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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.
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Daryll Cullinan's career performance graph.
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