Australia clawed back to 2-1 in the five-match series following defeats in Christchurch and Dunedin.
IMAGES from Day 10 of the French Open at Roland Garros in Paris on Tuesday.
Zampa on his part felt that slowness of the wicket did help his cause.
It will be quite a role reversal with Australia being the proverbial underdogs in Thursday's semi-final of the Twenty20 World Cup against a red-hot Pakistan who have displayed rare consistency to set alight the tournament.
Experienced opener Martin Guptill is a doubtful starter for New Zealand's T20 World Cup match against India in Dubai on Sunday after he suffered a toe injury during their clash against Pakistan.
A late Leon Goretzka goal salvaged a 2-2 draw for Germany against Hungary on Wednesday night, in a whip-saw contest that sets the Germans up for a June 29 Round of 16 match against England at Wembley.
Paceman James Pattinson took five for 27 to fire Australia to a thumping innings and 121-run victory with more than two days to spare in the first Test against West Indies in Hobart on Saturday.
Title favourites England are expected to be tested for the first time in the ongoing T20 World Cup when they face arch-rivals Australia in a battle for supremacy in the Super 12 Group 1 here on Saturday.
Rajasthan Royals' director of cricket Kumar Sangakkara blamed his team for the heavy defeat at the hands of Mumbai Indians in the IPL match in Sharjah on Tuesday, saying the fault did not lie with toss or pitch.
Images from the Indian Premier league match between Mumbai Indians and Kolkata Knight Riders, in Abu Dhabi, on Thursday.
A quick look at the winners of the 94th Annual Academy Awards.
Having released 10 players ahead of the auction, the team management focussed on strengthening the batting and pace bowling units.
Pant has often been compared to Gilchrist due to his strikingly similar batting to the Australia legend.
Images from the second T20 International between India and New Zealand, in Ranchi, on Friday.
Given below are five more instances when a team suffered a staggering collapse:
Kamila Valieva is one of the youngest Olympic athletes to test positive for a banned substance
Dhoni holds a special place in the hearts of the fans
Venkatesh Iyer was at his belligerent best as he took the star-studded Mumbai Indians' bowling line-up to the cleaners to power KKR to a thumping seven-wicket win with 4.5 overs to spare
Steve Smith received a standing ovation for a fighting 92 at Lord's despite being struck on the neck by a Jofra Archer bouncer.
WADA on Friday was thrust into the spotlight at the Beijing Olympics Kamila Valieva tested positive
'I had no doubt that Rishabh would be the best man for the job.'
Both DC and RCB have looked solid so far and are placed atop the standings with three wins out of four games each.
SUnil Gavaskar said that Pant has been playing intelligent cricket.
Ricky Ponting said that Australia winning the World Cup was the highlight of his career
Australian leg-spinner Adam Zampa has received an official reprimand and one demerit point for breaching the International Cricket Council's code of conduct during the World Cup match against West Indies.
The 34-year-old said their off-the-field chemistry has worked well for them.
IMAGES from the English Premier League matches played on Saturday.
The top Indian players, including Sindhu, Saina Nehwal and Srikanth have failed to lift the prestigious trophy
Ted Dexter scored 4,502 runs at an average of 47.89 during his Test career and took 66 wickets at an average of 34.93.
Norway's Birk Ruud claimed the first men's freeski Big Air Olympic gold
New Zealand won the first Twenty20 international match against West Indies by 81 runs at EdenPark on Saturday to go 1-0 up in the two-match series.
Images from the third T20 International between Australia and India, at the Sydney Cricket Ground, on Tuesday.
Newly crowned Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton will compete with European Ryder Cup star Rory McIlroy and Real Madrid's Gareth Bale to clinch the BBC 2014 Sports Personality of the Year award.
It was a stunning turnaround for an Australia team which had lost five T20 series on the trot heading into the World Cup.
Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings head into the match after identical seven-wicket wins over Rajasthan Royals and Sunrisers Hyderabad respectively.
A round-up of Saturday's action in the Premier League.
IMAGES from Day 2 of the 2022 French Open at Roland Garros in Paris on Monday.
Former pacer Ashish Nehra said India should include senior spinner Ravichandran Ashwin, ranked No 2 in the world, in place of a fast bowler for the fourth Test against England, starting at The Oval in London on Thursday.
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