If you're after a little pizazz in your Australian media content, is your go-to man. The ICC and Cricket Australia know this only too well. Video packages featuring everything from Zampa competing in a go-kart race in the rural town of Bangalow to his fashion accessory of the day provide quirky amusement on social media.
His loud shirts, the occasional hair band, those funky sunglasses, the veganism he practices, the second-hand Doc Marten boots he matches with his training gear, his life on the farm and his love of animals, the various tattoos he sports, that obsession with 'real' coffee, the robed figure eschewing golf and hanging out in Dharamsala; all brushstrokes painting a portrait of a unique and colourful character, comfortable to walk his own path, who also happens to be one of the best white-ball spinners in the world. It's easy to be infatuated by Australia's fast bowlers; they're a swoony swirl of high-octane pace, sexy swing and destructive seam delivered by a phalanx of six-foot-something, athletic alpha males (we'll forgive Nathan Ellis for being five-foot-nine). Nathan Lyon would probably empathise.
More than a decade after his international debut, Australia's premier Test spinner is still often an addendum to discussions about Australia's formidable attack. Like Lyon, Zampa's role in Australia's bowling mix can be understated. But since he established himself in the national side in 2019, after three years in and out of the squad, he has quietly gone about ta.