TamilSpirited Aussies downs Lankans in T20 WC
29 October 2021, 12:43 pm
Australia's Adam Zampa, second left, celebrates the wicket of Sri Lanka's Charith Asalanka during the Cricket Twenty20 World Cup match between Australia and Sri Lanka in Dubai, UAE, Thursday, Oct. 28, 2021. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)
Aaron Finch would have loved if David Warner got the ‘Player of the Match’ award for his 65 but accepted that Adam Zampa was deserving as his world-class spell was a game-changer in Australia’s seven-wicket victory over Sri Lanka in a T20 World Cup game on Thursday.
Zampa had figures of 2/12 and actually started Sri Lanka’s downfall with Charith Asalanka’s wicket after which Sri Lanka crumbled and managed only 154 which the winners surpassed in 17 overs, courtesy Warner’s 42-ball knock.
‘That was a really good performance. SL got off to a flier. But Zampa dragged it back, and then Starc. We felt it was a really good wicket and to chase that down was nice,’ Finch said at the end of the match.
Asked who was his Man of the Match between Warner and Zampa, Finch said: As a batter, I would loved a batter to get the award but when you’re looking at the impact on the game, Zampa was terrific tonight. He was fantastic, got big wickets. That was a world class performance from him, he said.
Zampa on his part felt that slowness of the wicket did help his cause.
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