26-774: Kevin Curran may refer to: Kevin Curran (cricketer) (1959–2012), Zimbabwean cricketer Kevin Curran (cricketer, born 1928) (1928–2017), Zimbabwean cricketer Kevin Curran (footballer, born 1919) (1919–1986), Australian rules footballer for Richmond Kevin Curran (footballer, born 1920) (1920–1978), Australian rules footballer for Hawthorn Kevin Curran (trade unionist) (born 1954), British trade unionist Kevin Curran (writer) (1957–2016), American writer See also [ edit ] Kevin Curren (born 1958), South African former tennis player [REDACTED] Topics referred to by
52-538: A crossover between town and county with some strong local clubs tending at times to represent a whole county. Examples are London , which often played against county teams and was in some respects almost a county club in itself; Slindon , which was for a few years in the 1740s effectively representative of Sussex as a county; Dartford , sometimes representative of Kent; and the Hambledon Club , certainly representative of Hampshire and also perhaps of Sussex. One of
78-531: A match which was Zimbabwe's first ODI. The match created a massive upset as Australia were defeated by 13 runs, with Curran part of a crucial 70 run partnership for the sixth wicket with Duncan Fletcher . Later in the competition Curran showed his all-round abilities, taking three wickets and scoring his maiden ODI half-century against India . Later in the year Curran was part of Zimbabwe's tour of Sri Lanka . During Young Australia's tour of Zimbabwe in 1985, Australian batsman Dean Jones rated Curran as one of
104-495: Is a 50 over one-day cricket competition in county cricket. The 18 English county sides are divided randomly into two groups of nine with each team playing each other once. The top four in each group reach the quarter-finals. The competition culminates at Lord's for the final. The Royal London One Day Cup replaced the Yorkshire Bank 40 over League. The first winners of the competition were Durham in 2014. The Twenty20 Cup
130-619: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Kevin Curran (cricketer) Kevin Malcolm Curran (7 September 1959 – 10 October 2012) was a Zimbabwean international cricketer . He was part of Zimbabwe 's first One Day International side following independence at the 1983 Cricket World Cup . He went on to be the head coach of the Zimbabwe national cricket team from August 2005 until September 2007. Born in 1959 at Rusape in
156-458: Is granted first-class status. The six MCC-sponsored University (MCCU) teams, were until 2020 also afforded first-class status for some of their matches against a first-class county. They were: Most of the first-class counties play three-day games against university cricket teams in the early part of the English cricket season. This is partly because the start of the cricket season coincides with
182-663: Is the name of the county followed by the words County Cricket Club, often abbreviated as CCC. The opening first-class game of an English county cricket season has traditionally been played at Lord's between the MCC and the Champion County (the club that won the County Championship the previous year). When the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) plays against one of the first-class counties, the game
208-580: Is the top Twenty20 cricket competition contested by the eighteen first-class counties. The games are limited to 20 overs per side, and the emphasis is on fast action. From 2018, the competition is called Vitality Blast for sponsorship reasons. The competitions of national counties cricket are the National Counties Cricket Championship and the NCCA Knockout Trophy . The Women's County Championship
234-522: The 2010 Under-19 Cricket World Cup and introduced changes in the way that players were selected for the under-19 team. He was appointed as team selector by Zimbabwe Cricket in 2011 and also coached Mashonaland Eagles . At the time of his death, he was still coaching Mashonaland and was head of the Zimbabwe Cricket Academy. During his time coaching Zimbabwe a number of players were involved in disputes with Zimbabwe Cricket . When he
260-526: The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland , he played in 324 first-class and 407 List A cricket matches. He also possessed an Irish passport as his paternal grandfather moved to Rhodesia in 1902. Curran was first called into the Zimbabwe team as part of an unofficial tour of Sri Lanka in 1980. He made his One Day International (ODI) debut on 9 June 1983 against Australia at the 1983 Cricket World Cup,
286-656: The 1940s and 1950s. Under the land ownership reforms introduced by the government of Robert Mugabe , the Currans' family farm was seized and the land redistributed to black ownership in 2004. Curran collapsed while jogging in Mutare and died on 10 October 2012, aged 53. His cause of death remained unknown for some time. Former Northamptonshire teammate Allan Lamb paid tributes to him and referred to his untimely death as an "absolute body blow". County cricket Inter- county cricket matches have been played since
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#1732787384019312-421: The English counties have been allowed to take part in some English county cricket one-day competitions. They include: The Huntingdonshire ( [REDACTED] ) club are academy level. An important year was 1873, when player qualification rules came into force, requiring players to choose at the start of each season whether they would play for the county of their birth or their county of residence. Before this, it
338-419: The best county teams in the late 18th century was Berkshire , which no longer has first-class status. All matches prior to 1988 were scheduled for three days, normally of a nominal six hours each plus intervals, but often with the first two days lengthened by up to an hour and the final day shortened, so that teams with fixtures elsewhere on the following day could travel at sensible hours. The exception to this
