The current 11th edition of Big Bash League (BBL) has not been a remarkable outing till now for the Melbourne Stars team. Stars are currently on the bottom of the league table. Their stand-In skipper Adam Zampa feels that his side do not deserve to be where they are currently. Regarding the latest Covid-19 outbreak that saw Stars have their captain Glenn Maxwell ruled out, Zampa said that he is “glad” that he had it and gotten it out of the way.
“I'm glad that I've kind of had it and gotten it out of the way,” Zampa, was quoted while talking to cricket.com.au, on Sunday (January 9).
"But my team is now sitting in last place and we're staring down the barrel of missing the semis again so it's getting desperate times in terms of performance and getting to the back-end of the tournament.
"The silver lining is 'yeah, I've had it and hopefully I'm passed fit, and I can get through the next six games OK' but we're sitting last on the table, which I really don't think is where we deserve to be sitting," expressed Zampa.
The derby went on
Stars previously had their two games- against the Scorchers and against Strikers- cancelled but despite the multiple Covid-19 positive cases the high-voltage derby match between the Stars and Melbourne Renegades got the permission to take place on January 3.
The 29-year-old expressed his disappointment as he wanted to have a full squad in a crucial match like a derby.
"You would think that you would want two full-strength squads available for a game ... Renegades-Stars, Scorchers-Sixers and Sixers-Thunder, these competitions are built on days like that," he said.
"I think the derby day was taken the piss out of a little bit and that was because it was set in stone on January 3.
"It is obviously a great opportunity for some of those guys that came in and played."
New role for Zampa
Regarding his new role of being the leader of the side the leg-break bowler said that he has mentally always been prepared to be the captain and now it's a great way to learn about it.
"I try to think about the game as if I'm a captain anyway while I'm out there and it's a great way to learn about it," Zampa said.
