Australia spinner Adam Zampa earned the player of the match award for his terrific spell of 2/28. Zampa admitted that it was difficult to read the pitches in West Indies and that the key was to adapt according to the conditions.
Adam Zampa during match vs England. (AP Photo
Barbados,UPDATED: Jun 9, 2024 02:47 IST
Australia spinner Adam Zampa earned the player of the match award for his 2/28 against England at the Kensington Oval in Barbados on Saturday, 8 June. Zampa controlled the middle overs of the match to take out the steam of the strong England batting line-up who had put up a strong powerplay score of 54 runs for the loss of zero wickets.
Chasing 202 against the 2021 champions, England looked in good stead, but their plans were smashed by Zampa, who picked the first wicket in his very first ball of the match. Zampa removed the dangerous Phil Salt, who had just hit Mitchell Starc for a massive six of 106 meters. Zampa continued his brilliance throughout the rest of the innings, making life difficult for England batters in the pitch of Barbados, which was keeping low.
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Speaking at the post-match presentation ceremony, Zampa said that he had no clue about how the pitches in West Indies behaved and had to keep his eyes open and adapt to the nature of the wicket. On the day, Zampa kept things tight and bowled wicket to wicket where hitting shots across the line was difficult.
"We have played them many times, we know how they play. We knew there was a longer side and we wanted them to access that area. It's difficult to understand the wickets here in the West Indies, I bowled a few balls and realised that it stayed low, so I needed to bowl on a spot, you never know what'll happen. I wanted them to come at me and look to attack," Adam Zampa.
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"We have great depth in our bowling attack, some bowlers bowl to the longer boundary and we used a lot of variations," concluded the spinner.
Australia captain Mitchell Marsh lauded the team's effort and said that Australia put in a terrific all-round show.
"Very pleased with that effort, our all-round game is outstanding, it was a great game. The way we started, we learned a lot of lessons from the first game and the boys turned up really well today. The bowlers did their thing so well, we are an experienced team. Patty was outstanding," Mitchell Marsh lauded his side after the match.
Australia have now won two in two games in Group B of the T20 World Cup. They next face Namibia on 12 June.
Published By:
Kingshuk Kusari
Published On:
Jun 9, 2024
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