Mark Ronald Cullinan (born 3 April 1957) is a

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former

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er. Cullinan was born at

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in April 1957 and educated at Hilton College. He studied at university in South Africa, making his debut in

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for a combined

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against

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in 1979.

Career

He later before undertook his post-graduate studies in England at

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. He played first-class cricket while studying in England for

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, debuting for the university against

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in 1983. He played first-class cricket for Oxford until 1984, making a total of fifteen appearances. He scored a total of 210 runs in his fifteen matches for Oxford, with an

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of 11.66 and a high score of 59. In addition to playing first-class cricket while at Oxford, he also made two List A one-day appearances for the Combined Universities cricket team in the

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. He later became a diamond dealer and currently resides in Monaco.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cullinan, Mark 1957 births Living people Cricketers from Johannesburg South African Universities cricketers Alumni of Worcester College, Oxford Oxford University cricketers British Universities cricketers Alumni of Hilton College (South Africa)