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| Birth | 12 March 1995, Cape Town, City of Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa | ||||
| Age: | 25 years | ||||
| Star sign | Pisces | ||||
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Thomas Kevin Curran (born 12 March 1995) is a South African-born English cricketer who represents England in Test matches and One Day Internationals. He plays for Surrey County Cricket Club in English domestic cricket. In the 2018/19 season he played for the Sydney Sixers in the Big Bash 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. 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.
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. 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. 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. However, in October 2017, Cricket South Africa initially postponed the tournament until November 2018, with it being cancelled soon after.
He was announced as the replacement for Mitchell Starc by Kolkata Knight Riders for the 2018 Indian Premier League, 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, finishing with figures of three wickets for three runs from the two overs he bowled.
In September 2019, he was named in the squad for the Tshwane Spartans team for the 2019 Mzansi Super League tournament.
Tom Curran was auctioned for his Base price ₹1 crore (US$140,200.00) to the Rajasthan Royals and will appear in 2020 season
International cricket
Curran was selected for the England Performance Programme squad in September 2015; he completed his residential qualification for England in October 2015. 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.
In June 2017, he was named in England’s Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for the series against South Africa. 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.
In September 2017, he was named in England’s One Day International (ODI) squad for their series against the West Indies. He made his ODI debut for England against the West Indies on 29 September 2017.
In November 2017, he was added to England’s Test squad as a replacement for Steven Finn for the Ashes series in Australia. 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.
On Test debut, 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. His first wicket in Tests was Steve Smith.
In April 2019, he was named in England’s squad for the 2019 Cricket World Cup. He was one of two players, along with Liam Dawson, who was unused as England won the tournament.
On 29 May 2020, Curran was named in a 55-man group of players to begin training ahead of international fixtures starting in England following the COVID-19 pandemic.