Tom Curran (cricketer)

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Tom Curran
Personal information
Full name Thomas Kevin Curran
Born (1995-03-12) 12 March 1995 (age 29)
Cape Town, Cape Province, South Africa
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Batting style Right-handed
Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium
Relations Kevin Curran (father)
Sam Curran (brother)
Domestic team information
Years Team
2013–present Surrey (squad no. 59)
FC debut 1 April 2014 Surrey v Cambridge MCCU
LA debut 2 August 2013 Surrey v Essex
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20
Matches 30 20 24
Runs scored 556 156 142
Batting average 17.37 14.18 17.75
100s/50s 0/3 0/0 0/0
Top score 60 44 41
Balls bowled 5,524 943 490
Wickets 116 33 29
Bowling average 26.18 26.57 23.17
5 wickets in innings 6 1 0
10 wickets in match 1 n/a n/a
Best bowling 7/20 5/34 4/35
Catches/stumpings 9/– 5/– 8/–
Source: ESPN Cricinfo, 26 May 2016

Thomas Kevin Curran (born 12 March 1995) is a South African-born English cricketer who plays for Surrey. Curran is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm fast-medium. He is the son of former Zimbabwe international Kevin Curran, and the brother of Surrey all-rounder Sam Curran.

Born in Cape Town, Curran attended Springvale House, a preparatory school in Zimbabwe before moving on to Hilton College where he represented KwaZulu-Natal Inland at under-15, under-17 and under-19 level. [1] 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.[2] 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.

Curran was selected for the England Performance Programme squad in September 2015; he completed his residential qualification for England in October 2015.[3] He is also eligible to represent Ireland.[4]

He won the Cricket Writers' Club Young Cricketer of the Year award for his performances in 2015.[5]

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  1. http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/1305/1305044/Miscellaneous_Matches.html
  2. http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/550235.html
  3. http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/story/923515.html
  4. http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/550235.html
  5. Playfair Cricket Annual, 2016 edition, p. 226.