Tom Curran (cricketer)

Thomas Kevin Curran (born 12 March 1995) is a cricketer who represents England in Test matches and One Day Internationals. He plays for Surrey County Cricket Club in English domestic cricket. He is a right-arm fast-medium bowler who bats right-handed.

Tom Curran
Curran in 2017
Personal information
Full nameThomas Kevin Curran
Born (1995-03-12) 12 March 1995
Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
Height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast-medium
RoleAll Rounder
RelationsKevin Curran (grandfather)
Kevin M Curran (father)
Sam Curran (brother)
Ben Curran (brother)
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 682)26 December 2017 v Australia
Last Test4 January 2018 v Australia
ODI debut (cap 248)29 September 2017 v West Indies
Last ODI27 November 2020 v South Africa
ODI shirt no.59
T20I debut (cap 79)23 June 2017 v South Africa
Last T20I1 December 2020 v South Africa
T20I shirt no.59
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2013–presentSurrey (squad no. 59)
2018Kolkata Knight Riders (squad no. 59)
2018/19–2019/20Sydney Sixers (squad no. 59)
2019-presentRajasthan Royals
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I FC
Matches 2 24 27 59
Runs scored 66 292 54 1,241
Batting average 33.00 41.71 13.50 17.72
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/5
Top score 39 47* 14* 60
Balls bowled 396 1,068 528 10,341
Wickets 2 28 26 195
Bowling average 100.00 38.07 31.23 28.78
5 wickets in innings 0 1 0 7
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 1
Best bowling 1/65 5/35 4/36 7/20
Catches/stumpings 0/– 5/— 8/– 20/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 1 December 2020

He won the Cricket Writers' Club Young Cricketer of the Year award for his performances in 2015.[1] Curran was part of the England squad that won the 2019 Cricket World Cup; however he did not play in any matches during the tournament.[2]

Early life and education

He is the son of former Zimbabwe international cricketer Kevin Curran, and the brother of both Northamptonshire batsman Ben Curran and England and Surrey all-rounder Sam Curran.

Born in Cape Town, Curran attended Springvale House, a preparatory school in Zimbabwe before moving on to the prestigious St George's College in Harare (Zimbabwe). His excellence in cricket allowed him to move onto Hilton College and finally Wellington College in England.

Domestic and T20 cricket

He represented KwaZulu-Natal Inland at under-15, under-17 and under-19 level.[3] Noticed playing schools cricket by former Surrey captain Ian Greig, he was invited to play for the Surrey second XI in 2012, and transferred to Wellington College in September of that year.[4] He made his senior debut for Surrey in a List A match against Essex in August 2013, and his First Class debut against Cambridge University in April 2014. In August 2017, he was named in Cape Town Knight Riders' squad for the first season of the T20 Global League.[5] However, in October 2017, Cricket South Africa initially postponed the tournament until November 2018, with it being cancelled soon after.[6]

He was announced as the replacement for Mitchell Starc by Kolkata Knight Riders for the 2018 Indian Premier League,[7] where he played 5 matches and took 6 wickets.

On 25 July 2019, in the 2019 t20 Blast match against Glamorgan, Curran took a hat-trick,[8] finishing with figures of three wickets for three runs from the two overs he bowled.[9]

In September 2019, he was named in the squad for the Tshwane Spartans team for the 2019 Mzansi Super League tournament.[10]

Tom Curran was auctioned for his Base price ₹1 crore (US$140,200.00) to the Rajasthan Royals and appeared in the 2020 season[11]

International cricket

Eligible to play for South Africa, Zimbabwe or England, Curran was selected for the England Performance Programme squad in September 2015; he completed his residential qualification for England in October 2015.[12] He received his first call-up to a full England squad in February 2017, for the One Day International (ODI) tour of the West Indies, as cover for Jake Ball.[13]

In June 2017, he was named in England's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for the series against South Africa.[14] He made his T20I debut for England against South Africa on 23 June 2017 at Taunton, taking 3 wickets for 33 runs, including a wicket in his first over.[15] He was named in England's ODI squad for their next series, against the West Indies,[16] and made his ODI debut against them on 29 September 2017.[17]

