Australia spinner Adam Zampa has credited his limited overs skipper Aaron Finch for his success in white-ball formats. He also said the freedom given by Finch has made him more expressive.
“Being led well as a leg-spinner is everything. You can be bowling the absolute house down in the nets and feel like you’re bowling well in the game but if you’ve got a leader who is controlling, wants you to bowl a certain way every single ball every single time, it’s just added pressure on you,” Zampa told SEN, as reported by cricket.com.au.
“With Finchy in particular, he’s very communicative when I’ll be bowling each game and who he wants me to bowl to but once I get out there he’s just ‘go with your gut, mate’. It works really, me and Finchy together,” he added.
“As soon as you start worrying about yourself and worrying whether you’re going to be on (the T20 World Cup tour) it’s not the greatest of attitudes to have,” Zampa further expressed.
“I see myself on that tour. I see myself as a massive leader in this side too, so I’m going to try and do everything possible to try and get us playing the best cricket possible so that we can have success at the tournament and not just be there,” the leg spinner added.
Australia will now be up against New Zealand in a five-match T20I series, beginning February 22.