Daryll John Cullinan (born 4 March 1967) is a former South African first-class cricketer who played Test cricket and One Day Internationals for South Africa as a specialist batsman. He was regarded as the most gifted batsman of his generation as he was equally adept against pace or spin. The three basic fundamentals Cullinan put into practice when it comes to batting aspect were: the balance, knowing where his off-stump was and getting his defence in order. He ended up playing 70 tests and 138 ODIs for South Africa. Cullinan's career Test average of 44.21 is only surpassed by ten South Africans with more than ten Tests. During the time of his retirement, he held the record for scoring most number of test centuries for South Africa with 14. He also occasionally gives his insight about the sport through various platforms and calls himself a huge supporter of T20 cricket. He was also a vocal advocate for the inclusion of more associate nations in ICC tournaments especially in T20 format when he specifically made the point during the 2012 ICC World Twenty20. He was embroiled in numerous controversies during the latter part of his career including the fallout with the team-mates, fallout with the cricket board for his involvement in the Indian Cricket League. Biography He grew up in Queenstown and pursued his primary education at the Queen's College Boys' High School. He started watching the sport of squash from a young age but his father discouraged it by saying you will not make a living out of playing squash but his father recommended him to stick to cricket. He grew up in apartheid hit South Africa especially when South Africa faced a shortage of cricket matches due to political constraints. He idolised Graeme Pollock while growing up and calling him a true star. Domestic career Cullinan made his first-class debut in 1983. At the age of 15, critics also drew comparisons of his batting intensity to that of Barry Richards. He became the youngest South African to score a first-class century, at the age of 16 years and 304 days in 1985. Soon after he eclipsed the record of Graeme Pollock to become the youngest ever South African first-class centurion, he was tagged as the “new Graeme Pollock” when he was still a schoolboy. He emerged as a child prodigy and was dubbed by many in cricketing fraternity as