Cullen Benjamin Bailey is an Australian cricket

Cricket

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er. He is a leg-spin bowler, who represents South Australia

Southern Redbacks

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 in the Ford Ranger Cup and Sheffield Shield, the Australian domestic cricket competitions.

He is captain of Glenelg

Glenelg Cricket Club

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 in the Adelaide Grade Cricket

South Australian Grade Cricket League

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 competition, having previously captained Sturt

Sturt Cricket Club

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 where he won a premiership in his last year at the club in 2009/10. Along with former South Australian spinner Dan Cullen

Dan Cullen

Daniel James Cullen is an Australian cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and right-hand off break bowler. He plays his domestic cricket for South Australia and played for Somerset in the 2006 English cricket season....

, Bailey attended Westminster School

Westminster School, Adelaide

Westminster School is an independent, Uniting Church, Early Learning to Year 12, coeducational, day and boarding school located at Marion, South Australia, 12 km south of Adelaide. Founded as a Methodist day and boarding school for boys, the school was opened by the Prime Minister Robert...

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

Terry Jenner

Terrence James Jenner was an Australian cricketer who played nine Tests and one ODI from 1970 to 1975. He was primarily a leg-spin bowler and was known for his attacking, loopy style of bowling, but he was also a handy lower-order batsman...

, the man who advised Shane Warne

Shane Warne

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, and was thought to be a prospect to be the leg-spinner to follow the likes of Warne and Stuart MacGill

Stuart MacGill

Stuart Charles Glyndwr MacGill is a former right-arm leg spin bowler of the Australian cricket team, with a domestic career at Western Australia, New South Wales, Nottinghamshire, Devon and Somerset...

 into the Australian cricket team

Australian cricket team

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. He was given a national contract but some poor performances saw his contract not be renewed, and he now plays intermittently in the State side.

To date, Bailey has played 21 first-class matches, taking 63 wickets at an average of 43.31, with best figures of 5/90.

He has also played six one-day domestic games, with 9 wickets at an average of 33.00 and best bowling figures of 3/33.