Cullen Benjamin Bailey (born 26 February 1985) is a former Australian first-class

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er. A

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bowler, he represented

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in the Ryobi Cup and

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, the Australian domestic cricket competitions.

Cricket career

Along with former South Australian spinner

Dan Cullen Daniel James Cullen (born 10 April 1984) is a former Australian first-class cricketer who played for South Australia and Somerset in a career that lasted from 2004 to 2009. He was a right-arm off break bowler who appeared six times for Austra ...

, Bailey attended

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in Adelaide where he was coached by Kim Harris, former assistant coach of South Australia. Bailey had been coached by

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, the man who advised

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, and was thought to be a prospect to be the leg-spinner to follow Warne and

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into the

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. He was given a national contract but did not represent Australia. He took 5 for 90 and 3 for 89 when South Australia defeated

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by 19 runs at the

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in the Sheffield Shield in February 2009. 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

After retiring from cricket, Bailey now works in

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, and was

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for Environment and Water Minister

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References

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