sam curran Profile - ICC Profile, Age, Career Info & Stats.
sam curran is a cricketer(sportsman) from England. His ICC profile, age, career info & stats are given below.
Full Name
Samuel Matthew Curran
Born
June 03, 1998, Northampton
Age
25 years old
Batting Style
Left hand Bat
Bowling Style
Left arm Medium fast
Playing Role
Allrounder
Education
Wellington College
Batting Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 24 | 29 | 41 | 46 |
Inn | 38 | 22 | 25 | 36 |
Runs | 815 | 418 | 185 | 613 |
Avg | 24.7 | 22.0 | 10.88 | 24.52 |
SR | 64.12 | 94.78 | 117.09 | 143.22 |
HS | 78 | 95 | 24 | 55 |
NO | 5 | 3 | 8 | 11 |
100s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
50s | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
4s | 96 | 25 | 10 | 50 |
6s | 21 | 19 | 9 | 31 |
Bowling Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 24 | 29 | 41 | 46 |
Inn | 42 | 29 | 41 | 45 |
Balls | 3091 | 1152 | 802 | 935 |
Runs | 1669 | 1170 | 1026 | 1484 |
Wkt | 47 | 30 | 43 | 42 |
BBI | 58 / 4 | 48 / 5 | 10 / 5 | 11 / 5 |
BBM | 92 / 5 | 48 / 5 | 10 / 5 | 11 / 5 |
Eco | 3.24 | 6.09 | 7.68 | 9.52 |
Avg | 35.51 | 39.0 | 23.86 | 35.33 |
5W | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
10W | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Teams he has played for:
- TK Curran
- KM Curran
- KP Curran
- BJ Curran
- England
- Auckland
- Chennai Super Kings
- England Lions
- England Young Cricketers
- Kings XI Punjab
- MI Cape Town
- Oval Invincibles (Men)
- Surrey
- Surrey 2nd XI
- Surrey Under-15s
- Surrey Under-17s
- Zimbabwe Under-13s
Heres what CricBuzz says about him.
A diminutive, mild-looking left-arm seamer whose natural angle helps him swing the Dukes away from right-handers, he doubles up as an able batsman lower down the order; and given the ease at which he looks with bat in hand, it could soon become his primary skill.
While his brother, Tom Curran, rose up to become primarily a limited-overs bowler, Sam went the more conventional route. Hailed as a prodigy in his younger days, he progressed rapidly into Zimbabwe's under-13 ranks before relocation, and then through Surrey's age-division cricket and became the second youngest player to make his FC debut for Surrey at 17 years and 40 days, impressing immediately with a five-wicket haul on debut against Kent.
He was soon picked for the 2016 under-19 World Cup, followed by a spot in the England Lions' tour to the UAE later in the year. An injury to Ben Stokes meant that Sam was fast-tracked into national reckoning, getting his maiden Test cap at Headingly against Pakistan in June 2018.
His biggest moment under the sun came in the home summer of 2018 against the then number one side in the world, India. Picked primarily as a bowler, it was his abilities with the bat from number eight that helped rescue England after middle-order collapses, match after match. It was no surprise when he was named the Man of the Series for his all-round contributions (272 runs and 11 wickets) that saw England win 4-1. He carried on his form into the Sri Lankan tour, playing a key role in England whitewashing the islanders.
However, his red ball game dwindled in the coming months, with mediocre returns on his tours to New Zealand and South Africa. Injuries also took a toll on the youngster, and a back injury kept Curran out for a substantial part of 2021, where he missed the T20 World Cup and that season’s IPL.
Sam Curran’s white ball form though was moving in a different trajectory, as he shot to fame with a Man of the Match performance while on tour in India, where he scored 95* in an ODI and almost chased down a huge target of 329 from an improbable situation. Shortly after that series, Curran picked up his first fifer in ODIs against Sri Lanka. And then Sam Curran’s crowning moment in limited overs cricket came in the 2022 T20I World Cup. He was given a new role as a death overs bowler in that tournament, and performed spectacularly. Curran started the World Cup with a fifer against Afghanistan, and ended it with a Man of the Match 3/12 performance against Pakistan in the final which helped England claim the trophy. He picked up 13 wickets in the tournament, at an average of 11.38 to be named the Player of the Tournament.
Curran’s form has taken a slight dip since that World Cup, with meager returns while touring South Africa and Bangladesh. Nevertheless, he remains a mainstay of the English white ball setup, having improved his bowling significantly and being a handy customer lower down with the bat as well.
