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Zampa, Inglis ruled out of first ODI against India; Philippe, Kuhnemann drafted in

Australia have been hit by a double blow ahead of the opening ODI against India, with leg-spinner Adam Zampa and wicketkeeper-batter Josh Inglis ruled out of the series opener in Perth.

Cricket Australia (CA) has added Matthew Kuhnemann and Josh Philippe to the squad as replacements.

Zampa will miss the match due to paternity reasons, as his wife, Harriet, is expecting their second child.

The 32-year-old has opted to remain in northern New South Wales with his family, given the logistical challenge of travelling back from Perth on short notice.

The leg-spinner is expected to rejoin the team for the second and third ODIs in Adelaide and Sydney, and will also be available for the upcoming five-match T20I series, all set to be played on the east coast.

Inglis, meanwhile, continues to recover from a calf strain sustained during a running session in Perth. The injury had already sidelined him from the New Zealand tour, and he is also expected to miss the second ODI in Adelaide.

With Inglis unavailable, Josh Philippe is set to don the gloves for the first time in ODIs.

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The 27-year-old has been in fine form on the domestic circuit and recently impressed for Australia A. This marks his return to the national setup after last representing Australia during the 2021 Caribbean tour.

Left-arm spinner Matthew Kuhnemann also makes a comeback to the ODI side after three years.

He last featured during Australia’s 2022 tour of Sri Lanka and has since remained on the fringes of national selection, turning out consistently in domestic one-day cricket for Tasmania.

Selectors are keeping a close eye on player workloads with the Ashes approaching.

All-rounder Cameron Green is expected to feature in the first two ODIs but may skip the third in Sydney to play a Sheffield Shield fixture in Perth. Green is also unlikely to bowl in the India series as he gradually builds up his workload.

Regular wicketkeeper Alex Carey is expected to rejoin the side for the second ODI after completing his Shield commitments for South Australia.

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WATCH: Mohammad Rizwan consults Adam Zampa before review

Pakistan captain Mohammad Rizwan, in a light-hearted moment caught on the stump mic, asked Australian batter Adam Zampa before taking a review during the ongoing second ODI between two teams in Adelaide on Friday.

Leg-spinner Zampa came out to bat after the fall of the eighth wicket in the 29th over with the scoreboard reading 130.

The aforementioned moment occurred during the 34th over when Zampa attempted to hook Naseem Shah’s bouncer, but he missed the ball, which landed in Rizwan’s gloves. Pakistan fielders made a strong appeal but the umpire remained unmoved.

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Rizwan first consulted with the bowler, then asked Zampa if he had edged it.

“You heard something?” Rizwan asked Zampa, to which the leg-spinner replied hilariously, “You guys appeal for everything.”

Rizwan then asked Zampa if he should take the review, to which the Australian responded “Yeah you should, you should take it.”

The Pakistan captain referred the decision, but replays revealed that the ball had passed well above his bat, so the on-field decision stood.

Zampa stuck around for 21 balls, scoring crucial 18 runs to push Australia’s total to 163 before Shaheen Afridi bowled him to bundle the team.

As of this writing, Pakistan have scored 130 runs without a loss in response to Australia”s 163. Abdullah Shafique and Saim Ayub are unbeaten on 41 and 81 respectively.

Pakistan Playing XI: Abdullah Shafique, Saim Ayub, Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan (c)(wk), Kamran Ghulam, Salman Ali Agha (vc), Muhammad Irfan Khan, Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah, Haris Rauf, Mohammad Hasnain.

Australia Playing XI: Matthew Short, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Steve Smith, Josh Inglis (wk), Marnus Labuschagne, Glenn Maxwell, Aaron Hardie, Pat Cummins (c), Josh Hazlewood, Mitchell Starc, Adam Zampa.

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Travis Head, Adam Zampa star as Australia beat England in first T20I

SOUTHAMPTON: Travis Head made a valuable 59 and leg-spinner Adam Zampa took two cheap wickets as Australia beat England by 28 runs in the first T20I at The Rose Bowl on Wednesday.

Opening batsman Head’s quickfire innings was the cornerstone of Australia’s seemingly below-par 179 all out.

But with Zampa taking an economical 2-20 in a match where England’s slow bowlers also impressed, it was more than enough as the hosts were dismissed for 151 to leave Australia 1-0 up in a three-match series.

“It was a nice start,” said player-of-the-match Travis Head at the presentation ceremony, adding: “For me it was about using the pace well which I think I did.”

Stand-in England captain Phil Salt, leading the team in place of the injured Jos Buttler, said: “Everything was good (about captaincy) apart from the result.”