364-501: The captain of Northamptonshire succeeding Rob Bailey . He ended his county career on a with 13,755 runs and 510 wickets in 278 county matches, playing 139 for each of Northamptonshire and Gloucestershire. He scored 6,765 runs for Gloucestershire and 6,990 runs for Northants, taking 239 and 271 wickets respectively. He also played provincial cricket in South Africa for both Boland in 1988 and for Natal from 1993 to 1997. Curran
390-707: The early 18th century, involving teams that are representative of the historic counties of England and Wales . Since the late 19th century, there have been two county championship competitions played at different levels: the County Championship , a first-class competition which involves eighteen first-class county clubs among which seventeen are English and one is from Wales; and the National Counties Championship , which involves nineteen English county clubs and one club that represents several Welsh counties. County cricket started in
416-520: The eighteenth century, the earliest known inter-county match being played in 1709, though an official County Championship was not instituted until 1890. Inter-county cricket was popular throughout the 18th century, although the best teams, such as Kent in the 1740s or Hampshire in the days of the famous Hambledon Club , were usually acknowledged as such by being matched against All-England . The most successful county teams were Hampshire, Kent, Middlesex , Surrey and Sussex . There was, however, often
442-502: The end of his period as head coach of the national side, he received criticism for suggesting employing specialist coaches prior to the 2007 ICC World Twenty20 . The Surrey and England cricketers Tom Curran and Sam Curran and the former Northamptonshire player Ben Curran are his sons. Both Sam and Tom have played for the England cricket team . His father, also called Kevin , played first-class cricket for Rhodesia in
468-632: The end of the university academic year, and partly because the games act as pre-season warm-ups for the county clubs. The National Counties, known prior to 2020 as the Minor Counties, are the cricketing counties of England that are not afforded first-class status. A team represents the counties of Wales other than Glamorgan. There are no representative teams carrying the names of the historic counties of Cumberland and Westmorland which are both covered by Cumbria . Present members are: Eastern Division Western Division Some teams outside of
494-466: The fastest bowlers he had faced. He played his last international matches during the 1987 Cricket World Cup . During his career, Curran had limited opportunities to play at international level and, as Zimbabwe had not gained Full Member status, he could not play Test cricket. By the time Zimbabwe received Test status, Curran had already completed a ten-year qualification for English residency and opted to play county cricket . A genuine all-rounder, Curran
520-406: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kevin_Curran&oldid=1028428722 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
546-477: Was a right-arm medium-fast bowler and right-handed middle-order batsman. He was a regular in English county cricket for Gloucestershire and Northamptonshire County Cricket Clubs in the 1980s and 90s, and passed 1,000 runs in a season five times. Gloucestershire controversially declined to extend his contract at the end of the 1990 season and he moved to Northamptonshire, playing for the county until his retirement from professional cricket in 1999. In 1997, he became
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#1732787384019572-412: Was appointed as head coach, some players were unhappy and expressed their disappointment regarding the decision to snub Phil Simmons and the later introduction of controversial new contracts led to frustration and tension between Curran and his players. Under his tenure, Zimbabwe temporarily withdrew from playing Test cricket in 2006 due to the standoff between the players and the cricket board. Towards
598-529: Was appointed as the head coach of the Zimbabwe national team in August 2005, replacing Phil Simmons , and served in the position until September 2007. He was sacked from the role following the side's disappointing performance at the 2007 Cricket World Cup and was replaced by Robin Brown . During his tenure the side lost 30 of its 40 ODI matches. He also coached the Zimbabwe national under-19 cricket team at
624-601: Was highly regarded for his fitness levels and ran a gymnasium with Malcolm Jarvis in Harare . He also played golf, rugby union, tennis and squash. His first coaching job was as the assistant coach of the Zimbabwe national side in 2000, soon going on to take charge of the Namibian team . In September 2004, he became the director of coaching at the CFX Cricket Academy in Harare succeeding Geoff Marsh . He
650-635: Was quite common for a player to play for both counties during the course of a single season. Three meetings were held, and at the last of these, held at The Oval on 9 June 1873, the following rules were decided on: The County Championship is the domestic first-class cricket competition in England and Wales. The tournament currently has a two-division format with ten counties in Division One and eight in Division Two. The Royal London One-Day Cup
676-517: Was the 1919 season, when there was an experiment with two-day matches played over longer hours, up to nine o'clock in the evening in mid-summer. This experiment was not repeated. From 1988 to 1992 some matches were played over four days. From 1993 onward, all matches have been scheduled for four days. The eighteen first-class counties are the top league cricket teams. They are named after historic English counties and include one Welsh county . The first-class counties are: The full name of each club
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