Sam Curran hopeful of Test future but admits England are ‘looking for extra pace’ – as he targets facing brother Ben after his switch to Zimbabwe

Sam Curran’s belief that he still has a Test future coincides with his brother Ben aiming to take on England’s Bazballers next summer.

Curran, 26, recently had a heart to heart with Rob Key after being overlooked for last summer’s Test series against Sri Lanka, when fellow all-rounder Ben Stokes was injured, and then for the one-day matches against Australia in September.

Meanwhile, 28-year-old Ben – the middle sibling of the three Curran cricketers – has thrown in his lot with his late father Kevin’s native Zimbabwe, placing him in line to face England next May.

‘There’s no question they’re looking for extra pace, this type of stuff, and I don’t think I am going to bowl 90 miles an hour overnight,’ Curran said.

‘So I’m just going try my best and be pretty happy trying to win games for England.’

Curran spoke to Key after being overlooked for last summer’s Test series against Sri Lanka

Curran, right, dovetailed with Liam Livingstone to help England beat West Indies on Saturday 

That is something he managed last Saturday when a half-century, dovetailing with a rambunctious, unbeaten 124 from Liam Livingstone, helped secure a victory in Antigua that teed up a one-day series decider under the lights at Kensington Oval on Wednesday night.

Having made his Test debut as a teenager, time remains on the side of the player of the tournament when England won the Twenty20 World Cup two years ago.

His X factor ability also saw him claim a man-of-the-series award versus India and become the most expensive purchase in Indian Premier League history in 2022.

‘It’s natural as a player that you get disappointed, but while the Test team’s got the players they have now, in 12 months’ time it could be totally different,’ he said.

Of his brother’s quest to transfer domestic form in Zimbabwe – he struck 145 in a first-class match last week – onto the international stage, he added: ‘The last 10-12 years, my dad would have been looking down on us playing, and I guess it’s fingers crossed Ben can walk out to open the batting at Trent Bridge against England.

‘With our family history, that would be pretty cool.’