Former Gloucestershire cricketer Kevin Curran dies aged 53
Former Gloucestershire cricketer Kevin Curran has died at the age of 53.
Curran - who was also the Zimbabwe national team's former coach - is understood to have collapsed while jogging.
He had played for Gloucestershire and Northamptonshire before he retired in 1999.
Zimbabwe Cricket say the exact cause of death is not yet known.
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Curran played in the 1983 and 1987 World Cups for Zimbabwe and made over 1,000 runs in a season five times in the English domestic game.
After retiring in 1999 he had a spell as assistant coach of Zimbabwe before taking charge of the Namibian team.
He was also Zimbabwe coach from 2005 to 2007.
Comments
by Lord_Cider
Thursday, October 11 2012, 12:47PM
“Very, very sad news. Top man was Kevin and a great player.”