Turning to Head’s 23-ball innings, which featured eight fours and four sixes, Salt said: “When the ball starts flying like that it is all about how to shut him down.

“Maybe we could have done a bit better but it has given something to get clarity on in the next game.”

Australia captain Mitchell Marsh praised Head and opening partner Matthew Short for their “exciting” start against England before also lauding Zampa and experienced fast bowler Josh Hazlewood.

“We’re lucky to have guys like Adam Zampa and Josh Hazlewood in our team, especially for some of our younger guys to learn from,” he said. “I went back to them and they both applied the pressure when needed.”

England collapsed to 52-4 inside eight overs in their first limited-overs international since sacking white-ball coach Matthew Mott after the Australian presided over lacklustre defences of their 50-over and T20 World Cup titles.

Jordan Cox, one of three England debutants, fell for 17 when he was brilliantly caught in the deep, with the sprinting Tim David diving full length to hold a two-handed chance over his shoulder.

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Salt, a potential dangerman, pulled Sean Abbott to deep square leg before Jacob Bethell was clean bowled by Zampa.

Liam Livingstone took up the attack with a 37 featuring a huge six over midwicket off Marcus Stoinis.

Together with Sam Curran, he added 54 until the latter clothed a pull off Sean Abbott to backward square leg.

And 106-5 became 108-6 in the 14th over when Livingstone played on to Hazlewood (2-32).

Zampa all but ended the game when he had Jamie Overton (15) playing on to leave England 128-8.

Earlier, Australia were set for a total in excess of 200 after being sent into bat.

But Livingstone took 3-22 and fellow spinner Adil Rashid, the world’s top-ranked T20 bowler, a typically economical 1-23 in his four overs as England fought back.

Left-hander Head took advantage of wayward fast bowling and hit 30 runs off one Curran over.

But going for another big hit, the 30-year-old holed out off Saqib Mahmood to deep square leg, where Cox held a safe catch.

Four balls later Australia’s 86-1 became 89-2 when Marsh was clean bowled by Rashid as he heaved across the line.

Livingstone took two wickets in two balls, both lbw on review, when he dismissed Stoinis (10) and David, with fast bowler Jofra Archer doing the same late on.

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Adam Zampa hopeful of playing Test cricket for Australia

Australia leg-spinner Adam Zampa has expressed his hope to play Test cricket for the national team despite playing only a handful of first-class games in recent years.

The 32-year-old spinner has been a mainstay of Australia’s white-ball side and played a key role in the side’s victory in the ICC T20 World Cup 2022 and the ICC ODI World Cup 2023.

However, despite being a regular member of the white-ball sides, Zampa shared his desire to play red-ball cricket as well.

“I think, realistically, [I’m] still a chance to play Test cricket,” he told the Final Word podcast.

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“If I was playing a lot of Shield cricket right now with the way I’m bowling, the bowler I am, think I’d be doing really well. The few games I have played in the last couple of years are suggestive of that.

“Even if I do get picked in the upcoming subcontinent tours, people will say, well his record is averaging 46 with the ball, it’s not good enough, people will say that I’m sure, but if I do get picked I’ll know that the way I feel like I’m bowling, it’ll be fine.”

For the unversed, Adam Zampa also expressed disappointment over missing Australia’s Test tour of India last year. He was expecting a call-up but the selectors preferred Mitchell Swepson as the second spinner.

Zampa has taken 111 wickets from 40 first-class matches at an average of 46.98.

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T20 World Cup 2024: Australia decimate Namibia to qualify for Super Eight stage

ANTIGUA: Australia registered a crushing nine-wicket victory over Namibia to qualify for the Super Eight stage of the ongoing ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 here on Tuesday.

Chasing a modest target of 72, Australia gave a dominant batting performance as they achieved the total in 5.4 overs.

David Warner gave his side a fiery start with an eight-ball 20, which featured three boundaries and one six before David Weise got him out.

However, Travis Head and skipper Mitchell Marsh carried on the momentum, ending the game inside the powerplay.

Head scored 34 off 17 with the help of five boundaries and two sixes, while Marsh scored a nine-ball 18, laced with three boundaries and one six.

Earlier, Australia opted to bowl and wreaked havoc against the Namibian batting line-up with three quick wickets in 4.1 overs with 15 runs on the board.

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The early onslaught prompted Namibia to play cautiously as they scored only six runs in the next 21 balls and lost two wickets in the process.

Namibia’s captain Gerhard Erasmus kept rotating strike amid falling wickets before switching gears during the 29-run stand with Jack Brassell (2).

Erasmus top-scored for his side with a 43-ball 36, which featured four boundaries and one six.

