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Adam Zampa is still experiencing physical after
effects from Australia’s World Cup campaign, but he believes a BBL schedule
that is a little more forgiving will enable him to recover and return to peak
form.
Early in the World Cup, Zampa struggled with illness
and injury. However, he recovered magnificently, taking three straight
four-wicket hauls and matching the tournament record with 23 wickets as a
spinner.
Additionally, he remained till the beginning of the
T20I series against India, but he left after the second game to go home. He
made his BBL comeback on Saturday, playing his first game for the Melbourne
Renegades, his new team. Despite the fact that Sydney Sixers won the game, he
had an outstanding return of 2 for 24 from four overs, taking the wickets of
Steven Smith and Tom Curran with successive deliveries while conceding just one
boundary.
After Sunday’s match against the Perth Scorchers in
Geelong, Renegades will take an 11-day break. All things considered, this
year’s BBL’s shortened 10-game regular season gives players a bit more leeway.
“Body’s probably not in an ideal situation but
feeling much better than it was at the start of the World Cup,” Zampa told
reporters. “We’ve got a game in two day’s time then a little bit of a
break so there’s periods now to try and get away from it, get the body good and
just get away from cricket because it’s been a big few months. It’s taken its
toll, that’s for sure.”
Australia’s World Cup triumph has still to properly
sink in for Zampa who has now played a key role in both the T20 and ODI prizes.
“Been home for a week and still waking up most
morning’s pinching myself,” he said. “Personally I can’t believe I’m
at this stage of my career. I always felt like I was scrapping just to stay in
the Australian team. Never really thought I’d play as much as I have for
Australia.
“You are grateful to be there for a lot of it,
never really think about winning World Cups then you get to the stage in the
last couple of years where it’s all you want. To be sitting here now, to have
won a T20 World Cup two years ago and now the one-day World Cup, it means a lot
to me.”