Adam Zampa

Adam Zampa is an Australian professional cricket player. He was born on 31 March 1992 in Shellharbour, New South Wales, Australia. Zampa is a right-arm leg break bowler who bats right-handed. He is among the top leg-spinners in the international circuit.

Adam Zampa has emerged as Australia's most effective white-ball spinner, second only to Shane Warne in the limited-overs format.

After an impressive campaign for South Australia and the Melbourne Stars, Zampa became a regular member of Australia's limited-overs teams in 2016.

With 13 wickets from seven games at an economy of 5.81, he finished second on the wickets table and was crucial to Australia's victory in the T20 World Cup in 2021. Despite sustaining injuries early on, he went on to be their top wicket-taker in the 2023 ODI World Cup as Australia won the world cup decisively.

Adam Zampa: Along the Years

Adam Zampa Records

• Currently ranked 3rd in the ICC ODI bowling rankings, as of May 2024

• Ranked 12th in the ICC T20 bowling rankings, as of May 2024

• Third-best bowling performance by an overseas player in the IPL with figures of 6/19 against Sunrisers Hyderabad in 2016 while playing for Rising Pune Supergiant

• In the BBL 2015-16 season, he was part of an unusual dismissal, running out Peter Nevill with his nose.

• Most consecutive four wickets in an innings in ODI cricket.

• Second in most runs conceded in an ODI innings, with 113 runs.

• The Australian spinner tied Murali's record for most World Cup wickets taken by a spinner when he took 23 from 11 matches in the 2023 World Cup, thereby achieving the most wickets ever taken by an Australian spinner.

Adam Zampa Awards and Accolades

• Part of the 2019 World Cup winning Australian squad

• Part of the T20 World Cup 2021 winning Australian squad

• PArt of the 2023 World Cup winning Australian squad

Adam Zampa Career

Australian Cricketer Adam Zampa began his career at a young age, showcasing his leg-spin bowling. He was selected for the Australian squad for the Under-19 Cricket World Cup in 2010 which went on to win the tournament. His first-class career in Australia was slow, but he moved to South Australia in 2013 and impressed in domestic tournaments. He debuted in the Big Bash League in 2016 and became a key player for the Melbourne Stars, winning the BBL title. Zampa made his international debut in 2016, making his ODI and T20I debuts against South Africa. He was a key player in the Australian squad that won the 2019 World Cup and T20 World in 2021. He played a crucial role in Australia's 2023 ICC World Cup campaign, taking 23 wickets from 11 matches, tying Murali's record for the most wickets taken by an Australian spinner at a World Cup.

Adam Zampa Domestic Career

When Zampa was in school, he used to bowl medium pace but after the release of Cricket Australia's new guidelines for Under-14 matches, in which they had put restrictions on the speed of fast bowlers, he started bowling leg spin. In 2009, he was selected in the Under-19 team and represented Australia in their successful 2010 Under-19 World Cup campaign.

With his old-school technique of tossing the ball above the eye-line, he was highly successful in his youth career. As a result, New South Wales signed him in 2010 but he didn't get a chance to play instantly as they already had a couple of successful spinners. Zampa made his first class debut in the 2012-13 season of Sheffield Shield against Queensland and took 5 wickets in the match. In 2013, he was signed by South Australia and took his first hat-trick in a match of 2014-15 Matador BBQs One-Day Cup against Western Australia. In Big Bash, he has featured for Adelaide Strikers and Melbourne Stars. So far, Zampa has played 38 First-Class and 99 List-A games, in which he has taken 105 and 147 wickets respectively.

Adam Zampa IPL Career

Zampa's consistent economical bowling in T20s caught the eyes of several franchise owners and was consequently bought by the now-defunct Rising Pune Supergiants in 2016. Playing under the guidance of MS Dhoni and Steve Smith, Zampa achieved the third best bowling figure in the IPL history after taking 6 scalps for 19 runs against Sunrisers Hyderabad.

This wrist-spinner seemed to have an affinity towards the turning Indian pitches as he took 19 wickets in 11 IPL games. However, after two relatively good seasons in IPL, he wasn't picked by any franchise but in 2020 Zampa was picked as a replacement for countryman Kane Richardson in Royal Challengers Bangalore ahead of the 13th edition of the league.

In 2016, he made his IPL debut. After playing for RCB for 3 seasons, he was traded to Rajasthan Royals who roped him in for 1.5 crore in the 2023 auction. In his 14 IPL games thus far, Adam Zampa has claimed 21 wickets at an average of 17.62 and his best individual performance of 6/19.Adam Zampa was retained by the Rajasthan franchise for Rs 1.50 crore at the IPL 2024 Auction. He bowled with the figures of 26/1 in his last IPL encounter against Punjab in May 2023 at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium in Dharamsala, India.

