Adam Zampa becomes first Australian with 150 T20I wickets: Stats
What's the story
Adam Zampa and Joel Davies shared six wickets as Australia restricted Bangladesh to 131 in the 1st T20I in Chattogram. Despite a strong start, Bangladesh lost wickets at regular intervals and eventually slumped to 99/8. Mahedi Hasan's unbeaten 29 took them past 130. Zampa, who shone with figures of 3/18, became the first Australian to complete 150 T20I wickets. Here are the key stats.
Summary
Zampa, Davies dent Bangladesh
Despite a 26-run opening stand, Bangladesh were 39/2 by the fifth over. Zampa then knocked over skipper Towhid Hridoy to make further inroads. Soumya Sarkar was his next victim soon after. Zampa finally removed Shoriful Islam, reducing Bangladesh to 108/9. While the wrist-spinner recorded figures of 4-0-18-3, Davies dismissed Parvez Hossain Emon, Abdul Gaffar Saqlain, and Mustafizur Rahman. Davies recorded 3/17 in three overs.
Milestone
Zampa reaches 150 T20I wickets
Zampa, one of the most prolific white-ball wrist-spinners, has raced to 150 wickets in T20Is. No other Australian has even 80 wickets in the format. Across 115 T20Is, Zampa has raced to 150 wickets at an average of 20.34. His economy rate reads 7.35. Zampa has 5 four-wicket hauls and a fifer. Overall, he became the seventh player with 150 T20I wickets.