Adam Zampa

With the leg-spin style, run-up and boyish looks like Shane Warne, Adam Zampa gained prominence during the successful U19 World Cup in 2010. Zampa played his first, first-class match in 2012 for New South Wales, but later shifted to South Australia and played for Sheffield where he performed admirably well. As he moved to South Australia, he had an opportunity to work and train with Johan Botha, who was then the South African captain.

Zampa was selected in the International squad for the T20 World Cup in 2016 in India. Despite Australia exiting the tournament in the group stage, Zampa was the highest wicket-taker for Australia with five at 13.80 at an economy rate of 6.27. With the rise in T20, Zampa was adapting to the Indian bowling conditions where he was able to extract more turn and grab wickets. In the 2016 edition of IPL, Zampa took the second-best bowling figure in IPL with 6/19, he also displayed his talent in CPL and ended the season with 15 wickets. Zampa’s talent was. In 20017, Zampa was surprisingly dropped for the T20 series against Sri Lankan series which he said was a “kick in the guts”, he also said his recent bowling form was an indication that he is the best T20 spin bowler present right now. Without the spin of Zampa, Australia lost the series. Zampa. As Australia was touring India in 2017, former New Zealand Skipper Stephen Fleming backed Zampa and touted that he should be a special addition to the squad as he is known to the Indian bowling conditions and pitches. However, with experienced Nathan Lyon and Steve O’Keefe already available in the team, Zampa was not included in the squad and failed to cement his place in the Test squad. Zampa continued to play for Sheffield and impress the selectors where he took his first 10-wicket haul in first class. Adam Zampa was named in the 15-member World Cup 2019 squad for Australia.