England all-rounder Sam Curran shared his frustration at not being considered by the management for the latter half of the home season and the Pakistan tour after veteran all-rounder Ben Stokes’ injury. However, the England Test captain had injured his hamstring while playing for the Northern Superchargers in The Hundred 2024 as well.
“The way the teams are being set up now, guys are getting picked for certain skills and a bit out of the unknown. As a county player, it’s an interesting one, because you’ve got to hope that you fit that mould right now. And if you don’t, you’ve just got to crack on and win games for your franchise and your counties, and just hope that that call comes,” Curran told TalkSPORT via ESPNcricinfo. “I’ll be totally honest, when Stokesy got injured, I did probably think that was my way back into the Test team. A couple of weeks back, I had a meeting with Keysy [Rob Key, director of cricket] just to get a bit of understanding of where the group is, and how I see myself getting back into the Test side.”
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“Being a young player who experienced Test cricket so young, I feel like I had an advantage to know what it’s about, to know what winning a Test match is, and the grind and the grit and attitude that you need … so I was a little bit gutted. Selection is selection, but I thought that was my way back into the side at the minute,” he further added.
Sam Curran’s white-ball career has also gone down because of a lack of clarity and inconsistency as well. The all-rounder had a minimal
impact in England’s 2024 T20 World Cup also, and a similar outcome was seen during the home series against Australia recently.
“They’ve got their own structure at the minute, and they’re picking the guys that fit that environment, and there’s a big thing going on at the minute about extra pace and stuff like that. And I guess for 12 months’ time, and the Ashes, these are the guys they want, so you can’t question it until the plan comes to an end. There’s no doubt I’d love to be on an Ashes tour or in a Champions Trophy victory. I’m someone who likes to prove a point, so fingers crossed the next couple of months go well,” he concluded.
