{"id":77523,"date":"2023-11-22T05:34:10","date_gmt":"2023-11-22T05:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/11\/22\/adam-zampa-brutally-savages-michael-clarke-after-australia-overcome-poor-start-to-win-world-cup\/"},"modified":"2023-11-22T05:34:10","modified_gmt":"2023-11-22T05:34:10","slug":"adam-zampa-brutally-savages-michael-clarke-after-australia-overcome-poor-start-to-win-world-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/11\/22\/adam-zampa-brutally-savages-michael-clarke-after-australia-overcome-poor-start-to-win-world-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"Adam Zampa Brutally Savages Michael Clarke After Australia Overcome Poor Start To Win World Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Australia spinner Adam Zampa could not stop himself from taking a dig at former captain Michael Clarke after his team\u2019s triumphant campaign in the recently-concluded ICC Men\u2019s Cricket World Cup 2023<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

The former Australia captain had written of his country\u2019s chances in the World Cup after the poor start to the campaign. The Pat Cummins-led side began their campaign with two heavy defeats. They suffered a six-wicket loss against hosts India before being thrashed by 134 runs by South Africa.<\/p>\n

Not many had given Australia a chance of advancing ahead of the league stage let alone winning the tournament. However, the team from Down Under defied all the odds and won seven games in a row to storm into the semifinals. In their last two games, they beat South Africa and India to end their campaign in a fitting manner.<\/p>\n

Adam Zampa takes a dig at Michael Clarke:<\/h2>\n

After Australia\u2019s loss in the first two games, Michael Clarke had written off their chances. He had predicted that Australia would struggle against the likes of Sri Lanka and Pakistan in spinning conditions. He had gone on to say that Australia could come out as laughable against subcontinental teams.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not saying our World Cup is over. We could still qualify with two losses, but Sri Lanka are going to be tough in those conditions. We haven\u2019t played Pakistan yet,\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0Clarke told Sky Sports Radio at the time.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve got some really tough cricket ahead of us and if we play like this, we are not qualifying. I\u2019m more worried about the subcontinent teams. If we are getting shown up like that against South Africa, with the spin in the sub-continent teams \u2026 we will be laughable.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cIf we\u2019re not careful the conversation we\u2019ve been having for the last three weeks about the Wallabies [at the Rugby World Cup], in two weeks time we\u2019ll be having that about Australian cricket,\u201d\u00a0<\/strong>he added.<\/p>\n

More than a month after Clarke\u2019s statement, Adam Zampa has shown that he has got a good and long memory, After proving Clarke wrong, the Australia spin spearhead took to Instagram to mock his comments. The leg-spinner quoted Clarke in part, followed by a series of laughing emojis and then an orange love heart.<\/p>\n

It was not all from Adam Zampa as he followed it up with another post showing him wearing a World Cup winner\u2019s medal with a caption: \u201c1 spinner 1 winner\u201d. It was in relation to critics\u2019 claims that picking just one spinner was a mistake by Australia.<\/p>\n