Tom Curran (cricketer)

Thomas Kevin Curran (born 12 March 1995), is an English cricketer who represents England in Test matches, One Day Internationals and Twenty20 Internationals. He plays for Surrey County Cricket Club in English domestic cricket. He is a right-arm fast-medium bowling all-rounder . He made his international debut for England in June 2017.^[1] He is the son of former Zimbabwe international cricketer Kevin Curran, and the brother of both Northamptonshire CCC batsman Ben Curran and England and Surrey all-rounder Sam Curran.

Tom Curran

Curran in 2017
Personal information
Full name	Thomas Kevin Curran
Born	(1995-03-12) 12 March 1995 (age 29) Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm fast-medium
Role	Bowling all-rounder
Relations	Kevin P Curran (grandfather) Kevin M Curran (father) Sam Curran (brother) Ben Curran (brother)
International information
National side	England (2017–present)
Test debut (cap 682)	26 December 2017 v Australia
Last Test	4 January 2018 v Australia
ODI debut (cap 248)	29 September 2017 v West Indies
Last ODI	4 July 2021 v Sri Lanka
ODI shirt no.	59
T20I debut (cap 79)	23 June 2017 v South Africa
Last T20I	18 July 2021 v Pakistan
T20I shirt no.	59
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2013–present	Surrey
2018	Kolkata Knight Riders
2018/19–present	Sydney Sixers
2020	Rajasthan Royals
2021	Delhi Capitals
2021–present	Oval Invincibles
2023	Islamabad United
2024	Royal Challengers Bengaluru
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA Matches 2 28 63 86 Runs scored 66 303 1,480 739 Batting average 33.00 37.87 19.47 21.11 100s/50s 0/0 0/0 1/6 0/0 Top score 39 47* 115 47* Balls bowled 396 1,308 10,743 3,909 Wickets 2 34 199 126 Bowling average 100.00 37.94 29.17 28.83 5 wickets in innings 0 1 7 3 10 wickets in match 0 0 1 0 Best bowling 1/65 5/35 7/20 5/16 Catches/stumpings 0/– 5/— 24/– 26/–
Medal record Men's Cricket Representing  England ICC Cricket World Cup Winner 2019 England and Wales
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 29 September 2024

Curran won the Cricket Writers' Club Young Cricketer of the Year award for his performances in 2015.^[2] He was part of the England squad that won the 2019 Cricket World Cup, though he did not play in any matches during the tournament.^[3]

Early life and education

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

Domestic and T20 cricket

Curran in 2017

Curran represented KwaZulu-Natal Inland at under-15, under-17 and under-19 level.^[4] Noticed playing school cricket by former Surrey captain Ian Greig, he was invited to play for the Surrey second XI in 2012, and was transferred to Wellington College in September of that year.^[5] 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.^[6] However, in October 2017, Cricket South Africa initially postponed the tournament until November 2018, with it being cancelled soon after.^[7]

Curran was announced as the replacement for Mitchell Starc by Kolkata Knight Riders for the 2018 Indian Premier League,^[8] 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,^[9] finishing with figures of three wickets for three runs from the two overs he bowled.^[10]

In September 2019, Curran was named in the squad for the Tshwane Spartans team for the 2019 Mzansi Super League tournament.^[11]

In December 2019, in the 2020 IPL auction, Curran was bought by the Rajasthan Royals from his base price of INR 1 crore ahead of the 2020 IPL.^[12]

In February 2021, in the 2021 IPL auction, Curran was bought by the Delhi Capitals ahead of the 2021 IPL.^[13] In April 2022, he was bought by the Oval Invincibles for the 2022 season of The Hundred.^[14]

In December 2023, while playing for the Sydney Sixers, Curran was suspended for 4 matches of the Big Bash season after being found guilty of intimidating an umpire in a pre-match altercation.^[15]

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.^[16] He received his first call-up to a full English squad in February 2017, for the One Day International (ODI) tour of the West Indies, as cover for Jake Ball.^[17]

