Dan Cullen

Dan Cullen
Personal information
Full name
Daniel James Cullen
Born (1984-04-10) 10 April 1984 (age 40)
Woodville, South Australia
NicknameFiery
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm off break
RoleBowler
International information
National side
Only Test (cap 397)16 April 2006 v Bangladesh
ODI debut (cap 159)23 April 2006 v Bangladesh
Last ODI18 September 2006 v West Indies
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2004/05–2008/09South Australia
2006Somerset
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 1 5 46 55
Runs scored 2 567 123
Batting average 15.75 10.25
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0
Top score 2* 42 27*
Balls bowled 84 213 10,540 2,537
Wickets 1 2 130 56
Bowling average 54.00 73.50 44.28 35.39
5 wickets in innings 0 0 4 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 1/54 2/25 5/38 3/28
Catches/stumpings 0/– 2/– 10/– 10/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 11 December 2014

Daniel James Cullen (born 10 April 1984) is a former Australian first-class cricketer who played for South Australia and Somerset in a career that lasted from 2004 to 2009. He was a right-arm off break bowler who appeared six times for Australia, and was touted as a promising prospect to replace Shane Warne. However, a number of unproductive seasons meant that he lost his national contract in 2008, and was dropped by South Australia in 2010, ending his first-class career. Cullen was a member of the Australian team that won the 2006 ICC Champions Trophy.

He first appeared for South Australia in 2004, and after two strong seasons for South Australia, he was selected to tour Bangladesh with the national team in April 2006. He made his Test debut when other players were rested, and subsequently played the three ODIs on the tour. The following season, after a string of poor performances, he was replaced in South Australia's first-class team, and although he performed better in 2007–08, his bowling figures continued to wane, and he was eventually dropped from the state side, resulting in the loss of his South Australian contract at the end of the 2009–10 season.