Marcus Stoinis dismissed Erasmus as well as last-man Ben Shikongo to wrap up Namibia’s innings at 72 runs in 17 overs.

For Australia, Zampa topped the bowling charts with the figures of 4-12, while Stoinis and Josh Hazlewood bagged two wickets each.

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Adam Zampa equals Muthiah Muralidaran’s World Cup record

AHMEDABAD: Australian leg-spinner Adam Zampa on Sunday equalled Muthiah Muralidaran’s record of most wickets by a spinner in a single edition of the Men’s ODI World Cup.

Zampa, who returned figures of 1/44 in his 10 overs, helped Australia book the strong Indian batting lineup for a modest total in the grand final.

His sole wicket in the match came in the 45th over when he trapped Jasprit Bumrah plumb in front.

Bumrah’s dismissal took his wickets tally in the ongoing World Cup to 23 and equalled the Sri Lankan legend’s long-standing record, who picked up as many in the 2007 edition.

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In an elite list of spinners, Adam Zampa is followed by his compatriot Brad Hogg and former Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi, who picked 21 wickets each in the 2007 and 2011 editions respectively.

Australian spin legend Shane Warne is fifth on the list with 20 wickets, which he took in the 1999 World Cup.

The ongoing World Cup marked a change of fortune for Adam Zampa.

In September, he returned with the joint-worst bowling figures in the history of Men’s ODIs when he conceded 113 in his 10 overs and went wicketless in the fourth ODI of the five-match away series against South Africa.

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However, his dubious record was shortlived, courtesy of Glenn Maxwell’s berserk double century against the Netherlands.

He charged at all Dutch bowlers but Bas de Leede was targetted more by the right-handed batter.

Bas de Leede conceded a whopping 115 runs in his quota of 10 overs and bagged two wickets.

He went for six sixes and 13 boundaries during Australia’s late onslaught which also included a 28-run 49th over against Maxwell, who recorded the fastest World Cup hundred, breaking Aiden Markram’s record.

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Klaasen hammers century as South Africa post 416-5 against Australia

Heinrich Klaasen slammed 174 off 83 balls to lead a South African batting assault against Australia in the fourth one-day international at SuperSport Park on Friday.

Klaasen shared an extraordinary fifth-wicket partnership of 222 off only 94 balls with David Miller (82 not out) as South Africa piled up 416 for five, their fifth-highest total in one-day internationals.

Klaasen struck 13 fours and 13 sixes before being caught on the boundary off the last ball of the innings.

A run spree of such magnitude did not seem likely as accurate as Australian bowling and a slower than usual Centurion pitch saw South Africa make relatively sedate progress on a ground known for high scoring.

At the second drinks break, the total was 157 for three off 32 overs.

The acceleration started with a stand of 74 off 57 balls between Rassie van der Dussen (62) and Klaasen.

It went into over-drive when the left-handed Miller joined Heinrich Klaasen and hit the second ball he faced, from leg-spinner Adam Zampa, for six.

Miller’s 82 not-out came from 45 balls and included five sixes and six fours.

South Africa’s thrashing saw Australian leg-spinner Adam Zampa equalling Mick Lewis’ record of the worst bowling figures in ODI cricket.

Zampa was taken to the cleaners by the South African batters and consequently conceded a whopping 113 runs in his quota of 10 overs and went wicketless.

Zampa went for nine sixes and eight fours during South Africa’s onslaught which also included a 26-run 48th over against Heinrich Klaasen and David Miller.

His dismal bowling figures were the joint-most expensive in the history of ODI, equalling Mick Lewis’ dubious, who also went for none for 113 against South Africa in 2006.

Notably, Adam Zampa’s haul of nine sixes is the joint-second worst by a bowler in an ODI and is now only behind Rashid Khan, who conceded 10 sixes against England in 2019.

Zampa was hammered for 113 runs off his 10 overs, Marcus Stoinis conceded 81 runs and Josh Hazlewood and Nathan Ellis went for 79 apiece.

It is a must-win game for South Africa, with Australia leading the five-match series 2-1.

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Adam Zampa equals worst bowling figures in ODIs

CENTURION: Australian leg-spinner Adam Zampa on Friday, equalled Mick Lewis’ record of the worst bowling figures in ODI cricket.

Adam Zampa was taken to the cleaners by the South African batters in the ongoing fourth ODI here and consequently conceded a whopping 113 runs in his quota of 10 overs and went wicketless.

Zampa went for nine sixes and eight fours during South Africa’s onslaught which also included a 26-run 48th over against Heinrich Klaasen and David Miller.

