Sam 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
2025-Chennai 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.