Sam Curran

This article is about the English cricketer. For the Scottish physicist, see Samuel Curran.

Sam Curran

MBE
Curran in 2023.
Personal information
Full name
Samuel Matthew Curran
Born (1998-06-03) 3 June 1998 (age 26)
Northampton, Northamptonshire, England
Height5 ft 9 in (175 cm)[1]
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingLeft-arm medium-fast
RoleAll-rounder
Relations
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 686)1 June 2018 v Pakistan
Last Test25 August 2021 v India
ODI debut (cap 250)24 June 2018 v Australia
Last ODI6 November 2024 v West Indies
ODI shirt no.58
T20I debut (cap 87)1 November 2019 v New Zealand
Last T20I17 November 2024 v West Indies
T20I shirt no.58
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2015–presentSurrey (squad no. 58)
2017/18Auckland
2019Kings XI Punjab
2020–2021Chennai Super Kings
2021–presentOval Invincibles (squad no. 58)
2023–presentMI Cape Town
2023–2024Punjab Kings
2025Chennai Super Kings
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I FC
Matches 24 35 58 82
Runs scored 815 597 356 3,266
Batting average 24.69 24.87 14.24 29.69
100s/50s 0/3 0/2 0/1 1/23
Top score 78 95* 50 126
Balls bowled 3,091 1,325 1,043 11,502
Wickets 47 33 54 212
Bowling average 35.51 41.69 27.07 29.88
5 wickets in innings 0 1 1 7
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 1
Best bowling 4/58 5/48 5/10 7/58
Catches/stumpings 5/– 9/– 22/– 26/–
Medal record
Men's Cricket
Representing  England
T20 World Cup
Winner 2022 Australia
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 18 November 2024

Samuel Matthew Curran[2] MBE (born 3 June 1998) is an English cricketer who plays for England in all formats. In domestic cricket, he represents Surrey, and has played in multiple Twenty20 leagues.[3]

Curran made his Test and One Day International debuts in 2018, and his Twenty20 International debut in 2019.[3] He was part of the England team that won the 2022 T20 World Cup, taking the most wickets for England at the tournament and was named Player of the Tournament.[4] He plays as a left-handed all-rounder, bowling medium fast.[3] He holds the English record for the best T20I bowling figures, 5–10 against Afghanistan in 2022. In the 2023 Cricket World Cup, Curran became the first English bowler to take a wicket off the first ball on World Cup debut.[5]

  1. ^ Purohit, Abhishek (3 August 2018). "India vs England Test series: Sam Curran shines on day 2". Mumbai Mirror. Curran is only 5'9" [...]
  2. ^ "King's Birthday Honours: Sarah Hunter and Ian Wright among those included". BBC Sport. 17 June 2023. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
  3. ^ a b c "Sam Curran profile and biography, stats, records, averages, photos and videos". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
  4. ^ "T20 World Cup: England beat Pakistan to win pulsating final in Melbourne". BBC Sport. 13 November 2022.
  5. ^ "Bowlers to pick a wicket off first ball on World Cup debut". 5 October 2023.