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Adam Zampa becomes fourth Australian spinner with this ODI feat
22 Aug 2025

Veteran leg-spinner Adam Zampa has added another feather to his hat by completing 50 ODI wickets in Australia.

He accomplished the milestone with his first wicket in the second ODI of the three-match series against South Africa at the Great Barrier Reef Arena.

Notably, he became just the fourth Aussie spinner to accomplish 50 ODI wickets at home.

Here are his stats.

Zampa joins these names
Elite list

Playing his 31st home ODI as per ESPNcricinfo, Zampa has raced to 50 wickets at an average of 28-plus (ER: 5.3-plus).

This includes three four-fers and a fifer.

Shane Warne (136), Peter Taylor (77), and Brad Hogg (57) are the other Aussie spinners with 50-plus wickets on home soil.

Among overseas bowlers, only Sri Lankan great Muttiah Muralitharan (58) boasts 50-plus wickets Down Under.

Zampa only behind Warne in this regard
Fact

While Zampa owns four ODI hauls of four wickets or more in Australia, only Warne is ahead of him in this regard (6). Glenn Maxwell (3) is the only other spinner with more than two four-plus wicket hauls in Australia (ODIs).

Here are his ODI numbers
Career

Having played 113 ODIs so far, Zampa has picked up 189 wickets at an average of 28-plus.

He owns 11 four-wicket hauls and one five-wicket haul.

The leggie is only behind Warne (291) in terms of spinners with the most ODI wickets for Australia.

21 of his wickets have come in 20 ODIs against SA at a high average of 49-plus.