Tom Curran (cricketer)

Tom Curran
Curran in 2017
Personal information
Full name Thomas Kevin Curran
Born (1995-03-12) 12 March 1995
Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Batting Right-handed
Bowling Right-arm fast-medium
Relations Kevin Curran (grandfather)
Kevin Curran (father)
Sam Curran (brother)
Ben Curran (brother)
International information
National side
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 10 March 2018 v New Zealand
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2013–present Surrey (squad no. 59)
2018–present Kolkata Knight Riders (squad no. 59)
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 2 8 58 64
Runs scored 66 70 1,211 490
Batting average 33.00 70.00 17.55 18.84
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/5 0/0
Top score 39 35 60 44
Balls bowled 396 370 10,173 2,857
Wickets 2 12 192 98
Bowling average 100.00 31.41 28.61 27.11
5 wickets in innings 0 1 7 3
10 wickets in match 0 n/a 1 n/a
Best bowling 1/65 5/35 7/20 5/16
Catches/stumpings 0/– 4/— 20/– 23/–
Source: ESPN Cricinfo, 29 September 2018

Thomas Kevin Curran (born 12 March 1995) is a South African-born English cricketer who represents England in Tests and One Day Internationals. He plays for Surrey in English domestic cricket and the Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League. He is a right-arm fast-medium bowler who bats right-handed.

He won the Cricket Writers' Club Young Cricketer of the Year award for his performances in 2015.[1]

Early life and education

He is the son of former Zimbabwe international 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 cricket

He represented KwaZulu-Natal Inland at under-15, under-17 and under-19 level.[2] 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.[3] 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.[4] However, in October 2017, Cricket South Africa postponed the tournament until November 2018.[5]

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

International cricket

Curran was selected for the England Performance Programme squad in September 2015; he completed his residential qualification for England in October 2015.[7] Curran 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.[8]

In June 2017, he was named in England's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for the series against South Africa.[9] 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.[10]

In September 2017, he was named in England's One Day International (ODI) squad for their series against the West Indies.[11] He made his ODI debut for England against the West Indies on 29 September 2017.[12]

In November 2017, he was added to England's Test squad as a replacement for Steven Finn for the Ashes series in Australia.[13] 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.[14][15]

On Test debut, he was cheerful when 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 became 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.[16] His first wicket in Tests was Steve Smith.[17]

References

  1. ↑ Playfair Cricket Annual, 2016 edition, p. 226.
  2. ↑ https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/1305/1305044/Miscellaneous_Matches.html
  3. ↑ http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/550235.html
  4. ↑ "T20 Global League announces final team squads". T20 Global League. Archived from the original on 5 September 2017. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
  5. ↑ "Cricket South Africa postpones Global T20 league". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
  6. ↑ "KKR sign Tom Curran for injured Starc". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 2018-04-02.
  7. ↑ http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/story/923515.html
  8. ↑ "Tom Curran called up to England ODI squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
  9. ↑ "Livingstone, Crane in England T20 squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 June 2017.
  10. ↑ "South Africa tour of England, 2nd T20I: England v South Africa at Taunton, Jun 23, 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
  11. ↑ "England name squad for West Indies T20 and ODIs". England and Wales Cricket Board.
  12. ↑ "5th ODI (D/N), West Indies tour of England at Southampton, Sep 29 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
  13. ↑ "Curran to replace Finn in Australia". ESPNCricinfo.com. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
  14. ↑ "Tom Curran to debut for England cricket team in Melbourne Ashes Test". Hindustan Times. 2017-12-25. Retrieved 2017-12-25.
  15. ↑ "4th Test, England tour of Australia and New Zealand at Melbourne, Dec 26-30 2017". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
  16. ↑ "Curran reveals truth of no-ball agony". ESPN Cricinfo. 2017-12-26. Retrieved 2017-12-26.
  17. ↑ "England debutant Tom Curran admits no-ball dismissal will 'haunt' him". Fox Sports. 2017-12-27. Retrieved 2017-12-27.
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