A Matthew Wade driblet down the stumps has robbed Adam Zampa of a T20 World Cup hat-trick – and the leg-spinner took him to task implicit it.
Zampa captured Australia's best-ever bowling figures astatine a T20 World Cup successful an eight-wicket triumph implicit Bangladesh successful Dubai, finishing with 5-19 arsenic Australia rolled their opponents for conscionable 73 runs successful 15 overs.
But the Melbourne Stars limb would person besides had an planetary hat-trick to amusement if Wade hadn't grassed an borderline from Bangladesh batter Taskin Ahmed successful the 15th over.
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"That was my hat-trick ball," Zampa doubly shouted to Wade from the other extremity of the pitch.
"Yeah, I tried to drawback it," Wade quipped back.
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When asked astir the missed accidental connected Fox Cricket aft the game, Zampa brushed the driblet speech and commended Wade connected his keeping during the tournament.
"I deliberation if it wasn't for Wadey's hands astatine the infinitesimal I wouldn't person arsenic galore wickets arsenic I've been getting," Zampa said.
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"He's been keeping beautifully well.
"Tough catch."
Australia chased the meagre Bangladesh full successful conscionable 6.2 overs, with skipper Aaron Finch starring the mode successful a sound of 40 from 20 balls astatine the apical of the order.
Mitch Marsh besides produced an entertaining cameo connected his instrumentality to Australia's XI, blasting an unbeaten 16 disconnected conscionable 5 balls.
Crucially, Australia person not lone matched South Africa connected wins successful the group-one signifier but pushed up connected nett run-rate.
Australia and South Africa are warring to articulation group-one person England successful the semi-finals.
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