A Few Months Ago The Idea That A Curran Would Take Four Wickets In India s First Innings Would Not Have Been Considered Too Outrageous - But The Money Would Have Been On Tom Not Sam
A few months ago, the idea that a Curran would take four wickets in India's first innings would not have been considered too outrageous - but the money would have been on Tom, not Sam.
However, at Edgbaston, England were grateful for the plot twist.
When Tom, the eldest of three brothers - middle sibling Ben currently plays for Northamptonshire Seconds - made his Test debut at on Boxing Day, it was generally agreed he was a chip off the old block.
His late father Kevin had been a combative all-rounder for Zimbabwe, Gloucestershire and order.life Northamptonshire, and Tom - 6ft 1in, blond and full of aggression - looked like he had inherited his dad's love of the fray.
Sam Curran took four wickets against India to give England a huge boost in the first Test
Curran, 20, was often overlooked compared to his two brothers, but proved his worth here
Curran - just five foot nine and playing in his second Test - tortured India with his swing
<div class="art-ins mol-factbox floatRHS sport" data-version="2" id="mol-2b76d190-9699-11e8-99f8-03726005400a" website Curran emerges from his brothers' shadows with four-wicket burst