His dismal bowling figures were the joint-most expensive in the history of ODI, equalling Mick Lewis’ dubious, who also went for none for 113 against South Africa in 2006.

Notably, Adam Zampa’s haul of nine sixes is the joint-second worst by a bowler in an ODI and is now only behind Rashid Khan, who conceded 10 sixes against England in 2019.

Most expensive ODI bowling figures

Adam Zampa 113-0 (10)
Mick Lewis 113-0 (10)
Wahab Riaz 110-0 (10)
Rashid Khan 110-0 (9)

After being put into bat first in the aforementioned fixture, South Africa dominated the Australian bowlers, courtesy of a ruthless thrashing and Heinrich Klaasen and David Miller and racked up a mammoth 416/5 in the allotted overs.

Klaasen, who struck a 57-ball hundred, went on to top score for South Africa with a marathon 174-run knock in just 83 deliveries, smashing 13 boundaries and as many sixes.

David Miller was equally threatening for the Australians as he struck an unbeaten 82 from a mere 45 balls, hitting six boundaries and five sixes.

Besides the two, Rassie van der Dussen (62) and Quinton de Kock (45) made notable contributions to South Africa’s sensational show with the bat.

Josh Hazlewood led the bowling attack for Australia with two wickets but conceded 79 runs in his 10 overs while Marcus Stoinis, Michael Nesser and Nathan Ellis had a wicket apiece to their names.

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‘We know Babar, Rizwan and will try to plan against them’ Adam Zampa

LAHORE: Australian leg-spinner Adam Zampa claimed that he is fairly aware of the strengths and weaknesses of Pakistan’s captain Babar Azam and wicket-keeper batter Mohammad Rizwan and will plan against them.

Zampa, while talking to the virtual press conference, has claimed that he is aware of the strengths and weaknesses of all the Pakistan batters including Babar and Rizwan and is hopeful of planning against them in the next two days.

“I am aware of the strengths and weaknesses of all Pakistani batters including Babar and Rizwan. We have two days to formulate a strategy against Pakistan’s in-form batting,” he said.

“ODI is a different format than the Test cricket so we will have to plan accordingly,” he added.

The right-arm leggie then opined about the inexperienced Australian bowling attack and said the youngsters have a vital chance to prove themselves.

“Pakistan is a very good and balanced team. We will see an interesting competition between the two teams. However, the absence of our key players will be a challenge for us,” he said.

Zampa then went on to comment about his fitness and said he is doing better now and will try to live up to his captain – Aaron Finch’s trust.

“I have been in trouble for the past year due to a shoulder injury. But, I am feeling much better now,” he said.

“My captain Aaron Finch supports me a lot. I will try to live up to his trust,” he added.

The spinner then also commented about the role of the pitches in the white-ball series, said the pitches will be different to that of Tests.

“The pitches will be different in the white-ball series than that of the Tests. We will thrive to make good use of these pitches and bowl well,” he concluded.

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Hazlewood’s brilliance assists Australia to overpower Sri Lanka in first T20I

SYDNEY: Australia’s pacer – Josh Hazlewood returned with match-winning figures of 4-12 to help the home side thump Sri Lanka by 20 runs in the first T20, here on Friday.

In a rain-affected first T20I at Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG), the home side defeated Sri Lanka by 20 runs as per the DLS method.

Batting first, Australia posted a commendable total of 149/9 in the allotted 20 overs, thanks to the magnificent half-century by Ben McDermott up the order, while apart from Marcus Stoinis, the rest of their batters struggled to get going.

Stoinis provided a late onslaught, down the order; scoring 30 runs off 17 deliveries, laced with two boundaries and as many sixes, while McDermott anchored the innings with a terrific 53 off 41 balls. He smashed two boundaries and three sixes.

Despite a poor batting performance from the rest of the batters, with eight batters unable to reach into the double figures. The home side managed to post a 150-runs target for the Lions.

Set to chase 150, the touring openers failed to provide a solid start and the side kept losing wickets at a consistent rate. Opener – Pathum Nissanka, on the other hand, stood firm to score a gritty 36 but he too soon perished in the 11th over.

Rain also came into play in the ninth over; forcing the second innings to be reduced to 19 overs and a revised target of 143 for the Lions.

As a result, the touring side could not cope with the mounting required run-rate and kept losing wickets while attempting to go big with the bat. Sri Lanka, in the end, was restricted to 122-8 in the revised allotted overs; handing an easy 20-runs victory to the hosts.

For Australia, Hazlewood starred with four wickets, while Adam Zampa managed to grasp three. Pat Cummins, on the other hand, made one scalp.

Hazlewood’s brilliance assists Australia overpower Sri Lanka in first T20I

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