Bailey told to 'stand down' over conflict claim

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George Bailey has failed his archetypal large trial arsenic an Australian selector and should basal down, according to Nine sports presenter Tony Jones.

Earlier this week Bailey, who is successful his archetypal summertime arsenic enactment boss, told the Cricket Et Cetera podcast that he volition recuse himself from immoderate vote implicit the playing aboriginal of erstwhile skipper Tim Paine.

Paine stood down arsenic skipper connected Friday implicit a sexting scandal, but wants to play successful the upcoming Ashes series.

Bailey said that if a ballot was required by selectors implicit Paine's spot successful the side, helium would permission the telephone up to Tony Dodemaide and Justin Langer, noting that he's a adjacent person and concern spouse of Paine.

Speaking connected Nine's Today, Jones didn't clasp back, calling for Paine to go, intimately followed by Bailey.

"I don't deliberation helium should play successful the archetypal Test lone due to the fact that it volition beryllium a distraction and Tim Paine said helium didn't privation to beryllium a distraction," Jones said.

"I americium a large instrumentality of Tim Paine arsenic a cricketer but I don't deliberation helium should play successful that archetypal Test.

"Just connected that, George Bailey, who is simply a arrogant Tasmanian, helium is simply a mate of Tim Paine and I recognize besides a concern spouse of immoderate sort.

"The president of selectors of the Australian cricket squad helium says helium volition excuse himself erstwhile it comes to really choosing the broadside if it comes down to him having the deciding vote.

"Stand down George, basal down George."

Jones noted that managing specified a struggle is portion of the job.

"I mean, each chairman, each president of selectors passim the people of past successful Cricket Australia volition person had a mate astatine immoderate signifier who is connected the brink," helium said.

"George Bailey, pardon the pun, faced his archetypal trial and helium failed."

Cricket is connected the verge of a civilian warfare implicit the issue, with Cricket Tasmania yesterday blasting Cricket Australia implicit the mode Paine was treated.

"In conversations I person had successful caller days it is wide that the choler amongst the Tasmanian cricket assemblage and wide nationalist is palpable," Cricket Tasmania president Andrew Gaggin said.

"At a clip erstwhile CA should person supported Tim, helium was evidently regarded arsenic dispensable. The attraction afforded to the Australian Test skipper by Cricket Australia has been appalling, and the worst since Bill Lawry implicit 50 years ago."

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