Australian leg spinner Mitchell Swepson, who played only his second game in the first match of the three-match T20I series against India last December is hopeful of playing alongside Adam Zampa in the upcoming West Indies series.
The leggie who made his debut in international cricket against England way back in 2018 but didn’t get the chance to play more believes that he and Zampa could lay together as both of them are two different bowlers altogether.
“I remember Zam saying time when I got picked for my first series against India last summer. He was excited, he said, ‘I love two leggies playing. And yeah it’s great, I think the more leggies the better.’,” Swepson said in a video posted by cricket.com.au on their official Twitter handle.
“We are two different bowlers and are not trying to be like each other or use each other’s skills. It’s a weapon in itself that we have got two different leg spinners, trying to bowl differently and do different things,” added the 27-year-old, who has picked up seven wickets in the four T20Is that he has played so far.
A Brisbane Heat player in the Big Bash, Swepson knows what to expect from the batters very well and according to him, the fact that Zampa and he don’t bowl similar lengths and line acts as an asset for Australia.
“At the end of the day in T20 cricket, it comes down to serving variety. You usually go the journey when the same thing is being bowled. So having two different spinners is a bit of an asset for us (Australia) and hopefully, we can play together,” Swepson said.
Having seen the success of Tabraiz Shamsi in the recently concluded West Indies South Africa series, it would be interesting to see if Australia fields two leggies and Swepson does get a chance or not in the first T20I on July 10 at the Daren Sammy Stadium in St. Lucia.