Adam Zampa International Career

Adam Zampa has played in 100 matches in the ODI format so far. He has claimed 169 wickets at an average of 28.06 and his best individual performance was 5 for 35. In his 80 T20 appearances so far, Adam Zampa has claimed 92 wickets at an average of 22.63, his highest individual performance being 5 for 19. Zampa holds the 3rd position in the ICC ODI bowling rankings and the 12th position in the ICC T20 bowling rankings. He made his international debut in 2016, making his ODI and T20I debuts against South Africa. Zampa was a member of the Australian squad that won the 2019 World Cup and T20 World Cup in 2021. Zampa played a crucial role in Australia's 2023 ICC World Cup campaign, taking 23 wickets from 11 matches, tying Murali's record for the most wickets taken in a World Cup.

Adam Zampa ODI Career

In 2015, Zampa was added in the Australian team for 2015-16 Chappell-Hadlee Trophy against New Zealand and made his debut in the second match of the series on 6 February 2016. In his debut match, he bowled his full quota of 10 overs and took 2 scalps for 57 runs. Zampa was in Australia's squad for the 2017 ICC Champions Trophy, but he didn't get many opportunities to play when two of Australia's three group stage matches were washed out and Australia was unable to progress to the finals. In April 2019, he was named in Australia's squad for the 2019 Cricket World Cup.

In the first game of the series against Pakistan in March 2022, Zampa claimed his 100th wicket in one-day international cricket. He got his first five-wicket haul in an ODI in September 2022 against New Zealand. Zampa was instrumental in Australia's triumphant 2023 ICC World Cup campaign. With a performance of 4/47, he was named man of the match in Australia's first tournament win over Sri Lanka. Due to his consistency, Zampa finished the tournament as the second-highest wicket-taker. Taking 23 wickets from 11 matches, Zampa recorded the most wickets ever taken by an Australian spinner in a World Cup, tying Murali's record of the most wickets ever taken by a spinner at a World Cup.

Adam Zampa Test Career

Adam Zampa has not made an appearance for Australia in the longest format of the game yet.

Adam Zampa T20I Career

On 4 March 2016, Zampa debuted in the shortest format of the game against South Africa. However, he didn't get any wicket in the match but bowled his quota with a decent economy of 6.50. Since debut, Zampa performed well enough to maintain his place in the team. Especially in T20s, he emerged as an economical wicket-taker. Consequently, his name was added to the team for the 2016 T20 World Cup. Though Australia couldn't do well in the tournament, Zampa finished as Australia's highest wicket-taker at the excellent economy rate of 6.27.

Despite his consistency, he was dropped for the second game of the 2016-17 three-match T20 series against Sri Lanka which led Australia to lose the match and the series.He then played in the dead-rubber and took 3 wickets for 25. Consequently Australia won the match. In T20Is, he has 36 wickets in 33 fixtures.

Zampa was included in the Australian team for the ICC Men's T20 World Cup in August 2021. In Australia's T20 World Cup match against Bangladesh on November 4, 2021, Zampa recorded his first five-wicket haul in T20 cricket history.

Adam Zampa Captaincy

As of 2024 Adam Zampa has not captained the Indian national team or any IPL franchise in his career so far

Adam Zampa Under-19 Career

Adam Zampa was 17 years old when he made his debut for India U-19 in April 2012. Even though he was a consistent wicket-taker, he was not renowned until he made his international debut at the 2014 U-19 World Cup in Dubai. Yadav became the first Indian bowler to take a hat-trick in the history of the event in the match against Scotland. With 14 wickets at the end of the competition, he tied for second-most and was crowned India's top wicket-taker. Selection committees were impressed with Yadav's performance, and the Kolkata Knight Riders offered him an Indian Premier League contract in 2016.

Adam Zampa Family

Zampa belongs to New South Wales, but in 2013, he shifted to South Australia to play his domestic cricket. In honour of his mate Late Phil Hughes, he wears #63 jersey. He worked as a Dolphin Trainer at SeaWorld Entertainment. His father Darren played cricket for New South Wales. He is a dog lover and has a pet dog, Zaidee. Zampa is engaged to Harriet Palmer.

Adam Zampa Net Worth

Zampa has a net worth of $5 million, which is around INR 15 crore. The Australian Cricket Board has a central contract with the leg-spinner at the moment. He receives a yearly salary of more than $700,000 or INR 5.6 crore, for representing Australia. He also gets paid from brand sponsorships and the BBL contract. Prior to the 2023 season, Rajasthan Royals (RR) paid INR 1.5 crore to acquire the Australian spinner. He was retained for the same amount for the 2024 season

Adam Zampa House

Adam Zampa lives in a lavish house with his wife and kid in the coastal part of New South Wales.

Adam Zampa Cars

Information on Adam Zampa's car collection is quite limited to the public domain. According to GoMechanic, Adam Zampa owns the first-gen Ford Mustang.