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Full name Cullen Benjamin Bailey
Born February 26, 1985, Bedford Park, Adelaide, South Australia
Current age 23 years 195 days
Major teams Australia,South Australia
Nickname Rev
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Legbreak googly
Height
1.87 m
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
First-class
20
31
7
437
54
18.20
1275
34.27
0
1
43
2
7
0
List A
6
3
2
15
11*
15.00
19
78.94
0
0
1
0
2
0
Twenty20
1
1
0
1
1
1.00
1
100.00
0
0
0
0
0
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
First-class
20
4078
2550
55
5/146
46.36
3.75
74.1
4
1
0
List A
6
6
282
297
9
3/33
3/33
33.00
6.31
31.3
0
0
0
Twenty20
1
1
12
21
0
-
-
-
10.50
-
0
0
0
Career statistics
First-class debut
2004/05
Last First-class
New South Wales v South Australia at Sydney, Mar 7-9, 2008 scorecard
List A debut
Western Australia v South Australia at Perth, Jan 25, 2006 scorecard
Last List A
Pakistan A v Australia A at Lahore, Sep 9, 2007 scorecard
Only Twenty20
Australia A v New Zealand A at Darwin, Jul 9, 2006 scorecard
Profile
Cullen Bailey forms half of the young and exciting slow-bowling partnership at South Australia with Daniel Cullen that sounds more like a family accountancy firm and has been employed to balance the nation's spin future. Cullen's offspin has already turned him into an international and Bailey, a leggie, has been earmarked to follow Shane Warne and Stuart MacGill. The task will be much harder than finding turn on a first-day pitch.
On the May day Bailey flew out for his honeymoon in Malaysia he was unveiled as a new addition on Cricket Australia's contract list. With Warne in international retirement in England, the squad was heavy on old and new spinners with visions of replacing the irreplaceable. Terry Jenner, the man who kept such a valuable eye on Warne since his false start at the Academy, also coaches Bailey and has warned of an early Test promotion for a bowler who is only 22. "It would be devastating for a young player to follow Warne straight in," Jenner said.
Bailey's figures over the past three years should also lead to caution no matter how desperate a selection panel is to find the next Warne, or even the next MacGill. His debut came in the final Pura Cup game of 2004-05 after a fine grade season for his club Sturt and the next summer he bowled the Redbacks to victory over Tasmania with 5 for 146, earning 18 wickets at 47.55 in six matches and a memorable stumping of Michael Bevan. Darren Lehmann, the former captain, would set attacking fields, ignoring the building runs for the increasing wickets, and it is a contributing factor to Bailey's high average.
In 2006-07 Bailey emerged as the state's first-choice first-class spinner, playing eight Pura Cup games to Cullen's five, and returned 26 wickets at 41.15. The national selectors were impressed, he was placed on a six-figure salary, and now the Redbacks have to shoehorn two players on Cricket Australia's books into their starting sides. It will be easier in the one-day competition, where Bailey has played only a handful of matches. He has started a media degree at university and wrote columns about his time at the Centre of Excellence in 2006. Peter English July 2007
