Tom Curran Signs For Surrey

dang8811 wrote:Don't know whether this was already known about but the entire Curran family appear to have turned their backs on Zimbabwe.

http://www.kiaoval.com/surrey-sign-tom-curran/

What was Zimbabwe offering them, as a matter of interest?

Their Mum is English and lives in England (works for BA) and they were divorced so after KC passed it made sense for them to go. I know Sam and Ben had strong Zim roots and were keen to stay, certainly to finish their schooling anyway. Sam is a wonderful talent that you don't see very often. I will watch his career with much interest. They are settled and appear to be enjoying. Zim is Zim and will always be in your blood wherever you go, despite the problems.

Never. They get well paid, and on time, and are making friends there. Plus there's the carrot of playing Test cricket which is every true cricketer's ambition. It's a matter of time (not long to go) before we lose our test status. Plus who wants to play Bangladesh and West Indies once a year in a losing side? Imagine walking out at Lord's to bat in the Ashes vs walking out at hartsfield 400 runs behind with 3 days to go trying to save the match against Bangladesh with 3 people watching! The 3 people watching will be the ice cream vendor, the guy selling tickets at the gate and one dude who was p**sed and pitched up thinking it was a T20.