Leg-spinner's star continues to rise as he learns from the best in the business
Zampa's stocks continue to soar
If Adam Zampa was listed on a cricketing stock exchange right now, his share price would be through the roof.
A little less than four months since he was first floated on the international market, the 24-year-old has attracted significant interest both at home and abroad, a combination of undoubted ability and unwavering self-belief making him a valuable commodity.
And it was at the Australian cricket team's temporary home in the Meatpacking district of New York City, a mere three miles north of Wall Street and the epicentre of the economic world, that one of the fastest-growing stocks in the game explained his rapid development.
Just three-and-a-half years since he made his domestic debut for his home state of New South Wales, Zampa already boasts a career record that has seen him play for his country, two Australian state teams, three Big Bash League franchises and most recently with fledgling Indian Premier League side the Rising Pune Supergiants.
And he says the regular change of environment and exposure to some of the best players in the world, as well as his attitude of learning-by-doing, has been crucial to his progress.
"My favourite thing to do is to learn off players (and) bowl more to good players," he told cricket.com.au when asked if there was a danger that regularly changing teams would result in information overload from various coaches and teammates.
"I have one guy who I go to, (Melbourne Stars assistant coach) Trent Woodhill. He's been an amazing mentor for me as a batting and bowling coach. To have him there at the Stars (has been great).
"(But) I like to learn off players more than anything else.
"Dave Hussey, I've played under him. I've played under Steve Smith. They're all very good players, and very good players of spin as well. So that definitely helps.
"I'm very close with KP (Kevin Pietersen) now, he's great. Bowling to him in the nets (at the Stars and the Supergiants) is an absolute nightmare so the more I can bowl to the great players like that, the more I'm going to improve."
Zampa's elevation into the Australian side for the first time earlier this year came on the back of a breakout performance for the Stars in BBL|05, his first season in Melbourne after moving from the Adelaide Strikers.
Although difficult to leave his adopted home state of South Australia for the Big Bash, the 24-year-old says the change was borne out of a sense that national selection was on his doorstep.
But while it was his stint at the Stars that was the final step before his first international call-up, Zampa says his biggest stride came some 18 months earlier in the pre-season of 2014.
Under the watch of then SA coach Darren Berry, the leggie worked tirelessly in the nets to iron out some kinks in his action before he exploded at the start of the Matador BBQs One-Day Cup that October, including figures of 4-18 from 10 overs against eventual champions Western Australia at the Gabba.
And his performances with the white ball have barely dipped since then.
"I had a few technical issues and I had to work in the nets pretty much for four or five hours a day, four or five days a week (in the 2014 pre-season)," he says.
"In the Matador Cup in Brisbane, I was the best spinner by far in that and then it's come on from there.
"I had a good Big Bash in Adelaide (in BBL|04) and the good thing for us young guys is the Big Bash is well broadcast and gets a lot of attention, so that's definitely helped me as well.
"The Stars was an amazing move for me. I felt like I was on the brink of national selection and I thought going to a big franchise and being around some key Australian players as well I thought would be a right move."
And so it's proven to be.
Zampa's standout performances at the Stars (where he claimed 12 wickets in 10 matches at an economy rate of 7) and the Supergiants (12 wickets in five matches at 6.7) have come under the guidance of coach and former New Zealand captain Stephen Fleming.
And despite Pune's bottom-placed finished in their inaugural IPL season - due in no small part to being ravaged by injury - Zampa also had the benefit of working closely with Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
But the confidence the young leggie has gathered in the early steps of his journey as an international player is such that even in the high-pressure environment of the world's biggest domestic tournament, he's very much his own man.
"(Fleming is) perfect for me as well. He's very relaxed," he says.
"(He tells us to) do what you need to do, prepare how you want to prepare and as long as you get the job done on the day ... I like playing under Flem.
"(Dhoni) was a very calming influence. I enjoyed it, he was good to me.
"He's exactly how you'd think he is. Very chilled. Not in terms of not caring, but the way you see him on the field is exactly what he's like off the field as well.
"I don't think I need a lot of help, particularly in that format of the game.
"I know my role pretty well and I know when to try to defend and when to attack so nothing really changes too much for me."
It's this impressive belief in his own ability, which has been justified by his strong performances over the past six months, that stands out the most about the way this exciting young player approaches his cricket.
If confidence was a commodity, you'd put your money on Adam Zampa.