George Bailey (cricketer, born 1982)

For other people named George Bailey, see George Bailey (disambiguation).

George Bailey
Bailey in 2014
Personal information
Full name
George John Bailey
Born (1982-09-07) 7 September 1982 (age 42)[1]
Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
NicknameHector[2]
Height178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
RoleTop-order batter
RelationsGeorge H. Bailey (great-great-grandfather)
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 436)21 November 2013 v England
Last Test3 January 2014 v England
ODI debut (cap 195)16 March 2012 v West Indies
Last ODI9 December 2016 v New Zealand
ODI shirt no.2
T20I debut (cap 55)1 February 2012 v India
Last T20I15 September 2017 v Pakistan
T20I shirt no.2
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2001/02–2019/20Tasmania (squad no. 10)
2007–2010Scotland
2009-2010Chennai Super Kings
2011/12Melbourne Stars
2012/13–2019/20Hobart Hurricanes
2013, 2017Hampshire
2014–2015Kings XI Punjab
2015Sussex
2016Rising Pune Supergiants
2016Middlesex
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 5 90 161 275
Runs scored 183 3,044 10,079 8,438
Batting average 26.14 40.58 38.32 36.84
100s/50s 0/1 3/22 24/52 11/55
Top score 53 156 200* 156
Balls bowled – – 102 53
Wickets – – 0 1
Bowling average – – – 40.00
5 wickets in innings – – – 0
10 wickets in match – – – 0
Best bowling – – – 1/19
Catches/stumpings 10/– 48/– 136/– 123/–
Medal record
Men's Cricket
Representing  Australia
ICC Cricket World Cup
Winner 2015 Australia and New Zealand
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 10 December 2019

George John Bailey (born 7 September 1982) is a former Australian cricketer, who played all formats for the national team and captained the team in limited-over formats. Domestically, Bailey played for the Tasmanian cricket team in all three domestic state competitions (the Sheffield Shield, 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 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 of the 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 in the first ever Test match.[3] On 1 May 2013, Bailey was appointed the vice-captain of the Australian ODI team for the 2013 ICC Champions Trophy.[4]

He captained the Australian team in India in ODI in the absence of 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,[5] but was subsequently dropped from the Test team.[6]

In the 2017–18 season, Bailey won his first Ricky Ponting Medal for Tasmania's best player in the previous season.[7] He was appointed as the chief selector of Cricket Australia in August 2021.[8]

  1. ^ "George Bailey". cricket.com.au. Cricket Australia. Archived from the original on 16 January 2014. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference ESPNcricinfoprofile was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Bailey named Australia's T20 captain, Hogg recalled". ESPNcricinfo. 23 January 2012. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
  4. ^ "George Bailey beats Matthew Wade to Australian vice-captaincy for Champions Trophy". NDTV. 1 May 2013. Archived from the original on 29 June 2013. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
  5. ^ "Bailey named in Test squad". 12 November 2013. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
  6. ^ Conn, Malcolm (20 January 2014). "George Bailey dropped from Test side to tour South Africa, Shaun Marsh in squad". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  7. ^ Fair, Alex (30 March 2018). "George Bailey crowned the Ricky Ponting medalist for 2017–18". The Advocate. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
  8. ^ "George Bailey named chairman of selectors of Australia men's team".