Adam Zampa is as effective a spin bowler as Australia has ever produced in the 53 years since the MCG hosted the first ever ODI.
A stubborn back complaint, which had accompanied him through the early games, was exacerbated by gastro. When the team left their hotel for the M Chinnaswamy Stadium, he was on the bus but looking likely to sit out.
“Yeah, ‘Lazarus’ has been awesome,” a grateful Cummins said of Zampa after the game. “He’s been in the bed for the last week or two. He was fantastic, and he just showed his class. He’s a real wicket-taker in the middle. Babar Azam and Iftikhar at the end when he was going – two big wickets.” It was telling that a drought of wickets for Zampa coincided with Australia's dip in results in the weeks prior to the World Cup. Telling, too, that KL Rahul made calculated risks in late cutting Zampa in his first over of the opening game, so important did India deem it to ensure the leg spinner was not permitted to settle.
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