tom curran Profile - ICC Profile, Age, Career Info & Stats.
tom curran is a cricketer(sportsman) from England. His ICC profile, age, career info & stats are given below.
Full Name
Thomas Kevin Curran
Born
March 12, 1995, Cape Town, Cape Province
Age
28 years old
Batting Style
Right hand Bat
Bowling Style
Right arm Fast medium
Playing Role
Bowling Allrounder
Education
Hilton College, Durban
Batting Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 2 | 28 | 30 | 13 |
Inn | 3 | 17 | 13 | 10 |
Runs | 66 | 303 | 64 | 127 |
Avg | 33.0 | 37.88 | 10.67 | 25.4 |
SR | 55.0 | 94.39 | 114.29 | 118.69 |
HS | 39 | 47 | 14 | 54 |
NO | 1 | 9 | 7 | 5 |
100s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
50s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
4s | 12 | 29 | 1 | 10 |
6s | 0 | 5 | 4 | 3 |
Bowling Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 2 | 28 | 30 | 13 |
Inn | 3 | 28 | 29 | 13 |
Balls | 396 | 1308 | 588 | 238 |
Runs | 200 | 1290 | 907 | 430 |
Wkt | 2 | 34 | 29 | 13 |
BBI | 65 / 1 | 35 / 5 | 36 / 4 | 29 / 4 |
BBM | 82 / 1 | 35 / 5 | 36 / 4 | 29 / 4 |
Eco | 3.03 | 5.92 | 9.26 | 10.84 |
Avg | 100.0 | 37.94 | 31.28 | 33.08 |
5W | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
10W | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Teams he has played for:
- KM Curran
- KP Curran
- SM Curran
- BJ Curran
- England
- Delhi Capitals
- Desert Vipers
- England Lions
- Islamabad United
- Kerala Knights
- Kolkata Knight Riders
- KwaZulu-Natal Inland Under-19s
- KwaZulu-Natal Under-19s
- Oval Invincibles (Men)
- Rajasthan Royals
- Surrey
- Surrey 2nd XI
- Sydney Sixers
- Sylhet Sixers
- Team Moeen
- Trinbago Knight Riders
- Tshwane Spartans
Heres what CricBuzz says about him.
The Surrey management were mesmerised by his talent. A strapping, genuine quick who regularly bowls in the 140-150kph range generating away swing, former coach Chris Adams even compared him to Dale Steyn. Curran took 5 for 34 against Scotland in a one-day game in 2013, but had to wait until 2014 to get his first-class chance in a Surrey attack brimful of pace pedigree.
Curran grew as a cricketer with time and was fast touted to be one of England's future Test hopefuls. A top-class performer coupled with solid batting, he was offered an England call-up, for the Twenty20 series against South Africa in 2017. Curran had a fairly decent outing on debut and impressed with his guile.
A fast derailing Ashes tour coupled with injuries to preferred quicks meant that Curran was handed his Test debut during the tour of Australia in 2017-18. It was baptism by fire for the young fast bowler who tried hard, even picking the prized scalp of Steve Smith once in the series. However, he was largely ineffective despite his honest efforts. Much like his co-fast bowlers, Curran's pace was never high enough to unsettle batsmen. Australian pitches generally remain flat and it's the sheer pace that can make a bowler succeed there. Curran wasn't quick enough for it and therefore couldn't succeed. Despite all that, he did impress everyone with his fighting ability. In the ODI series that followed the Ashes, Curran bagged his maiden ODI fifer at Perth, a performance which earned him the Man of the Match award.
Considering his ability to swing the ball and also the ability to contribute with the bat, Curran could in England's radar as far as the shorter formats go. He does have good changes in pace which can be effective in ODIs and T20s while he definitely can hit the ball a long way as well. Coming to his Test future, it shall be interesting to see how England handle him, given that the team itself had a disastrous Ashes campaign. That said, Curran will definitely need to improve his speeds if he wants to succeed in all conditions.
