Sam Curran

Sam Curran
MBE
Curran in 2023
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 India
Last Test25 August 2021 v India
ODI debut (cap 250)24 June 2018 v Australia
Last ODI27 January 2026 v Sri Lanka
ODI shirt no.58
T20I debut (cap 87)1 November 2019 v New Zealand
Last T20I5 March 2026 v India
T20I shirt no.58
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2015–presentSurrey
2017/18Auckland
2019, 2023–2024Punjab Kings
2020–2021, 2025Chennai Super Kings
2021–presentOval Invincibles
2023–2024MI Cape Town
2024–2025/26Desert Vipers
2025/26Sydney Sixers
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I FC
Matches 24 41 75 86
Runs scored 815 642 696 3,573
Batting average 24.69 22.92 20.47 30.80
100s/50s 0/3 0/2 0/2 2/25
Top score 78 95* 58 126
Balls bowled 3,091 1,525 1,269 11,981
Wickets 47 37 66 221
Bowling average 35.51 42.48 27.98 29.84
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/– 11/– 28/– 27/–
Medal record
Men's cricket
Representing  England
ICC T20 World Cup
Winner 2022 Australia
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 5 March 2026

Samuel Matthew Curran MBE (born 3 June 1998) is an English cricketer who has played for England in all formats. In domestic cricket, he represents Surrey, and has played in multiple T20 leagues.

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 first ball on World Cup debut.