the next best thing for South African cricket. Despite all the hype around him, he was also subjected to abuse and bullying at the tender age of 16 during a domestic match against Transvaal and Cullinan himself admitted that he was an introvert and had to cope up with the bullying. Despite excelling at first-class level from a young age, he had to wait for a long time for his turn to play test cricket due to the fact that South Africa was still banned from international cricket until 1992 due to apartheid. He revealed that his initial ambition is to play country cricket because of the ban on South African cricket which led to lack of exposure. He also achieved the highest first-class score in domestic South African cricket at the time, scoring 337 not out. Cullinan was also involved in an unusual stoppage when 'calamari stopped play'. During a regional match in South Africa, Cullinan hit fellow international Roger Telemachus for six, whereupon it ended up in the kitchen and straight into a pan of fried calamari. According to Wisden, "Daryll Cullinan hit a six into a frying pan. It was about ten minutes before the ball was cool enough for the umpires to remove the grease. Even then, [the bowler] was unable to grip the ball and it had to be replaced". His first-class career spanned almost 20 years and he went onto plsy first-class cricket for six different teams in South African domestic competition including Transvaal, Western Province, Easterns, Titans, Border and Gauteng. He also pursued county cricket featuring for Derbyshire in 1995 and then for Kent in 2001. He signed off from domestic first-class cricket with a first innings century in March 2005 and it also turned out to be his final first-class match. International career He made his test debut against India on 2 January 1993 at Cape Town and made 46 in the first innings following it up with a score of 28 in the second innings and ultimately the test ended in a draw. He made his ODI debut on 9 February 1993 against Pakistan at Durban during the 1992–93 Total International Series but he was dismissed for a silver duck by Waqar Younis as Pakistan registered a stunning 10 run victory defending a modest total of just 208 despite the heroics of Andrew Hudson for South Africa in the run chase.