ZIM vs AFG: Left England and joined the team of another country, now scored a century, the wait of 8 years is also over

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Ben Curran played a historic innings. (Photo- PTI)

Afghanistan team is playing its only test match against Zimbabwe at Harare Sports Club. In this match a player from Zimbabwe played a historic innings. This player scored a century while opening, whose name is Ben Curran. Ben Curran is none other than the brother of English cricketers Tom Curran and Sam Curran. 29 year old Ben Curran plays for Zimbabwe. With his powerful innings, he has ended a long wait of 8 years for Zimbabwe.

Ben Curran played a historic innings

Ben Curran batted amazingly in this match against Afghanistan. In response to the 127 runs scored by Afghanistan in the first innings, Ben Curran was successful in giving a good start to his team and then also took the team to a big score. In this innings, he faced 217 balls and completed his century, which included 11 fours. The special thing is that this is the first century of his Test career. At the same time, for the first time in the last 8 years for Zimbabwe, an opener has achieved the feat of scoring a century in a home test.

Ben Curran’s journey to Zimbabwe

Let us tell you, Tom Curran, Sam Curran and Ben Curran are real brothers and their father has played international cricket for Zimbabwe and these three brothers spent their childhood here. However, after playing 11 ODIs for Zimbabwe, Kevin Curran went to England and his county career there was very successful. After this he once again came to Zimbabwe and became the head coach of the Zimbabwean team. But after his death in 2012, his family went back to England.

Ben Curran’s cricket career started in England. He started his county career with Surrey. After this he played for MCC Young Cricketers. But after finishing four years at Northampton he moved to Zimbabwe in 2022. After this he played domestic cricket in Zimbabwe and last year he became eligible to play international cricket for Zimbabwe and then he made himself available for selection. After which Ben Curran made his debut for Zimbabwe in December 2024.

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