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| Full name | Timothy Stephen Curtis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 15 January 1960 Chislehurst, Kent, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm leg-break | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Opening batsman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut | 21 July 1988 v West Indies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 14 August 1989 v Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1979–1997 | Worcestershire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1983 | Cambridge University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 23 December 2010 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Timothy Stephen Curtis (born 15 January 1960)[1] is a former England cricketer, English teacher and Director of Sport at RGS Worcester. He retired from teaching in 2016.
A right-handed batsman born at Chislehurst in Kent, Curtis was a prolific scorer for Worcestershire and county captain between 1992 and 1995. He is one of only two players to score 10,000 one day runs for the county, and during the late 1980s he had a brief international career.
As cricket correspondent, Colin Bateman, stated Curtis was "a diligent, determined opener... brought in to stop the rot against the 1988 West Indians with about as much success as those who had gone before him".[1]
Curtis was perhaps unfortunate to play in an era of very poor England performances and much was made of Curtis's batting stance and technique during his England career. In 1989, Terry Alderman frequently had Curtis lbw playing across the line and much of the TV media blamed this on his stance and backlift. This despite the fact that his opening partner Graham Gooch had a very similar set-up at the crease. While Curtis showed considerable patience and courage during his encounters with the West Indies, he looked highly suspect against Australia and at age 29 was not considered for the rebuilding process which England began under Graham Gooch's captaincy in 1990.