Mitchell Marsh-led Australian cricket team defeated Gerhard Erasmus' Namibia by 9 wickets in match 24 of the ongoing edition of the T20 World Cup 2024 at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua, on June 12 (Wednesday) to officially qualify for the Super 8 stage. Star spinner Adam Zampa script a historic record to his name and became the first Australian cricketer to take 100 wickets in T20 Internationals. He grabbed a four-wicket haul for which he won the Player of the Match award.
Adam Zampa reaches new milestone
Zampa completed 100 wickets in T20Is during the match against Namibia. His four-fer played the most important role in restricting the Namibian side to 72 runs. He is the first Aussie bowler to reach this milestone and currently no other bowler is even close to reaching it as after Zampa it is Mitchell Starc on this list with 76 wickets and after him are Josh Hazlewood and Pat Cummins with 64 and 60 T20I wickets respectively. Zampa was extremely happy to contribute to the team's win and seal the Super 8 spot.
"It sounds fine, we qualify for the Super 8s, that's a nice feeling. Enjoying bowling, being encouraged to take wickets by the captain, just trying to do my thing mate. We are happy (to qualify), first step in trying to take the trophy home, but a long way to go," said Zampa in the post-match presentation.
Mitchell Marsh praises Adam Zampa
Australian captain Mitchell Marsh heavily praised Zampa and even called him the most important player of the Australian team and that the Australia team is really lucky to have him on the side.\
“I thought it was a great performance from the bowling team. Swing was around and all-round a professional performance. It's really important and great to qualify for the Super 8.. We will manage as many as we can over the next few days. [on Zampa] If you look at his career over the last 4-5 years, he 's probably our most important player. He loves the pressure and he is bowling well at the moment and we are lucky to have him. [on how they are enjoying the off days in West Indies] Probably not as many beers as you had back in the day Haydos. Lots of beach days and it's like being back in Perth, we are enjoying it,” said Marsh in the post-match presentation.
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