Sam Curran

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He was born into a family of cricketers. His father represented Zimbabwe in the 1983 and 1987 Cricket World Cups. His brothers Ben and Tom Curran also are professional cricketers. Sam Curran with his brothers and parents in his childhood.In his childhood, he used to live in the family farm in Rusape, before it was seized in 2004 under the land reform policy.He has also played for Zimbabwe. He represented Zimbabwe at the 201112 CSA Under-13 Week tournament.He has represented his club Surrey in Under-15, Under-17, and Second XI level.He represented England Under-19 at the 2016 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup. He scored 201 runs and took seven wickets in the tournament.In 2012, he suffered a great loss when his father collapsed while jogging in the park and later died, aged 53.He was bought by Auckland Aces in 2017 for the 2017-18 Super Smash.In January 2018, he was selected in Englands squad for the 2017-18 Trans-Tasman Tri-Series against Australia and New Zealand, but he did not play any game.In August 2018, he was named the Man of the Match for the first test between India and England.