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Watson close to bowling comeback: Lillee
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Bazza
International 12th Man
Cullinan's a strange one - test average of 44, which is very creditable and puts him up there with the best South Africans (I mean Kirsten, Kallis, Gibbs as opposed to Pollock who's on his own and Richards didn't play enough to judge), yet he never made runs against Australia or Pakistan, maybe the two strongest attacks of his era. He just beat up on weak teams like England 
and Sri Lanka.
Why did he retire? I can't remember but he was only 33. I seem to recall it was something other than he'd achieved everything he wanted to or was too old to carry on. He could have had 6000 runs by now, and whilst he's no Ricky Ponting, he's better than Neil McKenzie! :P
and Sri Lanka.Why did he retire? I can't remember but he was only 33. I seem to recall it was something other than he'd achieved everything he wanted to or was too old to carry on. He could have had 6000 runs by now, and whilst he's no Ricky Ponting, he's better than Neil McKenzie! :P
age_master
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trying to get rid of those shane warne nightmares maybeBazza said:
Richard
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Still, I don't feel McKenzie's done his ability justice yet. He's not going to be Cullinan and I don't expect him to be, but I'd be surprised if he wasn't averaging close to 40 in a few years' time.Bazza said:Cullinan's a strange one - test average of 44, which is very creditable and puts him up there with the best South Africans (I mean Kirsten, Kallis, Gibbs as opposed to Pollock who's on his own and Richards didn't play enough to judge), yet he never made runs against Australia or Pakistan, maybe the two strongest attacks of his era. He just beat up on weak teams like England
Why did he retire? I can't remember but he was only 33. I seem to recall it was something other than he'd achieved everything he wanted to or was too old to carry on. He could have had 6000 runs by now, and whilst he's no Ricky Ponting, he's better than Neil McKenzie! :P
I rated Cullinan as one of the finest players I've ever seen against seam, just at times totally clueless against spin. Very similar to Alec Stewart. And I certainly was disappointed in his early retirement.
