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Sam Curran is an English all-rounder whose documented biography covers age, career statistics, records, achievements and Surrey team context. Born on 3 June 1998, Sam Curran was 28 on 12 August 2026. Statistics are synchronized from the exact Wikipedia page and retain the source table date 19 July 2026; official cricket sources verify awards and team facts. An exact licensed player image is included, while unsupported financial and private-life claims are not presented as fact.
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Born 3 June 1998; age 28 on 12 August 2026.
All-Rounder; bats left-handed and bowls left-arm medium-fast.
Primary current team: Surrey.
Career statistics carry the Wikipedia table date 19 July 2026.
Official sources verify important records and achievements.
Career story
Samuel Matthew Curran was born in Northampton and is a left-handed batter who bowls left-arm medium-fast. ICC, Surrey and the exact Wikipedia page identify the same England all-rounder shown in Surrey's official portrait.
Substantive international and first-class records in both disciplines support the all-rounder classification.
ICC named Curran Player of the Tournament at the 2022 Men's T20 World Cup after 13 wickets at 11.38 and an economy of 6.52. His 3/12 in the final against Pakistan also earned Player of the Match as England won the title.
The tournament award, final award, team championship and 13-wicket aggregate are distinct facts. The wickets are already included in his T20I career total and are not added again.
The Wikipedia API table dated 19 July 2026 records 221 first-class wickets and 3,607 runs from 88 matches. It separately records 73 T20I wickets with best figures of 5/10, 43 ODI wickets and 47 Test wickets.
Tests sit within first-class cricket and limited-overs international rows overlap with their wider domestic formats. Career rows are kept separate to prevent double-counting.
ICC records that Curran dismissed Dasun Shanaka, Maheesh Theekshana and Matheesha Pathirana with consecutive balls against Sri Lanka on 30 January 2026. The achievement made him the second England men's player to take a T20I hat-trick.
The dismissals belong to one dated spell and are already part of his T20I wicket total. The historic England sequence is retained without implying a current ranking.
Rosters establish association while scorecards establish selection, runs, wickets and results. The image source and identity review remain locked separately from automated statistic refreshes.
Sam Curran is an English all-rounder whose canonical This profile page brings together documented identity, playing role, dated career statistics, records, achievements and current team context. Born on 3 June 1998 in Northampton, England, Sam Curran bats left-handed and bowls left-arm medium-fast. The profile separates slow-changing identity facts from match-driven aggregates so an API refresh cannot silently rewrite reviewed biography.
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Sam Curran was 28 years old on 12 August 2026. The page shows both the documented birth date, 3 June 1998, and the age review date because age changes while date of birth does not. The birthplace is recorded as Northampton, England; it is not used to infer current residence, nationality beyond the published record or any private address.
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Sam Curran is classified as a all-rounder and bats left-handed and bowls left-arm medium-fast. These are distinct fields. A batter may have a bowling style without being an all-rounder, while a genuine all-rounder requires a substantive record in both disciplines. When the mapped identity source does not publish a bowling style, this page states that limitation instead of inventing one.
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Career rows are synchronized from the exact English Wikipedia page through the MediaWiki API. The current table is dated 19 July 2026. Wikipedia is used as a structured secondary baseline, while ICC, national-board, league and club sources verify awards, selections, current teams and important match or season claims. This division prevents one source from being treated as authoritative for every type of fact.
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Sam Curran records
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International career
Debut and milestone chronology described in the sourced article
Statistics table dated 19 July 2026
Current official Surrey men's directory and documented 2026 campaign
Membership checked 12 August 2026
Career achievements
Reader questions
Direct answers based on the documented record shown on this page.
Sam Curran was born on 3 June 1998 and was 28 on 12 August 2026.
Sam Curran is classified as a all-rounder and bats left-handed and bowls left-arm medium-fast.
The structured rows use the exact English Wikipedia page through the MediaWiki API and carry the table date 19 July 2026; official cricket sources verify achievements and current team context.
No audited financial statement reviewed for this article establishes a reliable current net-worth figure for Sam Curran.
Yes. The displayed file depicts the exact player, and its linked source records the credit and reusable licence or editorial-use permission.
Conclusion
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