Sam Curran has opened up about his hopes of earning a recall to England's Test team ahead of next year's Ashes, admitting he would "love" to play under Ben Stokes and Brendon McCullum.
Curran has played a total of 24 Tests in his career, scoring 815 runs and taking 47 wickets, but he has not featured since August 2021 after suffering a stress fracture of the back during the IPL that ruled him out of that year's T20 World Cup and subsequent Ashes tour of Australia.
After a six-month absence, Curran eased his way back into action with Surrey at the start of the County Championship season, playing primarily as a batter. As a result he was ruled out of contention for the New Zealand series in June, which marked the start of the Stokes-McCullum era, and instead focused more on white ball cricket.
