Name Tom Curran Siblings Sam Curran, Ben Curran Batting style Right-handed | Career start 2013 Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Role Cricketer | |
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Relations Kevin Curran (father)Sam Curran (brother) Current team Surrey County Cricket Club (Batsman) | ||
2013–present Surrey (squad no. 59) | ||
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Thomas Kevin Curran (born 12 March 1995) is a South African-born English cricketer who plays for Surrey. He is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm fast-medium.
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He won the Cricket Writers' Club Young Cricketer of the Year award for his performances in 2015.
Early life and education
He is the son of former Zimbabwe international Kevin Curran, and the brother of Ben Curran (MCC Young Cricketer) and Surrey all-rounder Sam Curran.
Born in Cape Town, Curran attended Springvale House, a preparatory school in Zimbabwe before moving on to the prestigious St George's College in Harare (Zimbabwe). His excellence in cricket allowed him to move onto Hilton College and finally Wellington College in England.
Domestic cricket
He represented KwaZulu-Natal Inland at under-15, under-17 and under-19 level. Noticed playing schools cricket by former Surrey captain Ian Greig, he was invited to play for the Surrey second XI in 2012, and transferred to Wellington College in September of that year. He made his senior debut for Surrey in a List A match against Essex in August 2013, and his First Class debut against Cambridge University in April 2014. In August 2017, he was named in Cape Town Knight Riders' squad for the first season of the T20 Global League.
International cricket
Curran was selected for the England Performance Programme squad in September 2015; he completed his residential qualification for England in October 2015. Curran received his first call-up to a full England squad in February 2017 for the One Day International (ODI) tour of the West Indies, as cover for Jake Ball.
In June 2017, he was named in England's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for the series against South Africa. He made his T20I debut for England against South Africa on 23 June 2017 at Taunton, taking 3 wickets for 33 runs, including a wicket in his first over. In September 2017, he was named in England's One Day International (ODI) squad for their series against the West Indies.