Daryll Cullinan

Daryll Cullinan

Personal information
Full name	Daryll John Cullinan
Born	4 March 1967 (1967-03-04) (age 44) Kimberley, Cape Province, South Africa
Batting style	Right-handed
Bowling style	Right arm off break
International information
National side	South Africa
Test debut (cap 253)	2 January 1993 v India
Last Test	23 April 2001 v West Indies
ODI debut (cap 25)	9 February 1993 v Pakistan
Last ODI	4 November 2000 v New Zealand
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1983–1985	Border
1984–1985	Impalas
1985–1991	Western Province
1991–1997	Transvaal
1995	Derbyshire
1997–2003	Gauteng
2001	Kent
2004–2005	Titans
Career statistics
Competition	Tests	ODI	FC	LA
Matches	70	138	246	330
Runs scored	4554	3860	16261	8824
Batting average	44.21	32.99	44.79	32.32
100s/50s	14/20	3/23	44/79	9/49
Top score	275*	124	337*	127*
Balls bowled	120	174	992	378
Wickets	2	5	10	8
Bowling average	35.50	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/stumpings	67/–	62/–	245/–	155/–
Source: Cricinfo, 2 June 2008

Daryll John Cullinan (born 4 March 1967) 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 on four occasions.^[1] Cullinan also fell to Warne eight times in One-Day Internationals.^[2]

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 an unusual stoppage 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".^[3]

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

Notes

1. ^ Cricinfo Statsguru: DJ Cullinan bowlers dismissed by in Tests
2. ^ Cricinfo Statsguru: DJ Cullinan bowlers dismissed by in ODIs
3. ^ Turning the tables, Cricinfo, Retrieved 3 May 2009

References

• Player Profile: Daryll Cullinan from ESPNcricinfo

Daryll Cullinan's career performance graph.

Persondata
Name	Cullinan, Daryll John
Alternative names	Cullinan, Daryll
Short description	Cricketer
Date of birth	4 March 1967
Place of birth	Kimberley, Cape Province, South Africa
Date of death
Place of death	,