Dan Cullen

Dan Cullen

Australia

Full name Daniel James Cullen
Born April 10, 1984, Woodville, Adelaide, South Australia
Current age 22 years 325 days
Major teams Australia, Somerset, South Australia
Nickname Fiery
Playing role Bowler
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
Height 1.83 m

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Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct	St
Tests	1	0	0	0	0	-	0	-	0	0	0	0	0	0
ODIs	5	1	1	2	2*	-	3	66.66	0	0	0	0	2	0
First-class	30	39	16	362	42	15.73			0	0			9	0
List A	36	12	5	87	27*	12.42	151	57.61	0	0			7	0
Twenty20	8	6	2	29	10	7.25	39	74.35	0	0			6	0

Bowling averages

	Mat	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5	10
Tests	1	84	54	1	1/25	1/54	54.00	3.85	84.00	0	0	0
ODIs	5	213	147	2	2/25	2/25	73.50	4.14	106.50	0	0	0
First-class	30	6902	3771	89	5/38		42.37	3.27	77.55	4	4	0
List A	36	1664	1238	35	3/28	3/28	35.37	4.46	47.54	0	0	0
Twenty20	8	180	201	12	3/23	3/23	16.75	6.70	15.00	0	0	0

Career statistics
Only Test	Bangladesh v Australia at Chittagong (CDS) - Apr 16-20, 2006
ODI debut	Bangladesh v Australia at Chittagong (CDS) - Apr 23, 2006
Last ODI	Australia v West Indies at Kuala Lumpur - Sep 18, 2006
First-class span	2004/05 - 2006/07
List A span	2004/05 - 2006/07
Twenty20 span	2005/06 - 2006/07

Notes

Bradman Young Cricketer of the Year - 2006

Profile

Add another name to South Australia's impressive list of slow bowlers. After Clarrie Grimmett, Ashley Mallett, Terry Jenner and Tim May comes the offspinner Dan Cullen. An exciting dyed-blond deceiver, Cullen is tipped to replace Shane Warne as Australia's long-term No. 1 and has developed similar characteristics to the hero he chased for an autograph as a 10-year-old. A crafty, heavy-turner who carries a sense of mystery and Australian innovation with his ability to deliver the doosra, Cullen has shown during a steep introduction that he is unafraid to upset batsmen with his flight, dip, spin or verbal banter. Still only 22, he burst into the Pura Cup two seasons ago with 43 wickets at 30.37 and while his second summer in 2005-06 was harder - a broken finger was collected alongside 27 victims at 47.88 - he was named the Bradman Young Cricketer of the Year at the Allan Border Medal.

"I faced him last year, he has all the toys, he is young and he has got a bit of fire about him," Warne said late in 2005. "He will definitely play for Australia. It is good to see we have a genuine offspinner." Warne's prediction was fulfilled on the tour of Bangladesh when Cullen formed part of a rare three-pronged spin attack for the second Test at Chittagong, picking up Mashrafe Mortaza and bowling 14 overs in the game. He stayed on for the one-day series and was economical in the three matches, securing a spot in the list of nationally-contracted players ahead of Cameron White, the Victoria legspinner. A student of Jenner, who has Warne as his most famous and successful client, Cullen had more chances to run into his childhood idol during an off-season at Somerset, where he struggled for penetration on the county's batsmen-friendly surface.