In November 2017, he was added to England's Test squad as a replacement for Steven Finn for the Ashes series in Australia.[18] Prior to the fourth Test, starting at the MCG on Boxing Day, Curran was named as a replacement for the injured Craig Overton, giving him his Test debut.[19][20] During this debut Test, he thought he had dismissed David Warner, caught at mid-on for 99. However, TV replays showed that Curran had over-stepped and a no-ball was called. Warner returned to complete his century and Curran finished the day wicketless. He was the third England bowler in four years, after Ben Stokes and Mark Wood, to miss out on a maiden Test wicket because of a no-ball.[21] His first wicket in Tests was Steve Smith.[22]

Curran was named in England's squad for the 2019 Cricket World Cup,[23][24] but was one of two players – along with Liam Dawson – to be unused, as England went on to win the tournament.[25]

He was named in a 55-man group of players to begin training ahead of international fixtures starting in England following the COVID-19 pandemic in the summer of 2020.[26][27] On 9 July 2020, Curran was included in England's 24-man squad to start training behind closed doors for the ODI series against Ireland,[28][29] and was later was named in England's squad for the series.[30][31] He went on to play in four of England's six ODIs and all six of their T20Is that summer, taking a total of four wickets.

References
  1. Playfair Cricket Annual, 2016 edition, p. 226.
  2. "England Cricket World Cup player ratings: How every star fared on the road to glory". Evening Standard. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
  3. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/1305/1305044/Miscellaneous_Matches.html
  4. http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/550235.html
  5. "T20 Global League announces final team squads". T20 Global League. Archived from the original on 5 September 2017. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
  6. "Cricket South Africa postpones Global T20 league". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
  7. "KKR sign Tom Curran for injured Starc". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
  8. "T20 Blast: Lancashire beat Yorkshire & Surrey's Tom Curran takes hat-trick". BBC Sport. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
  9. "Tom Curran hat-trick sends Glamorgan tumbling to 44 all out". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
  10. "MSL 2.0 announces its T20 squads". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
  11. "Rajasthan Royals sign England international Tom Curran following busy IPL Auction".
  12. http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/story/923515.html
  13. "Tom Curran called up to England ODI squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
  14. "Livingstone, Crane in England T20 squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 June 2017.
  15. "South Africa tour of England, 2nd T20I: England v South Africa at Taunton, Jun 23, 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
  16. "England name squad for West Indies T20 and ODIs". England and Wales Cricket Board.
  17. "5th ODI (D/N), West Indies tour of England at Southampton, Sep 29 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
  18. "Curran to replace Finn in Australia". ESPNCricinfo.com. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
  19. "Tom Curran to debut for England cricket team in Melbourne Ashes Test". Hindustan Times. 25 December 2017. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
  20. "4th Test, England tour of Australia and New Zealand at Melbourne, Dec 26-30 2017". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
  21. "Curran reveals truth of no-ball agony". ESPN Cricinfo. 26 December 2017. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
  22. "England debutant Tom Curran admits no-ball dismissal will 'haunt' him". Fox Sports. 27 December 2017. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  23. "Jofra Archer misses World Cup cut but included to play Ireland, Pakistan". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  24. "England leave out Jofra Archer from World Cup squad". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  25. "England Cricket World Cup player ratings: How every star fared on the road to glory". Evening Standard. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
  26. "England Men confirm back-to-training group". England and Wales Cricket Board. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  27. "Alex Hales, Liam Plunkett left out as England name 55-man training group". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  28. "Injured Chris Jordan misses England's ODI squad to face Ireland". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  29. "England men name behind-closed-doors ODI training group". England and Wales Cricket Board. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  30. "England Men name 14-strong squad for Royal London Series". England and Wales Cricket Board. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
  31. "England v Ireland: David Willey & Reece Topley recalled for ODI series". BBC Sport. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
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