Daryll Cullinan

Daryll Cullinan OBE
Personal information
Full name
Daryll John Cullinan
Born (1967-03-04) 4 March 1967 (age 57)
Kimberley,
Cape Province, South Africa
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight arm off break
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 253)2 January 1993 v India
Last Test23 April 2001 v West Indies
ODI debut (cap 25)9 February 1993 v Pakistan
Last ODI4 November 2000 v New Zealand
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1983/84–1995/96Border
1984/85Impalas
1984/85–1990/91Western Province
1991/92–1996/97Transvaal
1995Derbyshire
1997/98–2002/03Gauteng
2001Kent
2003/04Easterns
2003/04–2004/05Titans
Career statistics
Competition Tests ODI FC LA
Matches 70 138 246 330
Runs scored 4,554 3,860 16,261 8,824
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 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
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 first-class cricketer who played Test cricket and One Day Internationals for South Africa as a specialist batsman. He was regarded as the most gifted batsman of his generation as he was equally adept against pace or spin.[citation needed] Cullinan has said that his most important batting fundamentals were his balance, knowing where his off-stump was and getting his defence in order.[1] He ended up playing 70 tests and 138 ODIs for South Africa.[2] Cullinan's career Test average of 44.21 is only surpassed by ten South Africans with more than ten Tests.[3] At the time of his retirement, he held the record for scoring the most test centuries for South Africa, with 14.[4] Cullinan was a member of the South Africa team that won the 1998 ICC KnockOut Trophy, the only ICC trophy the country has won to date.

He also occasionally gives his insight about the sport through various platforms and calls himself a huge supporter of T20 cricket.[5][6] He was also a vocal advocate for the inclusion of more associate nations in ICC tournaments especially in T20 format when he specifically made the point during the 2012 ICC World Twenty20.[7] He was embroiled in numerous controversies during the latter part of his career including the fallout with the team-mates, fallout with the cricket board for his involvement in the Indian Cricket League.

  1. ^ "Batting is a life of torment". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
  2. ^ HAT Taal-en-feitegids, Pearson, December 2013, ISBN 978-1-77578-243-8
  3. ^ "South Africa Highest averages". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 29 October 2018.
  4. ^ "Hooper and Lara breathe fresh life into West Indies". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
  5. ^ "A good slipper needs to train as hard as some of the best keepers". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
  6. ^ "Watch - 'You just want to get out in one piece when facing Allan Donald' - Daryll Cullinan". ThePapare.com. 27 October 2021. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
  7. ^ "World T20 should include more Associates - Cullinan". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 March 2022.