Bailey to seek out Quiney for some advice

– As George Bailey prepares to make his test debut for Australia against England in the first Ashes cricket Test at the Gabba on Thursday, he has sought the advice of a man whose experience he hopes to emulate.

Last year, batsman Rob Quiney found himself propelled into the position Bailey now occupies. He was handed a Test debut against South Africa in Brisbane at the age of 30 and, after making nine in his only innings in the first Test and a pair of ducks at Adelaide in the second, his Test career was summarily ended.

Bailey, who will make his Test debut at 31, has the advantage over Quiney in that he is already established in international cricket as Australia’s occasional one-day captain, a veteran of 35 one-day and 19 Twenty20 internationals.

But, without wallowing in another’s misfortune, Bailey hoped to understand the perils and pitfalls of Test cricket as only Quiney could explain them. With that knowledge, he hopes to be forearmed for the challenge that awaits him.

“That was one of the reasons why I wanted to talk to Bobby (Quiney), to see how his perspective was.” –