Ben Curran for Zimbabwe - (Source: AFP)
On Thursday, July 9, Zimbabwe and Bangladesh locked horns in the 2nd ODI at the Harare Sports Club. The hosts, who are 1-0 up in the series, were asked to bat first. The decision nearly turned gold for Bangladesh but Ben Curran took things away from them.
Ben Curran opened the innings and remained unbeaten until the 50 overs were bowled. The left-handed batter brought up his 2nd ODI century with a scintellating performance.
Ben Curran Brings Up 2nd ODI Century
While wickets kept tumbling from the other end, Ben played his natural game and brought up a century in 122 balls. His knock featured nine fours to help Zimbabwe put 247 runs on the board.
The left-handed batter is only playing his 10th ODI innings and has already amassed 464 runs, averaging 58. Overall, Ben Curran has 2 centuries and 2 fifties. Interestingly all of his four fifty-plus scores have come in the last five innings.
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With the scintellating knock, Ben Curran also brought up several records and this article will shed light on all records broken by Ben Curran vs Bangladesh.
All Records Broken By Ben Curran vs Bangladesh
Highest Individual Scores For Zimbabwe Openers in ODIs vs Bangladesh
- DD Ebrahim - 121
- Ben Curran - 111*
- Brendon Taylor - 106
- V Sibanda - 103*
- ADR Campbell - 103
- MA Vermulen - 92
Ben Curran narrowly missed out on Ebrahim's record of highest-individual score by a Zimbabwe opener vs Bangladesh.
Fastest Century For Ben Curran
Ben Curran has two ODI centuries and his latest knock against Bangladesh is also his fastest hundred in the fifty-over format.
2nd Zimbabwe Player To Carry To Bat
Ben Curran is the second Zimbabwean to carry his bat in an ODI after Grant Flower. He is also the 14th man to do it in all men's ODI cricket.
- Grant Flower (Zimbabwe)
- Saeed Anwar (Pakistan)
- Nick Knight (England)
- Ridley Jacobs (West Indies)
- Damien Martyn (Australia)
- Herschelle Gibbs (South Africa)
- Alec Stewart (England)
- Javed Omar (Bangladesh)
- Azhar Ali (Pakistan)
- Tom Latham (New Zealand)
- Upul Tharanga (Sri Lanka)
- Dimuth Karunaratne (Sri Lanka)
- Temba Bavuma (South Africa)
- Ben Curran (Zimbabwe)
Curran Family Dominating The ODI Circuit
Ben Curran is the brother of Sam Curran and Tom Curran, who represent England. His two brothers have also dominated the ODI cricket.
Shedding light on their achievements, then Sam Curran, who is part of England's squad for the ongoing India series, has two ODI fifties to his name as well.
Meanwhile, Tom Curran, the only bowler in the family, has a five-wicket haul to his name for the Three Lions in the fifty-over format. Not only that, but for the unversed, Kevin Curran, father of Ben, Tom, and Sam, has two fifties for Zimbabwe as well.
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