George Bailey appointed Australia cricket selector

Former Australia Twenty20 captain George Bailey was appointed Wednesday as one of country's three national selectors, replacing retired Greg Chappell. He joins chairman Trevor Hohns and coach Justin Langer and draws curtain on his long playing career after domestic Big Bash League in early February to take on role full-time.

"I have been fortunate eugh to contribute as a player for quite a few years, and to w have opportunity to continue in role of selector is a tremendous hour," said Bailey.

"I'm confident I can add value to selection process and that my experience will be complementary to that of Trevor and Justin."

Bailey, 37, played five Tests, 90 one-day internationals and 30 Twenty20s for Australia.

He has also been a stalwart for Tasmania, Hobart Hurricanes and Melbourne Stars since making his first-class debut in 2004. He is currently 12 runs short of 10,000 first-class runs.

"He is an outstanding leader and one of most respected, thoughtful and generous figures in international cricket," said Cricket Australia's head of national teams Ben Oliver said.

"His extensive experience across all formats and deep kwledge of T20 cricket will be invaluable as we head into a home T20 World Cup (next year) and beyond."

Bailey replaces former Australian skipper Chappell, who had been Cricket Australia's national talent manr for past nine years as well as a selector before calling it quits in September.