DRS could cost Bailey his spot

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A CONTROVERSIAL DRS decision could cost George Bailey his brief and joyful Test career following another calamitous Australian batting collapse.

Bailey was given out caught behind for a duck as Australia collapsed to 9/164 on the second day of the fourth Test at the MCG to trail England by 91, but top scorer Chris Rogers (61) claimed that the Tasmanian captain was "adamant" he did not hit the ball.

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"Maybe there's still a few glitches in the system, but overall I think it's working pretty well," Rogers said of the umpire decision review system.

Umpire Aleem Dar gave Bailey not out caught behind cutting, only for the line on real time snicko to vibrate as the ball went past the bat.

England's Joe Root was given out in Perth when there was less movement from the real time snicko line, so third umpire Billy Bowden had no choice but to send Bailey on his way.

It continued a run of largely poor and unconvincing first innings scores from Bailey which may see him miss the next Test in Sydney, let alone the South Africa tour in February, unless he can bat Australia to victory with a significant score.

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Given Brad Haddin's outstanding form it may be better to move him to number six for the last Test, beginning next week, and include all-rounder James Faulkner, who has been 12th man for the first four Tests.

This would take the load off an attack that has been unchanged during all four Tests - although Ryan Harris may not play in Sydney - and cover for Shane Watson, who is unlikely to bowl after suffering a groin problem.

Brilliant pace bowling has regained the Ashes and continues to camouflage inadequate batsmen who have left Australia in a hole again.

Following on from a record Boxing Day crowd of more than 91,000, another 78,346 turned up at the MCG on Friday to watch culpable batting from both sides.

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Bailey scored a 19-ball, 38-minute duck on Friday as Australia collapsed to 6/122 before the imposing Haddin attempted another rescue mission with a blistering counter attack.

He second-top scored with an unbeaten 43 at almost a run a ball. The veteran gloveman is currently Australia's second highest run scorer in the series behind David Warner with 368 at 74.

Australia lost 3/0 in England earlier in the year and all three losses involved terrible batting collapses.

Not surprisingly, Rogers described Friday as Australia's worst of the series as 13 wickets fell for just 193 runs on a slow pitch.

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"We're up against it, but there's a lot of the game to go in this match and we have to fight well for the rest of it," Rogers said.

"The pitch is hard work. If the bowlers put it in the right areas, it's very hard to score. It's a bit two-paced, but you have to adjust and we didn't do that today."

Bailey's series average of 27 isn't a whole lot worse than other modest performers Shane Watson (30), Rogers (31) and Steve Smith (34).

Rogers was the only Australian in the top six who batted properly on Friday for his third half-century of the series.

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