George Bailey & the PKF Tasmanian Cricket team training & warming up

George John Bailey (born 7 March 1982 in Launceston, Tasmania) is an Australian cricketer, who plays for the Tasmanian Tigers in domestic cricket. He also plays Twenty20 cricket with the Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League after being bought for US$50,000 at the IPL Auction on 6 February 2009. A right-handed batsman, Bailey rarely bowls; however, he is renowned for being a good fieldsman.

After playing his junior cricket with the South Launceston Cricket Club, Bailey was first selected to play for Tasmania 2005/06, due to injuries to regular players. The season saw him score 778 runs, hitting three centuries in the process. Further prominent performances in the coming seasons saw Bailey play for Australia against the All Star team in the All Star Twenty20 match in 2009. Bailey was appointed as the permanent captain of Tasmania for the 2009/10 season, replacing Daniel Marsh.

There are many things in life I am passionate about.........the Tasmanian Cricket team is certainly one of them.....
for a small state with a small population we certainly do pretty well.......
The Tasmanian Cricket team continue to remain competitive in all forms of the Australian domestic game, and in 2006-07 were successful in claiming their first ever Sheffield Shield title. The Tigers have also qualified for the final on three other occasions in 1993-94, 1997-98, and 2001-02, but at the time were unable to win the title...... but won it in 2006-07
The Tigers have fared even better in the Ford Ranger Cup, winning it three times in 1978-79, 2004-05 and 2007-08. They have also been runners-up twice in 1977-78, and 1986-87. The Tigers were also unlucky to finish as runners-up in the second season of the Australian domestic Twenty20 KFC Twenty20 Big Bash competition in 2006-07
Tasmania has produced two of the greats of Australian test Cricket...David Boon and the current Australian Test Captain Ricky Ponting...... both Tasmanian.... and both proud of it
Tasmania's recent successes at domestic level have been reflected in selection for the Australian national cricket team. Spinner Jason Krejza played two tests on the back of solid performances for the state, but failed to impress at international level. Brett Geeves was selected in the one-day international squad for 2008, and has since gone on to also play in the Indian Premier League

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• Ford Ranger Cup
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[kewellcahill]

Punter is a bloody legend. His 209 in the first innings a few days ago was amazing. Was even better seeing as though he's a Tassie boy :D

[bobthepeaceful]

yeah he certainly is a legend.......his 209 was certainly a classic innings....please check out my latest video of Michael Clarke and Ricky Ponting leaving Bellerive Oval after Day 4 of the Test Match

[thelazyage]

i didn't know Ricky Pointing was Tasmanian. My respect for him has dropped slightly....lol!

[bobthepeaceful]

I never did have any.......im just joking....

its a funny thing that Tasmania with such a small population has arguably produced one of the greatest batsmen of the modern era.....ME......well maybe not me.....but i must come a close second to Ricky Ponting......

And throw in Ben Hilfenhous whose bowling very well atm and Tim Paine who could very well be Australias next Wicket Keeper...certainly in the One Dayers...Shane Watson who got his start in Tasmania as Australias No 1 allrounder.....

[carl6855]

It's great to have a sport you are passionate about; a season to look forward to, conversations with friends about a game or the team in general and just the pride in a local team trying their best.

[bobthepeaceful]

yeah it certainly is...in winter its Australian Rules Football.........see some of my other videos.........and in summer its Cricket.....

[Tazwegian]

Ponting, Paine, Hilfy, Doherty, and Geeves all have represented Australia from Tassie in the last two years or so. Amazing for such a small state. Then you have players like Wade, Bailey, Butterworth, and Faulkner who could represent Australia at some point in the future too. If Tasmania had its own team at national level, it would actually be pretty competitive. Awesome for a state of only 500 000 people.

[bobthepeaceful]

cricket players dress differently according to what type of match they are playing...in Test matches thye wear the traditional whites..but in One Day Matches or in 20/20 matches they dress more colourfully....

[bobthepeaceful]

Everyone knows Tasmania rules....well maybe not rule....i might have got a bit carried away there........now normally we dont encourage too many Victorian spies......coz you might get to see how we get to be so awesome.....

[Wowedby09]

Wow that guy at the start batting is a lil ordinary! They need to get Punta back into the squad for a few games, then Tassie will be back on the map haha :)