Former Australian cricketer Mike Hussey believes spinner Adam Zampa and all-rounder Mitchell Marsh will play a vital position within the crew’s bid to clinch the ODI World Cup in India later this 12 months.
Leg-spinner Zampa, 31, was first picked in Australia’s limited-overs squad in 2016 and since then has performed 79 ODIs taking 131 wickets.
With Indian situations anticipated to favour spin bowling, Hussey believes Zampa could be the go-to bowler for Pat Cummins’ facet.
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The wrist spinner with a skidding inventory supply performed a significant position in Australia’s maiden T20 World Cup triumph within the UAE in 2021, ending with 13 wickets at an financial system charge of simply 5.81.
“Adam Zampa could play a big role for Australia throughout the tournament,” stated Hussey on Friday. “He has been really good over the last few years.”
The former cricketer added that the arrogance with which Marsh is enjoying, the all-rounder may have an unlimited affect on the crew’s fortunes.
“And I think Mitch Marsh is someone that can certainly have a big impact. He has been given a great role, batting in the top three now and he is playing with enormous confidence. So, if he gets his confidence up, he can be a really tough man to stop.”
Hussey was a part of the Australia facet that lifted the 50-over World Cup in 2007 within the West Indies and extra not too long ago was a part of England’s teaching setup throughout its profitable marketing campaign within the T20 World Cup final 12 months.
He additionally cautioned that Australia would require the providers of seniors like Steve Smith to complement the efforts of Zampa and Marsh.
“You can’t rely on just one or two key players to win you a World Cup and it’s going to take a collective effort. But I think for Australia to do really well, they need their big guns to really step up and I guess when you think of that, you think of Steve Smith and Pat Cummins.”
The 48-year-old additionally believes Australia shall be main contenders for the World Cup, scheduled to begin on October 5, because the facet has “got a bit of continuity as well”.
“I think Australia’s got a great chance as they have kept a (large) group of players together for a period of time now. They all know their roles pretty well and they’ve got a bit of continuity in their team as well.”
Even although Australia was bundled out of the 2019 version of the World Cup by eventual champion England, Hussey feels the crew’s possibilities of success are excessive as a result of it retains attempting to discover new strategies to win.
“I think they’ve been trying a few little different things. They performed well in the series (in March) against India in Indian conditions and that will give them enormous confidence coming into the World Cup.” Australia defeated India 2-1 within the three-match ODI sequence.
Australia was the primary to announce its squad for the World Cup, with the five-time champion leaving out star batsman Marnus Labuschagne and together with uncapped spinner Tanveer Sangha within the group of 18 gamers, which shall be pruned down to fifteen previous to the closing date on September 28.
Source: sportstar.thehindu.com