IPL Through the Years
Sam Curran’s Man of the Series performance against India in the 2018 Test series came at the right time, as recency bias made teams stretch their purses to acquire his services for the 2019 season. Despite being a relatively unknown commodity in T20 cricket, Curran commanded top dollar as he was picked by Punjab Kings. He had a very ordinary first season in the IPL, where the lack of swing on flat Indian pitches made him enjoy to bash for the batters. Curran’s economy suffered massively that season, but he did manage a decent return on wickets which included a hat-trick against Delhi Capitals that turned the game for his side. Curran was also used as a top-order pinch hitter on occasions, and scored one fifty.
The following season, Curran was released by Punjab Kings and picked up by Chennai Super Kings. He was the shining star in a Chennai side that massively underperformed in the 2020 IPL in the UAE, and contributed decently with ball and bat. Curran continued his fine form in the 2021 season, when CSK came roaring back but had to pull out of the UAE leg of the competition with a back issue. The left-arm bowler then sat out the 2022 IPL, and when he registered himself for the next auction off the back of a very successful T20 World Cup, Sam Curran became the most expensive player ever in IPL history, as he was reunited with Punjab Kings.
Heres what ESPNcricinfo says about him.
Sam Curran, younger brother of Tom Curran, his fellow Surrey all-rounder, and son of the former Zimbabwe cricketer Kevin Curran, fulfilled his destiny at the age of 19 years and 363 days, when he made his Test debut against Pakistan at Headingley in June 2018. One Test later, he scooped his maiden Man-of-the-Match award, after four first-innings wickets and a thrilling counter-attacking half-century had given England the edge in a gripping Edgbaston Test against India. His success merely heightened the debate as to whether batting or bowling will ultimately become his strongest suit.
Perhaps the only real conclusion to that debate is it does not matter. Curran has developed into an X-factor cricketer of global repute. He was player of the T20 World Cup in 2022, taking 13 wickets at 11.38, with an economy rate of 6.52, emerging as a canny death bowler to take England to glory. He signed off with a player of the match performance in the final against Pakistan, taking 3 for 12.
Punjab Kings subsequently made him the most expensive buy at an IPL auction, outbidding five other teams to acquire his services for INR 18.50 crore (£1.85 million approximately). Back in 2018, the same franchise - Kings XI Pubjab, as they were known at the time - purchased him for INR 7.2 crore (£800,000 approximately). It was at the IPL, while playing for Chennai Super Kings, he showed his dexterity as a makeshift opening batter, having primarily been used as a hitter down the order.
His absence from Test duties in 2022 was more through circumstance than design. A back injury ruled him out of the 2021/22 Ashes which took time to shake off. Now, however, both player and national team are aligned. As a leftie in both disciplines, his skillset is a rarity as far as English red ball bowling stocks are concerned, and his composure with bat in hand has never been questioned. Having fallen in the nineties twice in first class cricket, he finally made it to three figures in June 2022 with 126 against Kent. It was his 120th innings in the format.
Curran has belied his slight frame from the moment he entered Surrey's 1st X1 in 2015, showing a natural ability to swing his left-armers at a decent lick and full of ambition at the crease. The combative nature of his cricket marked him down as a special cricketer in the making, winning attention from England Lions at the end of the 2016 season.
Curran made an eye-catching Championship debut against Kent at The Oval when he took five wickets in the first innings, eight in all in the match, at only 17. Surrey research suggested he was the youngest-ever player to achieve a five-wicket haul in the Championship and the second youngest Surrey debutant. He opened the bowling with his brother, Tom, and took a wicket with his fifth ball when an inswinger bowled Joe Denly. At 17 years and 40 days old, his first-class debut came 69 years to the day after Tony Lock, the youngest player to play for Surrey at 17 years and eight days, made his first appearance - also against Kent - at the Oval on July 13, 1946.
He showed an ability to swing the ball into the right-hander from the outset. That there was aggression, too, was evident even before his debut when he filled in for a Surrey T20 practice match and struck Gary Wilson on the helmet with one of the first balls he bowled. His laid-back personality was also evident when he was given a day off school by Wellington College, where he was taking A levels in PE, Art and Business Studies, to play in a Royal London Cup semi-final against Nottinghamshire at The Oval, where he first came to the attention of a wider audience with a composed, energetic display.
Two successive runners-up medals in the Royal London Cup final, as Surrey lost Lord's finals against Gloucestershire and Warwickshire, were not a bad start for a player still only 18, but such is Curran's competitive nature, it is doubtful that he found much consolation in either of them. In a 2016 summer that brought so much to admire with bat and ball, there was a 96 against Lancashire - ended when a tame return catch to the offspinner Arron Lilley was followed by a disconsolate walk from the crease, in the words of ESPNcricinfo's reporter, as if he had just lost a game of Pokemon Go - and four wickets in seven ball against Durham on the way to the first six-for of his Championship career.
ESPNcricinfo staff