Australia leg-spinner Adam Zampa on Tuesday said that the wicket of Babar Azam is always a huge wicket and added that the Pakistan skipper has got a ‘good tempo for ODI cricket’.
Talking to reporters after the end of his side’s first ODI against Pakistan, the 29-year-old was delighted that all his teammates made most of their opportunities and outclassed Pakistan.
“It’s obviously a huge challenge, (Babar Azam) has got an excellent tempo for ODI cricket. In particular, he broke a record tonight, (scored) 4000 runs pretty quickly, so he is great for this format. He is a big wicket, same as Virat Kohli is for India,” Zampa said.
“It’s not ideal when a couple of guys go down, especially two guys that we are going to play, Ashton Agar and Josh Inglis, were looking forward to playing competitive cricket, but this is how the world is at this moment. The guys who have come in have all contributed,” he added.
Zampa was satisfied with his spin bowling partner Mitchell Swepson as he showed some real nerves while making his ODI debut.
“Swepson is obviously getting better and better. It’s been a really tough couple of years for Mitch. He has been running a lot of drinks and been waiting for his opportunity, obviously, he has played a couple of T20Is, but I think he bowled really well in Test series without much reward,” Zampa stated.
