Sam Curran
- Date of Birth 1998-6-3
- Role allrounder
- Batting Style left-hand bat
- Bowling Style left-arm medium-fast
Debut Matches
| Format | Match | Date |
|---|---|---|
| TEST | PAK vs ENG | 2018-06-01 |
| ODI | AUS vs ENG | 2018-06-24 |
| T20 | NZ vs ENG | 2019-11-01 |
Recent Performances
Batting Statistics
Matches
24
Innings
38
Runs
815
Average
24.69
Strike Rate
64.12
Highest Score
78
100s
0
50s
3
Fours
96
Sixes
21
Catches
5
Bowling Statistics
Matches
24
Innings
42
Wickets
47
Average
35.51
Economy
3.23
Strike Rate
65.7
Best Figure
4/58
4 Wickets
2
5 Wickets
0
Balls Bowled
3091
Runs Conceded
1669
Batting Statistics
Matches
41
Innings
31
Runs
642
Average
22.92
Strike Rate
88.67
Highest Score
95*
100s
0
50s
2
Fours
42
Sixes
22
Catches
11
Bowling Statistics
Matches
41
Innings
41
Wickets
37
Average
42.48
Economy
6.18
Strike Rate
41.2
Best Figure
5/48
4 Wickets
1
5 Wickets
1
Balls Bowled
1525
Runs Conceded
1572
Batting Statistics
Matches
75
Innings
49
Runs
696
Average
20.47
Strike Rate
127.94
Highest Score
58
100s
0
50s
2
Fours
40
Sixes
32
Catches
28
Bowling Statistics
Matches
75
Innings
71
Wickets
66
Average
27.98
Economy
8.73
Strike Rate
19.2
Best Figure
5/10
4 Wickets
0
5 Wickets
1
Balls Bowled
1269
Runs Conceded
1847
Batting Statistics
Matches
90
Innings
63
Runs
1222
Average
22.21
Strike Rate
87.03
Highest Score
95*
100s
0
50s
3
Fours
98
Sixes
28
Catches
31
Bowling Statistics
Matches
90
Innings
87
Wickets
103
Average
35.05
Economy
5.78
Strike Rate
36.3
Best Figure
5/48
4 Wickets
2
5 Wickets
1
Balls Bowled
3745
Runs Conceded
3611
Batting Statistics
Matches
330
Innings
273
Runs
5596
Average
25.9
Strike Rate
136.85
Highest Score
102*
100s
1
50s
33
Fours
399
Sixes
267
Catches
137
Bowling Statistics
Matches
330
Innings
314
Wickets
312
Average
28.31
Economy
8.86
Strike Rate
19.1
Best Figure
5/10
4 Wickets
5
5 Wickets
4
Balls Bowled
5980
Runs Conceded
8835
Sam Curran player profile
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 the 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 Punjab, 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
Sam Curran IPL factfile
- Sam Curran began his IPL career at Punjab Kings (PBKS) in 2019 and then when he returned the franchise for a second stint in 2023 and 2024, he even captained them.
- In between, he spent two seasons at Chennai Super Kings (CSK), and turned out to be a good defensive option with the ball for them - especially at the bigger grounds in the UAE.
- Curran became the IPL's most expensive player in 2023, when PBKS bought him for INR 18.5 crore, but he moved back to CSK for IPL 2025.
- After an underwhelming second stint at CSK, Curran was bought by Rajasthan Royals for INR 2.4 crore ahead of IPL 2026.