In June 2017, Curran was named in England's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for their series against South Africa.^[18] 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.^[19] He was named in England's ODI squad for their next series, against the West Indies,^[20] and made his ODI debut against the West Indies on 29 September 2017.^[21]

In November 2017, Curran was added to England's Test squad as a replacement for Steven Finn for the Ashes series in Australia.^[22] 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.^[23][24] During his debut Test, 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.^[25] His first wicket in Tests was Steve Smith.^[26]

Curran was named in England's squad for the 2019 Cricket World Cup,^[27][28] but was one of two players – along with Liam Dawson – to be unused, as England went on to win the tournament.^[29]

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,^[30][31] and was later named in England's squad for the series.^[32][33] 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.

In September 2021, Curran was named as one of three travelling reserves in England's squad for the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.^[34] The following month, he was added to England's main squad for the World Cup,^[35] replacing his brother, Sam, who was ruled out due to a back injury.^[36]

References

1. "Tom Curran profile and biography, stats, records, averages, photos and videos". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
2. Playfair Cricket Annual, 2016 edition, p. 226.
3. "England Cricket World Cup player ratings: How every star fared on the road to glory". Evening Standard. 15 July 2019. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
4. "Match scorecard". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
5. "Tom Curran profile and biography, stats, records, averages, photos and videos". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
6. "T20 Global League announces final team squads". T20 Global League. Archived from the original on 5 September 2017. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
7. "Cricket South Africa postpones Global T20 league". ESPNcricinfo. 10 October 2017. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
8. "KKR sign Tom Curran for injured Starc". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
9. "T20 Blast: Lancashire beat Yorkshire & Surrey's Tom Curran takes hat-trick". BBC Sport. 25 July 2019. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
10. "Tom Curran hat-trick sends Glamorgan tumbling to 44 all out". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
11. "MSL 2.0 announces its T20 squads". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
12. "IPL 2020 auction: The list of sold and unsold players". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
13. "IPL 2021 auction: The list of sold and unsold players". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
14. "The Hundred 2022: latest squads as Draft picks revealed". BBC Sport. 22 February 2022. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
15. "Tom Curran banned for four BBL games for intimidating umpire". Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
16. "Tom Curran added to England performance squad". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
17. "Tom Curran called up to England ODI squad". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
18. "Livingstone, Crane in England T20 squad". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 June 2017.
19. "South Africa tour of England, 2nd T20I: England v South Africa at Taunton, Jun 23, 2017". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
20. "England name squad for West Indies T20 and ODIs". England and Wales Cricket Board. 27 May 2017.
21. "5th ODI (D/N), West Indies tour of England at Southampton, Sep 29 2017". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
22. "Curran to replace Finn in Australia". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
23. "Tom Curran to debut for England cricket team in Melbourne Ashes Test". Hindustan Times. 25 December 2017. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
24. "4th Test, England tour of Australia and New Zealand at Melbourne, Dec 26-30 2017". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
25. "Curran reveals truth of no-ball agony". ESPNcricinfo. 26 December 2017. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
26. "England debutant Tom Curran admits no-ball dismissal will 'haunt' him". Fox Sports. 27 December 2017. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
27. "Jofra Archer misses World Cup cut but included to play Ireland, Pakistan". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
28. "England leave out Jofra Archer from World Cup squad". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
29. "England Cricket World Cup player ratings: How every star fared on the road to glory". Evening Standard. 15 July 2019. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
30. "Injured Chris Jordan misses England's ODI squad to face Ireland". ESPNcricinfo. 9 July 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
31. "England men name behind-closed-doors ODI training group". England and Wales Cricket Board. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
32. "England Men name 14-strong squad for Royal London Series". England and Wales Cricket Board. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
33. "England v Ireland: David Willey & Reece Topley recalled for ODI series". BBC Sport. 27 July 2020. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
34. "Tymal Mills makes England's T20 World Cup squad, no return for Ben Stokes". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
35. "Sam Curran ruled out of IPL and T20 World Cup". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
36. "Sam Curran ruled out of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup". England and Wales Cricket Board. Retrieved 5 October 2021.

External links

• Tom Curran at ESPNcricinfo