Cullen Benjamin Bailey (born 26 February 1985 in Bedford Park,

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) is a former Australian First Class

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er. He is a leg-spin bowler, who represented

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in the Ryobi Cup and

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, the Australian domestic cricket competitions. He played for Glenelg in the Adelaide Grade Cricket competition, having previously captained Sturt where he won a premiership in his last year at the club in 2009/10. In 2012/13, he captained Glenelg to their first premiership in 39 years. Along with former South Australian spinner

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

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into the

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. He was given a national contract but did not represent Australia.

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 David Speirs.

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1985 births Australian cricketers South Australia cricketers Living people People educated at Westminster School, Adelaide Cricketers from Adelaide {{Australia-cricket-bio-1980s-stub

Post-retirement life

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