Our man runs the rule over the emergence of Sam Curran, whose mature bowling defied his mere 20 young years

PRINGLE’s VIEWPOINT

Conservative: James Anderson

Sam Curran’s three-wicket blast on the second morning of the opening Test against India got England defiantly back into this Test match after the home side had squandered a good position with the bat.
Curran certainly opened India up, his left-arm swingers exposing sketchy techniques and sloppy minds. All but Virat Kohli were unduly troubled by his bustling skidders, curving into the right-handers ...