Thomas Kevin Curran aka Tom Curran always seems that kind of hugely inspiring and interesting cricketer that can always do a lot more than what has come to the surface, as on date. The South Africa born
England cricket all rounder is currently plying his craft in the famed and much-talked-about ETPL in Europe. The seam bowling all rounder who has an excellent talent with the bat to hit it hard is a key member of the Edinburgh Castle Rockers.
He recently made it count big in an important contest against the Belfast Wolves and made blazing headlines thanks to a cracker of a performance.
And just when it was time for the tournament’s first ever hat trick, the 2026 edition being the first for ETPL, Tom Curran proved to be atomic with the ball in claiming his and his team’s first ever hat trick. Ditto for the maiden edition of the now famed ETPL!
✒️ his name in the history books 👉 Tom Curran took the first-ever hat-trick of #ETPL 👑😍 pic.twitter.com/yN2JwmUpvH
— European T20 Premier League (ETPL) (@etplofficial) September 2, 2026
In claiming a memorable spell of 4 for 20 that came off just 3.1 overs, Curran removed David Miller, Mark Adair and even Fred Klaassen. The victims of his white ball fury were only able to make scores like 20, 14, and 4, respectively. Meanwhile, Curran’s pin point accuracy with the ball and sense of occasion struck gold for his side.
In the end, the Rockers won by a margin as brilliant as it was huge and convincingly so by 59 runs. In any level of competition, a win by that much margin of runs, 59 in this case, considers to be qualified as a huge victory achieved.
And what’s rather significant is that the big win came courtesy a spell of exceptional fast bowling instead of the big splashing of the bat, alone.
However, with the Rockers having first made 189, it was always going to be advantage the
This is an important season for the talented and versatile Edinburgh side.
Now that a key hat trick has been achieved in just a week since the series’ start, the fans can’t wait to see more unforgettable spells of bowling in what hopefully lies ahead.
