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Cricket Australia confirm a shake up of national men's team's selection panel after Trevor Hohns decides to step away from the role
George Bailey will usher in a new era for Australia's selection panel, with the popular former national men's team captain replacing Trevor Hohns as its chair.
Hohns, who turns 68 in January, has retired from his second stint in the highly scrutinised role having served through the team's glory years from 1995 to 2005 before resuming the post in 2016.
Bailey takes over from him after joining the panel in February last year, replacing Greg Chappell, and stepping straight into the job following a 125-game international career including 57 (29 ODIs and 28 T20Is) matches as captain.
Cricket Australia has begun its search for a third member of the panel to join coach Justin Langer and Bailey.
"The third panel member will add to their combined experience as we look for someone who will bring complementary skills along with their own perspective and diversity of thinking," CA's high performance chief Ben Oliver said in a statement.
Bailey's appointment is notable not only for the 38-year-old's relative youth compared to many of his predecessors - which include Sir Donald Bradman, Lawrie Sawle and more recently Andrew Hilditch, John Inverarity and Rod Marsh - but also for his playing experience in the shortest format.
Previous panel members like Jamie Cox, Andy Bichel and even Michael Clarke (who briefly served as a selector while he was captain) played in the early days of T20 cricket. But Bailey's 213 career T20 games, which included stints in the KFC BBL and Indian Premier League, gives the panel a fresh take on the format.
That will prove immediately relevant given the panel's most pressing task will be to settle on a squad for the T20 World Cup, the only major international trophy Australia's men have never won.
Bailey, whose five Tests all came against England during the famed 2013-14 whitewash, will then oversee selection for this summer's home Ashes before Test tours to the subcontinent and another T20 World Cup (to be held in Australia) next year.
Cricket Australia confirm a shake up of national men's team's selection panel after Trevor Hohns decides to step away from the role
George Bailey will usher in a new era for Australia's selection panel, with the popular former national men's team captain replacing Trevor Hohns as its chair.
Hohns, who turns 68 in January, has retired from his second stint in the highly scrutinised role having served through the team's glory years from 1995 to 2005 before resuming the post in 2016.
Bailey takes over from him after joining the panel in February last year, replacing Greg Chappell, and stepping straight into the job following a 125-game international career including 57 (29 ODIs and 28 T20Is) matches as captain.
Cricket Australia has begun its search for a third member of the panel to join coach Justin Langer and Bailey.
"The third panel member will add to their combined experience as we look for someone who will bring complementary skills along with their own perspective and diversity of thinking," CA's high performance chief Ben Oliver said in a statement.
Bailey's appointment is notable not only for the 38-year-old's relative youth compared to many of his predecessors - which include Sir Donald Bradman, Lawrie Sawle and more recently Andrew Hilditch, John Inverarity and Rod Marsh - but also for his playing experience in the shortest format.
Previous panel members like Jamie Cox, Andy Bichel and even Michael Clarke (who briefly served as a selector while he was captain) played in the early days of T20 cricket. But Bailey's 213 career T20 games, which included stints in the KFC BBL and Indian Premier League, gives the panel a fresh take on the format.
That will prove immediately relevant given the panel's most pressing task will be to settle on a squad for the T20 World Cup, the only major international trophy Australia's men have never won.
Bailey, whose five Tests all came against England during the famed 2013-14 whitewash, will then oversee selection for this summer's home Ashes before Test tours to the subcontinent and another T20 World Cup (to be held in Australia) next year.