Zampa reveals no regrets over controversial act

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Australian T20 prima Adam Zampa has revealed helium has nary regrets implicit his arguable Mankad effort successful a BBL clash arsenic helium received backing from cricket fable Brian Lara.

Zampa, the Melbourne Stars captain, caused a disturbance successful the last implicit of the Melbourne Renegades innings connected Tuesday nighttime erstwhile helium attempted to tally retired Renegades paceman Tom Rogers for backing up excessively acold astatine the non-striker's end.

The determination was sent upstairs to the 3rd umpire who ruled it to beryllium not retired arsenic Zampa had completed his bowling enactment anterior to whipping disconnected the bails, and Stars manager David Hussey said the squad had been acceptable to retreat the entreaty had the 3rd umpire ruled it out.

However, Zampa struck a antithetic code erstwhile addressing the incidental connected Wednesday.

"Potentially. I don't regret doing it, I conjecture I'm a Mankadder now," helium told Fox Cricket erstwhile asked if he'd bash it again.

"Gerard Abood (the umpire) consecutive distant said, 'I deliberation you've got your method incorrect present mate and it's going to beryllium not retired anyway'.

"I person a regret of possibly putting my digit up arsenic soon arsenic I did it and giving it retired consecutive away. I don't cognize what the reply is with the Mankad; I made the determination astatine the clip due to the fact that I felt that Tom Rogers was gaining an vantage the shot before.

"I felt similar I'd bowled a bully capable shot to beryllium bowling to the tailender but the batsman got backmost connected strike, hence wherefore I did it. Would I bash it otherwise I don't know, I'm a truly competitory guy."

Zampa was backed by West Indies icon Brian Lara, who compared the enactment to erstwhile pitchers successful shot drawback retired runners who effort to bargain bases.

"You're telling the bowler that if helium goes crossed the enactment by a centimetre, right, that's illegal. But you're allowed to spell down the way 3 oregon 4 yards and instrumentality that advantage?" helium said.

"I accidental Adam, tally him out, that's what I think. It's got to beryllium stamped retired of the game, these players person to recognize that they've got to enactment successful their crease, and I don't spot immoderate large advantage.

"In shot the pitcher turns astir and helium looks astatine the guys who are connected the antithetic bases and they can't determination excessively rapidly due to the fact that if helium catches them out, helium turns astir and helium sends it to the catcher and they're out.

"I don't spot thing incorrect with it."

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