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MICHAEL Clarke has endorsed his stand-in one-day captain George Bailey as a worthy debutant in the first Test at the Gabba, beginning next month.
And chairman of selectors John Inverarity has indicated that Bailey may not even need to play a Sheffield Shield match on his return from the Indian one-day series to play against England in Brisbane.
"I think Bailes has done an exceptional job in the last couple of years in the shorter formats and he's leading the boys really well," Clarke said.
"I'd love to see him get his opportunity in the Test team.
"It's obviously going to come down to performance and who selectors think the right man is for that position but I've always enjoyed playing alongside Bailes.
"He's a great fella and if they select him I'll be extremely happy."
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The way Inverarity spoke yesterday that is a distinct possibility.
"His performance in one-day cricket has been outstanding. Since he started 18 months ago he's been our best-performed one-day player in terms of average, aggregate runs, strike-rate.
"It's a thrill to see him coming on and playing so well."
Bailey's 1379 runs at 53 in 33 one-day matches has him streets ahead of any other Australian since his debut in March last year, and second in the world behind India's Virat Kohli, but Inverarity claimed selection is based on more than just figures.
"When we look at a player we look at four things: their batting, their bowling, their fielding, and their character or what else they bring to the team," Inverarity said.
"George certainly brings a great deal in that character category to the team.
"He's a very mature, calm young man, composed. I think you'll have seen in his batting performances and in difficult situations that brings out the best in him."
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Inverarity claimed that Bailey had gone past being part of Australia A, with NSW all-rounder Moises Henriques named as A team captain for the four-day match against England in Hobart next week.
"That's more development, and he's firmly entrenched as an Australian player," Inverarity said.
While the first round of Sheffield Shield matches start today (Wednesday) those on the one-day tour of India will not be available until the second round, beginning next Wednesday, when the A game also starts in Hobart.
"For those coming back from India it's a pretty tough call. My guess is [of] those players coming back from India quite a few of them probably won't play in that round of first-class fixtures," Inverarity said.
"It's a pretty demanding tour. The last game finishes Saturday night, they travel Sunday-Monday, and then the fixtures start on Wednesday."
And if Bailey does playing for Tasmania in that Shield match against Queensland at Allan Border Field, a failure will not rule him out of Test contention.
"All performances are important, but we're not going to select the Ashes team just on the performances of that round of Shield and [the] Australia A game. Our minds are well made up before that," said Inverarity.
"We're very well advanced on our planning."
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