I would love to have another crack at Test cricket: George Bailey

At 34, George Bailey has little or no potential left to play Test cricket. However, with the current Australian Test side in somewhat of a crisis, it seems quite clear that the need foe experience is something that is most required at the moment.

However, despite this, Bailey has reiterated his faith in the youth of the Aussies especially with the skipper Steve Smith a few years younger than most other players in the squad at 27. Despite this, George Bailey said that he would love to have another crack at international Test cricket and has eyed the Ashes series in 2017 for his return to arms.

“If the selectors ring me I would absolutely jump out of my skin to get out there and have a crack,” Bailey told cricket.com.au during the abandoned day two of the second Commonwealth Bank Test.

Bailey also added that he was a better Test cricket at the moment saying, “I think I’m a better cricketer now for Test cricket than I was played my five (Tests).

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“I would relish the opportunity. I’m happy with my form but keep picking the youngsters I reckon, give the youngsters a crack.Don’t lose focus of the most important thing being that you are still one of the better players, and in Steve’s case, the best player in the team,” Bailey said when asked what advice he has for Smith.

Bailey also went on to add a few things about Steve Smith’s captaincy. “I think if Steve continues to focus on the team doing the little things and keep working then these things pass. Things are as never as bad as they appear and probably never as good as they appear.

“The beauty is, and this is the great thing about Australian cricket, is that everybody has an opinion and everybody thinks that they know how to fix it.

“That’s great, that’s great how people care and that people are thinking about the game.

He also went on to state that Steve Smith stating that, “It’s probably only very small things I imagine that will get them back on track and into this game and into this series.”