Cullen Bailey

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Cullen Bailey
Personal information
Full name
Cullen Benjamin Bailey
Born (1985-02-26) 26 February 1985 (age 39)
Bedford Park, South Australia, Australia
NicknameRev
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingLegbreak googly
RoleBowler
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2004/05–2012/13South Australia
First-class debut10 March 2005 South Australia v Tasmania
Last First-class25 November 2011 South Australia v Queensland
List A debut25 January 2006 South Australia v Western Australia
Last List A14 February 2013 South Australia v New South Wales
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20
Matches 31 11 6
Runs scored 812 55 1
Batting average 21.36 27.50 1.00
100s/50s 0/3 0/0 0/0
Top score 91 19* 1
Balls bowled 6241 426 90
Wickets 79 12 3
Bowling average 49.46 35.50 47.33
5 wickets in innings 2 0 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 5/90 3/33 1/28
Catches/stumpings 16/0 2/0 0/0
Source: CricketArchive, 5 November 2011

Cullen Benjamin Bailey (born 26 February 1985) is a former Australian first-class cricketer. A leg-spin bowler, he represented South Australia in the Ryobi Cup and Sheffield Shield, the Australian domestic cricket competitions.

Cricket career[edit]

Along with former South Australian spinner Dan Cullen, Bailey attended Westminster School in Adelaide where he was coached by Kim Harris, former assistant coach of South Australia. Bailey had been coached by Terry Jenner, the man who advised Shane Warne, and was thought to be a prospect to be the leg-spinner to follow Warne and Stuart MacGill into the Australian cricket team. He was given a national contract but did not represent Australia.[1] He took 5 for 90 and 3 for 89 when South Australia defeated Queensland by 19 runs at the Adelaide Oval in the Sheffield Shield in February 2009.[2]

Bailey captained Sturt to the premiership in the Adelaide Grade Cricket competition in his last year at the club in 2009/10. He then played for Glenelg, captaining them in 2012/13 to their first premiership in 39 years.

Post-retirement life[edit]

After retiring from cricket, Bailey now works in media management, and was chief of staff for Environment and Water Minister David Speirs.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Cricinfo, "Cullen Bailey", retrieved 6 February 2010
  2. ^ "Adelaide, February 13-16, 2009, Sheffield Shield". Cricinfo. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
  3. ^ "Corporate Ladder: Your weekly guide to executive appointments". 19 July 2020.