Sam Curran

Samuel Matthew Curran 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. He was bought by Punjab Kings for ₹18.5 Cr On 23 December 2022.

Sam Curran

MBE
Personal information
Full name
Samuel Matthew Curran
Born (1998-06-03) 3 June 1998
Northampton, Northamptonshire, England
Height5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
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 ODI15 October 2023 v Afghanistan
ODI shirt no.58
T20I debut (cap 87)1 November 2019 v New Zealand
Last T20I5 September 2023 v New Zealand
T20I shirt no.58
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2015–presentSurrey (squad no. 58)
2017Auckland Aces
2019Kings XI Punjab
2020–2021Chennai Super Kings
2021–presentOval Invincibles (squad no. 58)
2023-presentMI Cape Town
2023-presentPunjab Kings
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I FC
Matches 24 30 41 80
Runs scored 815 456 185 3,250
Batting average 24.69 22.80 10.88 30.09
100s/50s 0/3 0/1 0/0 1/23
Top score 78 95* 24 126
Balls bowled 3,091 1,152 802 11,198
Wickets 47 30 43 206
Bowling average 35.51 42.26 23.86 30.20
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/– 8/– 16/– 26/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 21 October 2023

Curran made his Test and One Day International debuts in 2018, and his Twenty20 International debut in 2019. 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. He plays as a left-handed all-rounder, bowling medium fast. 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 very first ball on World Cup debut.

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