{"id":96008,"date":"2025-08-26T01:31:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T01:31:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/96008\/"},"modified":"2025-08-26T01:31:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T01:31:08","slug":"adam-zampa-keen-to-join-hundred-oval-invincibles-squad-video-fixtures-news-highlights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/96008\/","title":{"rendered":"Adam Zampa keen to join Hundred, Oval Invincibles squad, video, fixtures, news, highlights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Australian leg-spinner Adam Zampa is in talks with the Oval Invincibles to make an eleventh-hour dash to the United Kingdom to play this weekend\u2019s Hundred final.<\/p>\n<p>Sitting atop the Hundred ladder, two-time reigning champions the Invincibles have effectively booked their spot in the tournament finale having won six of their eight group-stage games. There remains a mathematical chance of the Trent Rockets leapfrogging the London-based franchise on the ladder if they demolish the Birmingham Phoenix on Thursday, but the odds are close to zero.<\/p>\n<p>Rashid Khan has been the Invincibles\u2019 equal-leading wicket-taker this season with 12 scalps at 13.66, but the Afghanistan leg-spinner departed the competition last week for national duties.<\/p>\n<p>Australia vs South Africa T20I &amp; ODI Series | Watch every ball LIVE on Kayo Sports | New to Kayo? <a href=\"https:\/\/kayosports.com.au?pg=cricket&amp;extcamp=fsaeditoriallinkcricket-edt-fsp-lnk-awr-grc-cri-kyo&amp;channel=fsa&amp;campaign=fsacontra&amp;voucher=\" title=\"kayosports.com.au\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Join now and get your first month for just $1 &gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Speaking to Sky Sports on Monday, Invincibles coach Tom Moody confirmed the franchise had held discussions with Zampa over the possibility of signing him as a replacement player for a one-game cameo.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIdeally we want Zamps,\u201d Moody said.<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"i-amphtml-fill-content i-amphtml-replaced-content\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1755550689_238_poster-fallback.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe just are working through that. He is keen to come back.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe is familiar with this group and Surrey as well, having played in the Blast.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Adam Zampa of Australia. Photo by Albert Perez\/Getty ImagesSource: Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Zampa represented the Invincibles during the 2023 and 2024 editions of the Hundred, taking 25 wickets at 11.44 to help the franchise win back-to-back titles. The 33-year-old was the equal-leading wicket-taker of last season\u2019s competition, while he played four matches for Surrey in this year\u2019s T20 Blast, snaring nine scalps at 13.22.<\/p>\n<p>However, Zampa was unavailable for the majority of this year\u2019s Hundred due to Australia\u2019s white-ball series against South Africa, which concluded on Sunday evening.<\/p>\n<p>The Invincibles will face either the Rockets or the Northern Superchargers in Sunday\u2019s final at Lord\u2019s.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Australian leg-spinner Adam Zampa is in talks with the Oval Invincibles to make an eleventh-hour dash to the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":96009,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[564],"tags":[64,63,740,85],"class_list":["post-96008","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cricket","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96008","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=96008"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96008\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/96009"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96008"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=96008"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=96008"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}