Full Name

Curtis Campher

Born

April 20, 1999, Johannesburg

Age

24y 334d

Batting Style

Right hand Bat

Bowling Style

Right arm Medium fast

Playing Role

Allrounder

Education

St Peters

Born in Johannesburg, raised in South Africa and a player for the national Under-19 side, Curtis Campher decided to leave his homeland behind and put his Irish passport to good use in early 2020, declaring his intentions to move to Ireland and play for the national team. He went on the Ireland Wolves' tour to Namibia early that year, and impressed sufficiently to win a place in the squad for a three-match ODI series in England in July.

Thrown straight into the side, Campher made half-centuries in his first two international innings, and dismissed Tom Banton with his fourth ball on debut - whom he had previously trapped lbw while playing against him for South Africa U-19s. He also took a couple of wickets in the famous Irish victory in the third match of the series, and was immediately a fixture in the one-day side. "He's a great person to captain," said Andy Balbirnie.

Campher, a diminutive seam-bowling allrounder, has ambitions to move up the order and bat in the top six. He moved to Munster Reds ahead of the 2021 domestic season after playing for Leinster Lightning in his first summer as an adopted Irishman, though ankle surgery provided a setback. It was Niall O'Brien, the long-standing Ireland wicketkeeper, who first discovered that Campher qualified - thanks to his grandmother, who was brought up in Derry - while chatting to him during a warm-up match for the 2019 World Cup Qualifier.

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Curtis Campher Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
Tests510028911128.9059248.811044400
ODIs3729292412034.22115380.13169211120
T20Is4740774172*22.45581127.53036021230
FC714038611127.5784945.461056410
List A62524160412033.41189684.5921016220250
T20s776613115572*21.79858134.61049043370

Bowling

FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
Tests5539634052/132/1368.005.1579.2000
ODIs37301012999284/374/3735.675.9236.1100
T20Is4737607806274/254/2529.857.9622.4200
FC7749740562/132/1367.504.8882.8000
List A625120071892554/374/3734.405.6536.4200
T20s776410761575564/204/2028.128.7819.2300
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Andy Balbirnie holds aloft the series trophy
Curtis Campher and Andy Balbirnie added 70 runs for the second wicket
Lorcan Tucker and Curtis Campher put up a 43-run stand
Allrounder Curtis Campher, seen here with Ireland head coach Heinrich Malan, did not bowl in the first two T20Is
Curtis Campher shapes up to the ramp
Curtis Campher drives the ball through cover