australia's World Cup campaign for veteran Nathan Lyon but has established himself as the nation's premier T20 spinner over the past 12 months.

Using a mixture of leg-breaks, sliders, top-spinners and googlies, Zampa varied his pace to dominate the Sri Lankans and impress captain Aaron Finch.

"He's bowling beautifully at the moment," Finch said on the eve of the first Gillette T20I against Pakistan at the SCG (Sunday 2.30pm AEDT, Fox Cricket and Kayo via the CA Live app).

"His length is great, he's not giving batsmen width, he's defending his overs really well.

"To get in and out of your overs is so crucial in T20 cricket and he's doing that really well. And having that experience playing at the MCG, which is very short straight, over the last few years in the Big Bash I think that's helped him a lot in his T20 cricket."

While Zampa has led Australia's spin attack he has had an ally in Ashton Agar, the languid left-arm orthodox spinner and dynamic batter, who picked up three wickets and went for just 5.33 runs per over against the Sri Lankans.

Agar was entrenched in Australia's T20 side 18 months ago before form and injury saw the 26-year-old out of the XI, but now he is back to full fitness the Western Australian had added another dimension to Finch's T20 unit.

Australian cricket has been synonymous with elite fast bowling for as long as the game has been around but Finch said a look at the data surrounding economy rate in T20 cricket on home soil has led to a re-think in the bowling strategy with the T20 World Cup 12 months away.

"All the stats suggest that runs per over off spinners are lower in this country than quicks," Finch said.

"I think that's based off ground size, how true the wickets are too.

"It's not a non-negotiable (playing two spinners) but structuring up for these two series we've felt that (three quicks, two spinners) was our best five bowlers going forward.

"Agar offers that brilliance in the field, very good with bat when he's playing well just hasn't had the opportunity yet, which is also a good thing that our No.7 and No.6 haven't had a hit.

"At some stage he'll no doubt get his opportunity with the bat and do really well."
https://www.cricket.com.au/news/ada...eries-world-cup-sydney-aaron-finch/2019-11-02
 
Adam Zampa - the most underrated bowler in cricket right now?

I always thought he was pretty easy to hit but his stats in international cricket, particularly T20Is is amazing:

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He is a top class LO bowler. Australia have 1 spinner for the next WC. Need to find a partner for him. Agar looks decent.
 
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