Although he was named in England’s 15-member preliminary World Cup squad, he would have nervously checked his phone ahead of official squad announcement. Just weeks before the World Cup, he showcased his prowess with the bat in his hand - returning with scores of 47*, 31 and 29*. Although he could be expensive at times, he has the handy knack of removing set-batsmen. Curran is also in asset during the death overs - thanks to his ability to bowl yorkers and the deceivable slower deliveries. The senior Curran didn't get an opportunity to show his prowess at the world stage, but he also became the first man in his family to wear the world cup medal.
In the IPL, Tom spent a few seasons with KKR but couldn't quite impress. It must be said that his style of bowling limited-overs cricket doesn't work on typical pacer-friendly decks. Instead, it's on those two-paced surfaces where he becomes a more effective bowler with his pace variations. In the BBL, he has established himself as one of the top overseas stars and with RR having picked him up, he could relish the Jaipur tracks and the big ground dimensions.
Written by Abhinand Raghavendran
Heres what ESPNcricinfo says about him.
Tom Curran is a slick fast bowler with a deadly yorker, whose impressive performances as a youngster for Surrey quickly saw him earn international recognition as he debuted for England in all three formats as a 22-year-old.
After playing a handful of white-ball games during the 2017 home summer, he was brought into England's squad for the 2017-18 Ashes after an injury to Steve Finn, and performed creditably despite an eventual lack of wickets. His white-ball form continued, as he starred in an ODI in Perth immediately after those Tests, taking 5 for 35 to close out a narrow win, and he earned an IPL deal with Kolkata Knight Riders for 2018.
He remained around the international setup for the next 18 months, and was named in the 50-over World Cup squad for 2019 after edging out David Willey, but didn't manage to get on the field; his short-form performances suggested that the T20 World Cups in the coming years would be his opportunity to star. That didn't happen; he was left out of both 2021 and 2022 tournaments. In February 2023, he made the decision to take an indefinite break from all red ball cricket - this after registering a maiden first class century during the previous summer while playing for Surrey against Northamptonshire, the county his father, Kevin, served. A month later he reported pain in his lower back while turning out for Islamabad United in the PSL. Scans revealed he had succumbed to a stress fracture for the second time in as many years.
Curran, the older brother of Ben and Sam, had a breakout summer for Surrey in 2015, as they won promotion in the County Championship and reached the final of the Blast. His ponytail didn't last long, as coach Alec Stewart convinced him to get rid of it before the photographers recorded the young player of the year awards at the end of the season. He took the most wickets in Division Two , with 76, and were the joint-most in a Championship season for Surrey since Waqar Younis' 113 in 1991.
The step up to Division One proved harder than anticipated, as he took on a workhorse role on some flat pitches at The Oval, but he earned selection for an England Lions tour alongside Sam at the end of the season.
Having grown up in Cape Town, Tom Curran was spotted by former Surrey captain Ian Greig while playing schools cricket. He was invited to play Second XI cricket for Surrey in 2012, at the age of 17, and took 5 for 21 against Kent in his second game. He also began at Wellington School in September 2012. A month later, tragedy struck when his father, the former Zimbabwe cricketer Kevin, died suddenly. But Curran decided to remain at Wellington, helped by the school offering his two younger brothers the chance to study there too.
Surrey observers were immediately struck by his talent. Fast and generating away swing, former coach Chris Adams even fancifully likened him to Dale Steyn, although he was more robust and not as fast. He took 5 for 34 against Scotland in a one-day game in 2013, but had to wait until 2014 to get his first-class chance in a Surrey attack brimful of pace pedigree. He immediately justified the hype, and also managed the transition between first-class and T20 cricket with astonishing ease for a teenager. The only disappointment was that he failed, in limited opportunities, to show his considerable promise as a batsman. While injury limited his breakthrough season to seven first-class games, Curran had already established a reputation, and Ireland - for whom he was eligible to play - tried to persuade him to declare for them without success.
ESPNcricinfo staff