28 Facts About Adam Zampa

Adam Zampa was born on 31 March 1992 and is an Australian international cricketer who represents Australian cricket team in limited-overs cricket.

Adam Zampa is the highest wicket-taker for Australia in Twenty20 International.

Adam Zampa made his way into Australia's under-19 team in 2009 and earned a rookie contract with the Blues in 2010 after playing a role by representing Australia in their successful 2010 Under-19 Cricket World Cup campaign.

Adam Zampa played in two youth Test matches and eight youth ODIs, taking 11 wickets across the two formats.

Adam Zampa did get another opportunity to represent Australia before his first-class debut, playing in the 2011 Hong Kong Cricket Sixes.

Adam Zampa finished the season having played three first-class matches, taking ten wickets at an average of 23 runs per wicket.

Adam Zampa was tempted by the guaranteed starts he would get in South Australia's team as they had just lost Test spinner Nathan Lyon to New South Wales.

In 2015, Adam Zampa signed on for the Redbacks for two more seasons, but in order to get more experience, he changed Twenty20 sides to the Melbourne Stars, where he would have the opportunity to play alongside international stars Michael Clarke and Kevin Pietersen.

Adam Zampa impressed in both List A cricket and Twenty20 cricket, and in 2016, was included in Australia's squad for both One Day Internationals and Twenty20 Internationals, but he struggled in first-class cricket.

Adam Zampa made his Twenty20 International debut for Australia against South Africa on 4 March 2016.

Adam Zampa became a regular member of both the ODI and T20I squad for Australia.

Adam Zampa was named in Australia's squad for the 2016 World Twenty20 before he had made his T20I debut for Australia in South Africa.

Adam Zampa bowled his first over for the match in the 8th over of Sunrisers Hyderabad's innings, but was taken out of the attack immediately without taking a wicket.

Adam Zampa wasn't brought back on until the 16th over, in which he took one wicket.

Adam Zampa was named man of the match for his performance, and this was the record for the best bowling figures by a bowler in Twenty20 history in a losing side.

Adam Zampa played in the Caribbean Premier League for the Guyana Amazon Warriors, taking the most wickets out of all spin bowlers for the tournament with 15 wickets at an average of 18.46.

Adam Zampa described being dropped as a "kick in the guts", saying his recent form indicated he was one of the best Twenty20 spin bowlers in the world.

Adam Zampa was unable to reach exceptional form in the Sheffield Shield, being a victim of South Australia's very strong pace attack, with Chadd Sayers and Kane Richardson taking all of the wickets themselves and not leaving opportunities for Zampa to stand out.

Adam Zampa was in Australia's squad for the 2017 ICC Champions Trophy, but he didn't get many opportunities to play when two of Australia's three group stage matches were washed out and Australia was unable to progress to the finals.

On 4 November 2021, in Australia's T20 World Cup match against Bangladesh, Adam Zampa took his first five-wicket haul in T20 cricket.

In March 2022, during the opening match of the series against Pakistan, Adam Zampa took his 100th wicket in ODI cricket.

Adam Zampa played a crucial part in Australia's successful 2023 ICC World Cup campaign.

Adam Zampa came into the tournament as the only specialist spinner in the team after Ashton Agar was removed from the squad due to injury.

On 20 October 2023, Adam Zampa was the pick of the bowlers taking 4 wickets giving 53 runs with an economy of 5.30 and helped his team to win over Pakistan.

Adam Zampa took a difficult catch in the outfield causing the dismissal of David Willey.

Adam Zampa's consistency saw him finish the tournament as the 2nd highest wicket taker in the tournament.

Adam Zampa is married to Harriet Palmer; the couple have a son.

Adam Zampa is vegan and has appeared in advertisements for PETA.