Zampa highlights India tour as "best series ever had"

by Cricbuzz Staff • Last updated on Tue, May 12, 2020, 02:20 PM

"The way I've bowled throughout this summer and the different roles that I've to play, particularly in the World Cup I've learnt a lot, about my game." © AFP

The clip of Adam Zampa going right through Kane Williamson's defences with a googly was probably the last bit of live cricketing action doing the rounds everywhere before cricket went off the shelves due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was the culmination of a really good summer for the Australian legspinner, who feels he's a different bowler compared to a couple of years ago.

Zampa referred to the series against India earlier this year, in particular, to highlight his growth, saying it was a big boost for him to do well against top-quality players in their own backyard. Over the course of three ODIs, Zampa went at an economy of under five while also picking five wickets - four of those being of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli (twice each). It wasn't just the high point of the summer, it was the high point of his career for Zampa who termed it as "the best series I've ever had".

"I take a lot of confidence from that," Zampa said on Tuesday (May 12). "A lot of white-ball spinners have gone to India and not had the success with playing a holding role and found the wickets really difficult to bowl on. My first tour there, I had a lot of luck, and I grew in confidence from having that luck and my last tour I think that was the best series I've ever had with the ball, to be honest. Just the experience, in particular, having played 80-90 internationals, you just rock up knowing what you need to do a little bit better. I do have more confidence than I did a couple of years ago. If I'm thrown into that situation, that experience I have now will hold me in good stead.

"The way I've bowled throughout this summer and the different roles that I've to play, particularly in the World Cup, I've learnt a lot, about my game, the disappointment of being dropped and try and work out a way to play a role in the team and make sure I'm picked in every game. South Africa was really good for me, playing a holding role almost but then coming back to Australia for that one game. New Zealand wanted to attack me in that game and to get a guy like Williamson out with a ball like that topped off what was a really good summer for me. Getting big wickets and bowling balls like that is something you only really dream of."

Zampa attributes this success to a lot of hard work over these last few years, where he's worked on his game while picking up on different things that come with experience. One major aspect to come out of it has been the improvement in his stock ball.

Apart from that, Zampa also credits his stint with Essex where he was able to work on some of his foundations which has, in turn, resulted in developing sharper variations - just like that Williamson ball in Sydney.

"I've been learning about trying to get in and out of overs, when I can attack and when I can defend. There's been a lot said, (over) a couple of years, Mark Waugh, for example, said I don't bowl my variations enough when he was a selector. There've been other messages saying that I don't turn my stock ball enough. So, work on that. I've got to find that mixture of having that really good stock ball, which I think I've improved a lot and also having those game situations where you can really attack and bowl your wrong-uns and sliders. It's not really something that I've worked on in particular. I've worked on my bowling action, which is so much different to what it was 3 years ago. I had a really good winter in England playing for Essex and worked on my run-up, speed of run-up and things like that. My variations have improved because of that. It's all about working out game situations."

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