England all-rounder Sam Curran has expressed his frustration over not getting a recall to the Test team despite captain Ben Stokes’ injury.
Stokes suffered a hamstring injury while playing for the Northern Superchargers during The Hundred 2024 back in August.
He tore his left hamstring which kept him away from cricket for the rest of the summer season, including the home Test series against Sri Lanka.
Curran, who last played red-ball cricket for England in August 2021, recently shared that he was expecting a call-up to the Test team after Stokes’ injury.
“I’ll be totally honest when Stokesy [Ben Stokes] got injured, I did probably think that was my way back into the Test team,” Sam Curran said while talking to talkSPORT.
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“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.”
The 26-year-old all-rounder revealed that he was disappointed over missing out on a place in the Test squad.
“Being a young player who experienced Test cricket so young, I feel like I had the 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,” he stated.
“Selection is selection, but I thought that was my way back into the side at the minute.”
Sam Curran has featured in 24 Tests for England from 2018 to 2021, taking 47 wickets and scoring 815 runs.
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