29-07-2025
Adam Zampa and Aussies make cricket history in eight-game sweep of West Indies
Adam Zampa has made Aussie cricket history after becoming the first bowler to reach 100 T20 games for the nation as Australia completed the 8-0 clean sweep of the West Indies. Australia chased down the West Indies' modest total of 170 in the fifth and final T20 clash with Tim David and Cameron Green once again starring for their side.
While the Aussie batters found runs hard to come by in the Test series, which the visitors won 3-0, there were no issues against the white ball. While Australia's top order struggled in game five, big-hitter Tim David entered the crease and blasted 30 runs off 12 balls to give the Aussies a huge boost.
Mitch Owen (37 off 16) once again showed why he could be a permanent fixture in the side (37 off 16), before Green continued his excellent white-ball form having hit 32 off 17 balls. And while the batters managed to get the total with three over to spare, the bowlers were the stars.
Ben Dwarshius and Nathan Ellis ripped through the West Indies batting line-up combining for five wickets. And Zampa managed to mark his record-breaking milestone with a wicket.
Zampa became the fourth Australian to reach 100 games in the T20 arena, but is the first Aussie bowler to do so. He joins greats such as Glenn Maxwell, David Warner and Aaron Finch to record 100 international games. The Australian bowler has been one of the best white-ball spinners in recent years and deserves the milestone.
Zampa will have another chance to add to this tally when Australia host South Africa for three T20s and then three ODIs before the Ashes series gets underway. Fans were thrilled to see Zampa reach the feat with the players celebrating his wicket during the clash.
Great achievement from Adam Zampa to reach 100 internationals in both white ball formats. Has pretty much held a monopoly over the No. 1 spinner role for the best part of a decade (save brief windows for Lyon and Agar) and played a huge role in two World Cup wins.
— Daniel Cherny (@DanielCherny) July 28, 2025
In white-ball internationals:Adam Zampa - 311 wickets at 25.61Shane Warne - 293 wickets at 25.73#WIvAUS
— Nic Savage (@nic_savage1) July 28, 2025
Mitch Marsh praises side ahead of South Africa series
Captain Mitch Marsh was thrilled with his team's performances across the five games with fresh faces, such as Owen, standing in and showing he deserves a position going forward. 'I didn't expect 5-0 at the start of the series,' Marsh added after Australia won all eight of thier games in the West Indies across all formats.
'But we played some great cricket. It was something we spoke about after the fourth game. We knew no Australian team had completed a clean sweep. We've had guys come in and played different roles for us. We spoke pre-tour about having flexibility and fluidity as a group. The way T20 is going teams just keep going now and it's exciting and hopefully we can continue our power hitting.'
Green and Owen were devastating in game five having taken the game away from the West Indies bowlers. The duo combined for nine fours and seven sixes. Owen even smashed one out of the ground.
Green was player-of-the-series, but admitted he was still learning his white-ball game. 'I'm still trying to work T20 batting out. I had some great partnerships during the series,' Green added.
