Spinner Adam Zampa called his player of the match performance against England on Saturday his "most satisfying" One Day International, as Australia won by 33 runs to move to the cusp of qualifying for the Cricket World Cup semi-finals.
Cricket - ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 - England v Australia - Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad, India - November 4, 2023 Australia's Adam Zampa celebrates with Pat Cummins, Steve Smith and Marcus Stoinis after taking the wicket of England's Jos Buttler, caught by Cameron Green REUTERS/Andrew Boyers
Cricket - ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 - England v Australia - Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad, India - November 4, 2023 Australia's Mitchell Starc celebrates with teammates after taking the wicket of England's Joe Root, caught by Josh Inglis following a successful DRS review REUTERS/Andrew Boyers The 31-year-old's show helped move the Australians into third place in the standings, with Zampa and his team mates still to play Afghanistan and Bangladesh in the group phase."It's probably the most satisfying ODI I've ever played to be honest," said Zampa, who now sits on top of the tournament wicket-taking charts.
Marnus Labuschagne top scored with 71 as Australia were all out for 286, but the English fell short in the clash with their Ashes rivals, hitting 253 to slump to their sixth loss in seven matches to stay rooted to the bottom of the table.
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