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25-Jan-2016 05:23:00 GMT
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Zampa Gets call-up for NZ ODI Series

Sydney: Leg-spinner Adama Zampa named but no room for in-form batsman Usman Khawaja in squad to battle Black Caps in Chappell-Hadlee


Zampa has been rewarded for his outstanding KFC Big Bash League form with a call-up to Australia's one-day international squad to face New Zealand next month.

However, in-form batsman Usman Khawaja, who lead the Sydney Thunder to the BBL|05 title in Melbourne on Sunday night, has been unable to force his way into the squad.

Zampa, the Melbourne Stars leg-spinner, has been selected in place of off-spinner Nathan Lyon for the three-match Chappell-Hadlee series, with selectors opting to prepare Lyon for the Test series that follows the ODIs.

Zampa for Lyon is the only change to the squad that beat India 4-1 in the VB ODI Series, with quick bowler Josh Hazlewood also returning from a rest after playing the first match against India in Perth.

Cameron Boyce had 11 wickets at 22.09 for Hobart Hurricanes in the Big Bash, but has fallen down the pecking order with Queensland.

In the summer-opening Matador Cup, Zampa had 11 wickets at 39, conceding 5.37 runs per over, compared to Boyce's six wickets at 40.5 albeit with a near identical economy rate.

Khawaja's summer stats make scarcely believable reading. Since the first Test against New Zealand at the Gabba in November, Khawaja has rattled off scores of 174, 9*, 121, 109*, 144, 56, 62, 104* and 70. It total 849 runs at 141.5 across all formats.

That equates to 504 Test match runs at 126 against the Black Caps and West Indies, with another 345 at 172.5 in the Big Bash League.

That leaves fast-bowling trio Peter Siddle, Jackson Bird and Chadd Sayers, and opening batsman Joe Burns, as the only players in the Test squad without game time in New Zealand ahead of the first Test at Eden Park.

While Australia have been imperious at home, not losing a Test since November 2012, their record away has been less than impressive.

In their last 10 series played overseas, dating back to the October 2010 tour of India, Australia have won four, lost five and drawn one.

Australia ODI squad for Chappell-Hadlee Trophy: Steve Smith (c), David Warner (vc), George Bailey, Scott Boland, James Faulkner, Aaron Finch, John Hastings, Josh Hazlewood, Mitchell Marsh, Shaun Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Kane Richardson, Matthew Wade, Adam Zampa


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