Updated On: 18 October, 2023 07:34 AM IST | Lucknow | Santosh Suri
The Sri Lankan openers were cruising along and it seemed Zampa was going to have another rough day. But once captain Pat Cummins removed openers Pathum Nissanka and Kusal Perera, the stage was set for Zampa to finally make his presence felt

Adam Zampa against Sri Lanka in Lucknow on Monday. Pic/PTI
Adam Zampa’s form is crucial for Australia in this World Cup, in which teams are going to encounter pitches where spinners will have a big role to play. Like the other day, Afghanistan’s spin trio of Rashid Khan, Mujeeb Ur Rahman and Mohammad Nabi rolled England over at the Kotla. The spinners usually bowl in tandem, but here, Zampa is the lone frontline spinner in the Australian line-up with Glenn Maxwell, providing support as a part-time off-spinner.
Zampa was hammered in the first two World Cup matches—against India he had unflattering figures of 8-0-53-0 and against South Africa 10-0-70-1—which Australia went on to lose rather tamely. Then came the game against Sri Lanka at the Ekana Stadium here on Monday.