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Title: Australia name George Bailey as T20 skipper
Post by: The_Bird on January 23, 2012, 11:12:21 PM

Thoughts on this, personally I think its a great idea. I know very little about this guy (being a pom) but a bit of searching around suggests he is a bit of a seasoned county/state pro with a decent FC and list A record. Does this set a precedent for other countries to prioitise the test and one day formats at last!!, who could do the job for other countries? Pollard for WI? McCullum for NZ? at least England are fine with Broad at the helm  :(

Title: Re: Australia name George Bailey as T20 skipper
Post by: golders on January 23, 2012, 11:14:13 PM

the BBC had a little laugh at this online me think...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/16680569.stm

Title: Re: Australia name George Bailey as T20 skipper
Post by: Mr Cricket on January 23, 2012, 11:17:59 PM

odd to make him captain before hes been tested at this level as a player

Title: Re: Australia name George Bailey as T20 skipper
Post by: petehosk on January 23, 2012, 11:23:44 PM

I think it's quite a brave and bold move!
It looks as though he has a decent track record as captain? So why not!!

Title: Re: Australia name George Bailey as T20 skipper
Post by: The_Bird on January 23, 2012, 11:33:44 PM

Could this be the way forward then?, to almost treat the t20's as an introduction to the international scene without exposing them straight away to the riggers of Test and one dayers. Nearly every international side has a different test and one day skipper now as well, there might be a few exceptions...

Title: Re: Australia name George Bailey as T20 skipper
Post by: petehosk on January 23, 2012, 11:36:34 PM

It's not as though he's new to the position!
He's been successful with Tas, and and has captained Aus A. So it should be a good tester to see if he can do the same at full international level?

Title: Re: Australia name George Bailey as T20 skipper
Post by: Sherpa75 on January 24, 2012, 01:09:27 AM

what happended to Cam White?

Title: Re: Australia name George Bailey as T20 skipper
Post by: Village Trundler on January 24, 2012, 05:12:47 AM

Quote from: Sherpa75 on January 24, 2012, 01:09:27 AM

what happended to Cam White?

He's hopeless.

I like Bailey. Great cricketer and captain. Of course T20 has nothing to do with either of them, but hopefully he does well.

He'll be the first Australian since the very first test match to debut for his country as captain.

Title: Re: Australia name George Bailey as T20 skipper
Post by: Wolfie89 on January 24, 2012, 05:48:30 AM

I don't know much about Bailey but Cameron White always seemed so hit and miss.

Australia have also recalled brad hogg at the ripe age of 40 for the T20's