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{{Short description|Australian cricketer}}
{{Other people|George Bailey}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2020}}
{{Use Australian English|date=August 2012}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = George Bailey
| image = GEORGE BAILEY (11704709453).jpg
| caption = Bailey in 2014
| full_name = George John Bailey
| nickname = Hector<ref name=ESPNcricinfoprofile/>
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1982|9|7|df=yes}}<ref>{{cite web|title=George Bailey |url=http://www.cricket.com.au/teams/australia-men/the-squad/george-bailey |work=cricket.com.au |publisher=[[Cricket Australia]] |access-date=15 January 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116110728/http://www.cricket.com.au/teams/australia-men/the-squad/george-bailey |archive-date=16 January 2014 }}</ref>
| birth_place = [[Launceston, Tasmania]], Australia
| heightcm = 178
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling = Right-arm [[Fast bowling|medium]]
| role = [[Batting order (cricket)#Top order|Top-order batter]]
| family = [[George Bailey (cricketer, born 1853)|George H. Bailey]] (great-great-grandfather)
| international = true
| internationalspan = 2012–2017
| country = Australia
| testdebutdate = 21 November
| testdebutyear = 2013
| testdebutagainst = England
| testcap = 436
| lasttestdate = 3 January
| lasttestyear = 2014
| lasttestagainst = England

| odidebutdate = 16 March
| odidebutyear = 2012
| odidebutagainst = West Indies
| odicap = 195
| lastodidate = 9 December
| lastodiyear = 2016
| lastodiagainst = New Zealand
| odishirt = 2

| T20Idebutdate = 1 February
| T20Idebutyear = 2012
| T20Idebutagainst = India
| T20Icap = 55
| lastT20Idate = 15 September
| lastT20Iyear = 2017
| lastT20Iagainst = Pakistan
| lastT20Ifor = World XI
| T20Ishirt = 2

| club1 = [[Tasmania cricket team|Tasmania]]
| year1 = {{nowrap|2001/02–2019/20}}
| clubnumber1 = 10
| club2 = [[Scotland national cricket team|Scotland]]
| year2 = 2007–2010
| club3 = [[Chennai Super Kings]]
| year3 = 2009–2010
| club4 = [[Melbourne Stars]]
| year4 = 2011/12
| club5 = [[Hobart Hurricanes]]
| year5 = 2012/13–2019/20
| club6 = [[Hampshire County Cricket Club|Hampshire]]
| year6 = 2013, 2017
| club7 = [[Kings XI Punjab]]
| year7 = 2014–2015
| club8 = [[Sussex County Cricket Club|Sussex]]
| year8 = 2015
| club9 = [[Rising Pune Supergiants]]
| year9 = 2016
| club10 = [[Middlesex County Cricket Club|Middlesex]]
| year10 = 2016
| clubnumber11 = 10
| columns = 4
| hidedeliveries = true
| column1 = [[Test cricket|Test]]
| matches1 = 5
| runs1 = 183
| bat avg1 = 26.14
| 100s/50s1 = 0/1
| top score1 = 53
| deliveries1 = –
| wickets1 = –
| bowl avg1 = –
| fivefor1 = –
| tenfor1 = –
| best bowling1 = –
| catches/stumpings1 = 10/–
| column2 = [[One Day International|ODI]]
| matches2 = 90
| runs2 = 3,044
| bat avg2 = 40.58
| 100s/50s2 = 3/22
| top score2 = 156
| deliveries2 = –
| wickets2 = –
| bowl avg2 = –
| fivefor2 = –
| tenfor2 = –
| best bowling2 = –
| catches/stumpings2 = 48/–
| column3 = [[Twenty20 International|T20I]]
| matches3 = 30
| runs3 = 473
| bat avg3 = 24.89
| 100s/50s3 = 0/2
| top score3 = 63
| deliveries3 = 0
| wickets3 = 0
| bowl avg3 = –
| fivefor3 = –
| tenfor3 = –
| best bowling3 = –
| catches/stumpings3 = 10/–
| column4 = [[First-class cricket|FC]]
| matches4 = 161
| runs4 = 10,079
| bat avg4 = 38.32
| 100s/50s4 = 24/52
| top score4 = 200[[not out|*]]
| deliveries4 = 102
| wickets4 = 0
| bowl avg4 =0
| fivefor4 = 0
| tenfor4 = 0
| best bowling4 = 0
| catches/stumpings4 = 136/–

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/4451.html ESPNcricinfo
| date = 10 December
| year = 2019
| medaltemplates = 
{{MedalSport|Men's [[Cricket]]}}
{{MedalCountry |{{AUS}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[ICC Cricket World Cup]]}}
{{Medal|W|[[2015 Cricket World Cup|2015 Australia and New Zealand]]|}}
}}
'''George John Bailey''' (born 7 September 1982) is a former Australian [[cricket]]er, who played all formats for the [[Australia national cricket team|national team]] and [[Captain (cricket)|captain]]<nowiki/>ed the team in [[Limited overs cricket|limited-over]] formats. Domestically, Bailey played for the [[Tasmania cricket team|Tasmanian cricket team]] in all three domestic state competitions (the [[Sheffield Shield]], [[Australian domestic limited-overs cricket tournament|One-Day Cup]] and [[KFC Twenty20 Big Bash]]) as well as the [[Hobart Hurricanes]] and [[Melbourne Stars]] in the Twenty20 Big Bash's successor, the [[Big Bash League|KFC Big Bash League]]. He has also played in the [[Indian Premier League]] and [[T20 Blast]], and in Scotland with Grange Cricket Club. Bailey was a member of the Australian team that won the [[2015 Cricket World Cup]].

Bailey was appointed as [[Twenty20]] [[captain (cricket)|captain]] of the [[Australian national cricket team|Australian national team]] in 2012, succeeding [[Cameron White]] prior to the two match series against India that ended 1–1. He became the second ever Australian to captain an international game without having played an international game before, after [[Dave Gregory (cricketer)|Dave Gregory]] in the first ever [[English cricket team in Australia in 1876–77|Test match]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia-v-india-2011/content/story/550527.html|title=Bailey named Australia's T20 captain, Hogg recalled|date=23 January 2012|work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=9 September 2018}}</ref> On 1 May 2013, Bailey was appointed the vice-captain of the Australian ODI team for the [[2013 ICC Champions Trophy]].<ref>{{cite news |title= George Bailey beats Matthew Wade to Australian vice-captaincy for Champions Trophy |url= http://sports.ndtv.com/cricket/news/207113-george-bailey-beats-matthew-wade-to-australian-vice-captaincy-for-champions-trophy |archive-url= https://archive.today/20130629233211/http://sports.ndtv.com/cricket/news/207113-george-bailey-beats-matthew-wade-to-australian-vice-captaincy-for-champions-trophy |url-status= dead |archive-date= 29 June 2013 |publisher=[[NDTV]] |date= 1 May 2013 |access-date= 1 May 2013 }}</ref>

He captained the Australian team [[Australian cricket team in India in 2013–14|in India]] in ODI in the absence of [[Michael Clarke (cricketer)|Michael Clarke]].

In November 2013, Bailey was named in the Australian team for the [[2013–14 Ashes series]] against England. He played all five matches of the series,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/the-ashes-2013-14/content/story/687669.html|title=Bailey named in Test squad|access-date=9 September 2018|date=12 November 2013}}</ref> but was subsequently dropped from the Test team.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/cricket/george-bailey-dropped-from-test-side-to-tour-south-africa-shaun-marsh-in-squad/story-fni2fnmo-1226805410076 |title=George Bailey dropped from Test side to tour South Africa, Shaun Marsh in squad |author=Conn, Malcolm |work=Daily Telegraph |date=20 January 2014 |access-date=16 January 2015}}</ref>

In the 2017–18 season, Bailey won his first Ricky Ponting Medal for Tasmania's best player in the previous season.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.theadvocate.com.au/story/5315735/george-bailey-crowned-the-ricky-ponting-medalist-for-2017-18/ |title=George Bailey crowned the Ricky Ponting medalist for 2017–18 |author=Fair, Alex |newspaper=The Advocate |date=30 March 2018 |access-date=31 March 2018}}</ref> He was appointed as the [[Australian cricket selectors|chief selector]] of [[Cricket Australia]] in August 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/george-bailey-named-chairman-of-selectors-of-australia-men-1271665|title = George Bailey named chairman of selectors of Australia men's team}}</ref>

==Early life and education==
Bailey is the great-great-grandson of [[George Bailey (cricketer, born 1853)|George Herbert Bailey]], who represented Tasmania in 15 first-class matches, and the great-grandson of [[George Bailey (cricketer, born 1882)|Keith Bailey]], who represented Tasmania in two first-class matches.<ref name=ESPNcricinfoprofile>{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/player/4451.html#profile |title=George Bailey |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=2 February 2018}}</ref> He was born and raised in [[Launceston, Tasmania]]. He attended the [[Launceston Church Grammar School]], where he was school captain and graduated in 2000.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Wu|first1=Andrew|title=The rise of George Bailey|url=http://www.smh.com.au/sport/cricket/the-rise-of-george-bailey-20131101-2wsiq.html|access-date=19 June 2016|work=Sydney Morning Herald|publisher=Fairfax Media|date=2 November 2013}}</ref> He then studied business at the [[University of Tasmania]], and resided at [[Jane Franklin Hall]]. Bailey graduated with a Graduate Certificate of Management in 2016,<ref>{{cite news |title=University of Tasmania Graduates |url=https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info%3Asid/infoweb.newsbank.com&svc_dat=AWGLNB&req_dat=1054640702C8DBC0&rft_val_format=info%3Aofi/fmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Actx&rft_dat=document_id%3Anews%252F16141D998934E730 |access-date=8 October 2024 |work=The Mercury (Hobart) |via=Newsbank |date=14 December 2016 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> and completed a [[Master of Business Administration]] degree at the university in 2019.<ref>{{cite web |title=Dean's Honour Roll - 2019 Graduates |url=https://www.utas.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0009/1361637/Deans-Roll-2019-Graduates-for-web.pdf |website=The University of Tasmania |access-date=8 October 2024}}</ref>

==Domestic and T20 franchise career==
[[File:George Bailey 2008.jpg|thumb|left|Bailey playing with Tasmania in 2008.]]

A destructive striker who can change a match within a few overs, Bailey arrived as a state one-day player at the age of 19 after playing his junior cricket with the [[South Launceston Cricket Club]]. Bailey was first selected to play for Tasmania in 2005/06, due to injuries to regular players, and he was given an extended stint in the first-class team, scoring 778 [[Pura Cup]] runs, including three centuries, and earning a second invitation to the academy.

Talk of the state leadership and possible national team representation began that summer,{{Citation needed|date=November 2020}} after he scored a highest score was 155 against South Australia, an innings that formed part of a state-record fourth-wicket partnership of 292 with [[Travis Birt]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=3 November 2006|title=Birt and Bailey lead Tasmania to tight victory|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8626/report/251634/tasmania-vs-queensland-ford-ranger-one-day-cup-2006-07|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201103194420/https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8626/report/251634/tasmania-vs-queensland-ford-ranger-one-day-cup-2006-07|archive-date=3 November 2020|access-date=3 November 2020|work=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=5 November 2006|title=Watch out for the Tigers: Perren|work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]|url=https://www.smh.com.au/sport/watch-out-for-the-tigers-perren-20061105-gdorb4.html|url-status=live|access-date=3 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201103193837/https://www.smh.com.au/sport/watch-out-for-the-tigers-perren-20061105-gdorb4.html|archive-date=3 November 2020}}</ref>

Another highlight came shortly before the 2006/07 season, when he bludgeoned 136 from 65 balls for the academy against a Zimbabwe Board XI. Bailey is a former national under-19 player.

Further prominent performances in the coming seasons saw Bailey play for Australia against the All Star team in the All Star Twenty20 match in 2009. Bailey was appointed as the permanent captain of Tasmania for the 2009/10 season, replacing [[Daniel Marsh]].

In February 2011, Bailey led Tasmania to a five wicket Sheffield Shield win over Victoria where he scored an unbeaten 160. Needing 130 in the final session, he and [[James Faulkner (cricketer)|James Faulkner]] pushed the Tigers past the total in the 91st over of play on the final day to lift Tasmania to second on the table behind New South Wales.

He captained Tasmania to its second [[Sheffield Shield]] title against New South Wales at [[Bellerive Oval]] in 2010/11.

In the 2011/12 [[Ryobi Cup]] final in Adelaide, Bailey showed he is made of stern stuff; he scored 101 and was out in the last over. But although Tasmania tied with South Australia, they lost the title because South Australia finished top of the ladder that season.

In 2012, he was signed by the [[Melbourne Stars]] for the first season of the [[Big Bash League]]. Bailey scored 114 runs at an average of 19 for the [[Melbourne Stars]] in the [[Big Bash League]].

In 2016, Bailey was signed by the [[Rising Pune Supergiants]], a new [[Indian Premier League]] team, as a replacement to [[Faf du Plessis]] who was ruled out of due to a finger injury. This was Bailey's third [[Indian Premier League|IPL]] team after [[Chennai Super Kings]] and [[Kings XI Punjab]] where he was captain for last two years as the franchise decided to release him and there was no buyer for him [[List of 2016 Indian Premier League personnel changes|2016 auction]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/indian-premier-league-2016/content/story/1007071.html|title=Supergiants sign George Bailey|access-date=9 September 2018|date=2 May 2016}}</ref>

In June 2019, he was selected to play for the Montreal Tigers franchise team in the [[2019 Global T20 Canada]] tournament.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.canadacricket.com/?p=12755 |title=Global T20 draft streamed live |work=Canada Cricket Online |access-date=20 June 2019|date=20 June 2019 }}</ref>

==International career==
{| class="wikitable" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; width: 40%; font-size: 90%;"
|-
!colspan="8"|'''George Bailey's record as captain'''
|-
| ||Matches||Won||Lost||Drawn||Tied||No result||Win %
|-
|ODI<ref>{{cite web |title=List of ODI Captains |url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/australia/engine/records/individual/list_captains.html?class=2;id=2;type=team |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=2 September 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150927204001/http://stats.espncricinfo.com/australia/engine/records/individual/list_captains.html?class=2%3Bid%3D2%3Btype%3Dteam |archive-date=27 September 2015 }}</ref> ||29||16||10||0||0||3||55.17%
|-
|Twenty20<ref>{{cite web |title=List of Twenty20 Captains |url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/australia/engine/records/individual/list_captains.html?class=3;id=2;type=team |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=2 September 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150922073742/http://stats.espncricinfo.com/australia/engine/records/individual/list_captains.html?class=3%3Bid%3D2%3Btype%3Dteam |archive-date=22 September 2015 }}</ref> ||28||14||13||0||1||–||50%
|-
|colspan=2|''Date last Updated:''
|colspan=8|2 September 2015
|}
In early 2010, Bailey was called up for the ODIs in New Zealand when [[Michael Clarke (cricketer)|Michael Clarke]] returned home for personal reasons – but did not win a cap. He subsequently had to wait until 2012 to make his international debut. When he did, he did so as captain of the Australian national [[Twenty20]] team, succeeding [[Cameron White]] prior to the two match series against India,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia-v-india-2011/content/story/550527.html |title=Bailey named Australia's T20 captain, Hogg recalled |author=Coverdale, Brydon |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |date=23 January 2012 |access-date=16 January 2015}}</ref> which ended 1–1. He became the second ever Australian to captain an international game, without having played an international game before, after [[Dave Gregory (cricketer)|Dave Gregory]] in the first ever Test match.<ref>{{Cite news|date=31 January 2012|title=I'm nervous both as captain and player: George Bailey|work=[[The Indian Express]]|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/im-nervous-both-as-captain-and-player-george-bailey/906086/|url-status=live|access-date=3 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201103194915/http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/im-nervous-both-as-captain-and-player-george-bailey/906086/|archive-date=3 November 2020}}</ref>
[[File:GEORGE BAILEY (11704473055).jpg|thumb|right|232px|Bailey with Australia in 2014]]
When he walked out as leader for the T20 at Sydney's Stadium Australia and the match at the [[MCG]], Bailey was in charge of a new-look side. The fast-bowling allrounder [[James Faulkner (cricketer)|James Faulkner]] was on his debut, the batsman [[Travis Birt]] had earned a recall nearly two years after his last international appearance and [[Brad Hogg]] had returned after retiring in 2008.

There had been criticism over his appointment. Bailey's highest score in the shortest format at the time of his appointment had been 60 and he had made only one T20 half-century in the previous three seasons, but he said batting at No.5 opportunities were often limited.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Captain Bailey defends his T20 record |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/australia-v-india-1st-t20-sydney-captain-george-bailey-defends-his-t20-record-551518 |access-date=2024-06-09 |website=ESPNcricinfo |language=en}}</ref> He led Australia to victory in his first game. He presided over a 31-run defeat of India in his first match promoting [[Matthew Wade]] to the opener's post where he scored 72 .

In second match of the series Australia lost the match and series was levelled. He made some hasty decisions such as sending [[Matthew Wade]] at No. 6 given the fact that in the first match he had opened and made 72. He still contributed with 32 and his opening replacement [[Aaron Finch]] top-scored with 36, but [[Shaun Marsh]] at first drop failed to score and the batting was weakened with the allrounders [[Daniel Christian]] and [[James Faulkner (cricketer)|James Faulkner]] left out.

He was named in [[One Day International|ODI]] the squad for the West Indies tour. As a result of an injury to Australian captain [[Michael Clarke (cricketer)|Michael Clarke]], he was included in the first ODI of the series and Bailey top scored with 48 runs in Australia's 204 for 8. He was the third highest run scorer in the series with 172 runs behind [[Kieron Pollard]] and [[Michael Hussey]]. He also scored his first half-century.

During a T20 series against West Indies, he scored 45 runs in two matches. Like the India series, the West Indies series was ended in tie. Australia won the first match by 8 wickets but lost the second match by 14 runs.

At the start of the Ireland and England tour it was decided that Bailey would not receive a central contract for the 2012/13 season, despite being captain of the national T20I team.

In the fifth ODI Bailey produced some excellent cricket, rounding off his efforts with a 46 from 41 balls to ensuring that Australia posted a troubling total for England.

He was named as the ODI captain of the team in absence of the captain [[Michael Clarke (cricketer)|Michael Clarke]] and vice-captain [[Shane Watson]]. He led three ODIs in the five match series, winning two and losing one. He made an impressive 89 during the win at the [[MCG]] to give a good first impression as captain.

Bailey scored his maiden ODI century in a match against the West Indies. Australia had been in a difficult situation at 56/4 when Bailey came in but his 125 not out from 110 balls took Australia to a challenging total of 266.

During the [[Australian cricket team in India in 2013–14|2013 ODI series against India]], Bailey scored a total of 478 runs, setting a record for the most runs by any batsman in a bilateral series. With one match remaining, he had broken the previous record of 467 set by Zimbabwe's [[Hamilton Masakadza]] in a five-match series against Kenya in 2009,<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|last1=Jayaraman|first1=Shiva|last2=Rajesh|first2=S|date=30 October 2013|title=Kohli fastest to 17 ODI tons|work=ESPNcricinfo|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/21811636/kohli-fastest-17-odi-tons|url-status=live|access-date=3 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201103201808/https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/21811636/kohli-fastest-17-odi-tons|archive-date=3 November 2020}}</ref> which in turn was broken by India's [[Rohit Sharma]] in the same series.<ref>{{Cite web|date=22 July 2018|title=Fakhar Zaman, Imam-ul-Haq march into the record books|url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/787951|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201103201231/https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/787951|archive-date=3 November 2020|access-date=3 November 2020|website=icc-cricket.com|publisher=[[International Cricket Council]]}}</ref> In the sixth match of the series, Bailey posted an innings of 156,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/647259.html |title=Scorecard: 6th ODI: India v Australia at Nagpur, 30 October 2013 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=16 January 2015}}</ref> and in doing so went past 1,500 ODI runs in only his 32nd innings. Only [[Hashim Amla]] has done it faster in 30 innings. Bailey became only the ninth Australian to score 1000 or more ODI runs in a calendar year.<ref name=":0" />

He was also named in the ODI XI by ESPNcricinfo for his performances in 2013.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/review2013/content/story/705667.html|title=AB, Ajmal and Co|work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=23 December 2019}}</ref>

In November 2013, Bailey became Australia's 436th [[Test cricket|Test]] cap in the [[The Ashes|Ashes]] and was presented with the [[baggy green]] before the start of play by a former captain [[Mark Taylor (cricketer)|Mark Taylor]]. In December 2013, Bailey hit 28 runs off an over from [[James Anderson (cricketer)|James Anderson]] in the [[English cricket team in Australia in 2013–14#Third Test|Third Ashes Test]] at [[WACA Ground]] equalling [[Brian Lara]]'s record for the most runs off an over in Test cricket.

He was also awarded the Men's ODI Player of the Year at the [[Allan Border Medal]] ceremony by the CA in 2014.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cricketaustralia.com.au/about/awards-and-events/australian-cricket-awards|title=Australian Cricket Awards. Cricket Australia|website=www.cricketaustralia.com.au|access-date=23 December 2019|archive-date=19 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200419042457/https://www.cricketaustralia.com.au/about/awards-and-events/australian-cricket-awards|url-status=dead}}</ref>

On 7 September 2014, George Bailey resigned as the captain of the Australian T20I team to focus solely on the 2015 ODI World Cup.

In 2015, Bailey was named in the Australian squad that won the [[2015 Cricket World Cup]]. However, due to an injury to regular captain Michael Clarke, he played as well as captained in only one match in the tournament, the tournament opener against England, in which he scored 55 runs off 69 balls and led Australia to a comfortable 111-run victory. Though Australia went on to clinch their fifth World Cup defeating New Zealand by 7 wickets, Bailey did not play in any other match in the tournament and remained solely as a mentor and substitute fielder.

In August 2017, he was named in a [[List of World XI Twenty20 International cricketers|World XI]] side to play three Twenty20 International matches against Pakistan in the [[2017 Independence Cup (cricket)|2017 Independence Cup]] in [[Lahore]].<ref name="WXI">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/1117616.html |title=Faf du Plessis named captain of World XI to travel to Pakistan |access-date=24 August 2017 |work=ESPNcricinfo|date=24 August 2017 }}</ref> In the third match of the series, Bailey undertook wicketkeeping duties.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/18002/scorecard/1117824/Pakistan-vs-World-XI-3rd-T20I-independence-cup/ |title=Scorecard: 3rd T20I (N), Independence Cup at Lahore, September 15, 2017 |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=16 September 2017}}</ref>

==Channel Nine controversy==
During the 2012–13 summer, George Bailey led a one-day Australian team lacking draw-cards [[David Warner (cricketer)|David Warner]] and [[Shane Watson]]. This led to criticism from [[Nine Network|Channel Nine]], who broadcast the game. Bailey defended the side at a press conference, saying Channel Nine were motivated in part by a desire to talk down the game and thus pay a cheaper price for the TV rights:
<blockquote>I can probably understand it coming from Channel Nine. I think they're about to go into negotiations for the TV rights. I think that was a pretty tactical move to try to talk down one-day cricket and what the Australian team's putting out. But it's still called the Australian cricket team.<ref>[http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/600334.html Byron Coverdale, "Will a crowd show up for weaker Australia?", ''Cricinfo'' 10 January 2013] accessed 15 March 2014</ref></blockquote>
Channel Nine's executive director of cricket, and former NSW player [[Brad McNamara]], angrily denied this:
<blockquote>Nowhere has Channel Nine ever talked the one-day game down, nowhere have we ever said this is a 'B team'. It's rubbish and George should stick to playing cricket and leave (television) rights to the people who know what they're talking about. I reckon he's got his hands full as it is. He needs to concentrate on staying in the side. And he needs to understand where his money's coming from. Without the TV rights deal, George is probably working in a coalmine or flipping burgers at McDonald's.<ref>[http://www.theaustralian.com.au/sport/cricket/nine-cricket-boss-brad-mcnamara-takes-aim-at-george-bailey/story-e6frg7rx-1226555987436 "Nine cricket boss Brad McNamara takes aim at George Bailey", ''The Australian'' 17 January 2013] accessed 15 March 2014</ref></blockquote>
Cricket writer [[Jarrod Kimber]] later argued that this caused a permanent schism between Bailey and Channel Nine. He says it was brought to a head during the 2013–14 Ashes test in Sydney, when Bailey failed to make a fifty in two attempts:
<blockquote>It seemed that no one in the Channel Nine box could make a comment about him that wasn't negative. His feet, hands, technique and temperament were questioned. His second-innings 46 was not enough. And they weren't always wrong. It just seemed kind of mean. Especially when at the back of the press box some seemed happy when he was out. But it went deeper than McNamara's comments. Bailey had made mistakes in his career. He hadn't made enough first-class runs. He hadn't come into the team as a young man. He came into the captaincy without playing a game. He came into the Test team because of one-day runs. He was everything old-school cricket didn't like. A thinking cricketer who had never demanded inclusion, but who had been included regardless. For old-school types like [[Ian Chappell]], he was pretty much everything he didn't like. And Chappell wasn't just turning on Bailey because of his stoush with Channel Nine. He had not liked Bailey for a long time.<ref name="jarrod">[http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/727731.html Jarrod Kimber, "George Who?", ''Cricinfo'', 14 March 2014] accessed 15 March 2014</ref></blockquote>

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