Beware of Shami for rest of series: Bailey to Aussie batsmen

Taken aback by Shami39s pace and swing Bailey said quotObviously Shami bowled very well He39s someone we haven39t seen in the series and he was a little bit quicker than what we expected He certainly got movement off the seamquot Bailey told reporters after the fourth onedayer at the JSCA Stadium yesterday quotThat39s something to be pretty aware of for the rest of the series That39s obviously what39s going to be coming at usquot he said Shami rocked the Australian toporder but halfcenturies from Bailey 98 and Glenn Maxwell 92 in a record 153run fifth wicket stand enabled them to post a challenging 2958 George Bailey Pic Getty Images However rain played spoilsport when India were 27 for no loss after 41 overs and the match was abandoned with Australia continuing to lead the series 21 Amassing 318 runs Bailey yesterday became the first Australia skipper to go past 300 in any bilateral ODI series Yet a modest Bailey said it was ridiculous for him to think of making to the Ashes squad in the Australian summer quotI think there39s probably eight guys who have got a chance of playing in that Ashes team It39s so far away It39s just ridiculous to look at itquot Bailey said quotThere are guys who will be at home playing Shield cricket we39ve got Australia A games when we get back It39s a completely different format I don39t think there39s anyone out playing in these games thinking about that seriesquot Asked whether he had any special preparation for the series in India Bailey saidquotI didn39t do anything different I think coming over here you focus a little bit more on how you39re going to play spin because India have good spinners quotIt39s important to be at the top of your game there I39d done a lot of that leading into England as well so that wasn39t too much differentquotu00a0 The lowerorder added just 57 runs in the last 10 overs as Australia posted a less than 300plus total for the first time in the series but Bailey begged to differ in his assessment quotI actually thought we played really really smartly in the last 10 overs We were two or three wickets further down than we wanted to be So it was really important that James Faulkner and Mitch Mitchell Johnson actually got us into the latter part of that inningsquot quotIf we39d lost one of them there then 295 would39ve been 250 or 260 It was really important that they actually took some time out of the game and continued to score I thought they played it better than I expectedquot Standing in as skipper in the absence of an injured Michael Clarke Bailey has impressed one and all with his smart captaincy and he attributed this to his Tasmanian skipper Dan Marsh quotI learnt a lot from him He39s now the Tasmanian coach Both temperament the way he communicated his knowledge of the game I don39t think I39ll ever have that but I certainly learnt a lot and continue to learn a lot off himquot Bailey said The 31yearold also said he had learnt a lot from Ricky Ponting and Clarke quotI think you take little bits from absolutely everyone you play Playing a year with Ricky last year was fantastic just to see how he was around the group and how hard he trained how he communicated with guys and how much he backed his own team was great quotAnd I39ve loved playing under Pup too From everyone you play under and everyone you play with you learn so much There39s so much to learn if you39re willingquot he signed offu00a0