Daryll Cullinan

Daryll Cullinan South AfricaPersonal information Full name Daryll John Cullinan Born 4 March 1967(1967-03-04) (age 41) Kimberley, Cape Province, South AfricaBatting style Right-handed Bowling style Right arm off breakInternational information Test debut (cap253) 2 January 1993: v IndiaLast Test 23 April 2001: v West IndiesODI debut (cap25) 9 February 1993: v PakistanLast ODI 4 November 2000: v New ZealandCareer statistics Tests ODI FC LAMatches 70 138 246 330 Runs scored 4554 3860 16261 8824 Batting average44.21 32.99 44.79 32.32 100s/50s 14/20 3/23 44/79 9/49 Top score 275*124 337*127*Ballsbowled 120 174 992 378 Wickets2 5 10 8 Bowling average35.50 24.80 48.60 38.62 5 wickets in innings– 0 0 0 10 wickets in match – n/a – n/a Best bowling 1/10 2/30 2/27 2/30 Catches/stumpings67/– 62/– 245/– 155/–

As of 2 June 2008
Source: Cricinfo

Daryll John Cullinan (born 4 March 1967 in Kimberley, Cape Province) is a former South African cricketer, who played Test cricket and One Day Internationals for South Africa as a specialist batsman. He was the youngest South African to score a first class century, at the age of 16. He also achieved the highest first-class score in domestic South African cricket at the time, scoring 337 not out. His highest Test score was 275 which was a South African record at the time (as of January 2008, the South African Test record for the highest individual contribution to an innings is 277, achieved by Graeme Smith against England)

Despite a first-class career spanning almost 20 years, sources such as the Herald Sun quote Cullinan as being Shane Warne's bunny. Cullinan averaged 12.75 against Australia, falling to Shane Warne, whom many believe to be the greatest leg spin bowler of all time, on four occasions.

Cullinan's career Test average of 44.21 is only surpassed by nine South Africans with more than ten Tests.

Cullinan was also involved in what is probably the most bizarre stoppage in the history of cricket, when 'calamari stopped play'. During a regional match in South Africa, Cullinan hit fellow SA international Roger Telemachus for six, whereupon it ended up in the kitchen and straight into a pan of fried calamari. According to Wisden, "Daryll Cullinan hit a six into a frying pan. It was about ten minutes before the ball was cool enough for the umpires to remove the grease. Even then, [the bowler] was unable to grip the ball and it had to be replaced".

Currently, Cullinan is the coach of the Kolkata Tigers in the Indian Cricket League.

References

Player Profile: Daryll Cullinan from Cricinfo

Daryll Cullinan's career performance graph. v • d • e South Africa squad- 1996 Cricket World Cup1 Cronje(c) • 2 Adams • 3 Cullinan • 4 de Villiers • 5 Donald • 6 Hudson • 7 Kallis • 8 Kirsten • 9 Matthews • 10 McMillan • 11 Palframan (wk) • 12 Pollock • 13 Rhodes • 14 Symcox

v • d • e South Africa squad- 1999 Cricket World Cup1 Cronje(c) • 2 Benkenstein • 3 Boje • 4 Boucher (wk) • 5 Crookes • 6 Cullinan • 7 Dawson • 8 Donald • 9 Elworthy • 10 Gibbs • 11 Kallis • 12 Kirsten • 13 Klusener • 14 Pollock • 15 Rhodes
Ntiniwas named in the original squad, but was replaced on 23 April 1999by Dawson

PersondataNAME Cullinan, Daryll John ALTERNATIVE NAMES Cullinan, Daryll SHORT DESCRIPTION Cricketer DATE OF BIRTH 4 March 1967PLACE OF BIRTH Kimberley, Cape Province, South AfricaDATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH ,