# George Bailey chats relationships with the press, retirements and Ashes reviews Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/abc-cricket-podcast-407901/george-bailey-chats-relationships-with-the-press-retirements-and-ashes-reviews Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/abc-cricket-podcast-407901/george-bailey-chats-relationships-with-the-press-retirements-and-ashes-reviews.md Podcast: [ABC Cricket Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/abc-cricket-podcast-407901) Published: 2026-04-05T21:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/abc-cricket-podcast/george-bailey-chief-interview-contract-press-summer-test-cricket/106526284 Audio file: https://mediacore-live-production.akamaized.net/audio/02/j7/Z/cl.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/abc-cricket-podcast-407901/episodes/george-bailey-chats-relationships-with-the-press-retirements-and-ashes-reviews Duration seconds: 1997 ## Resource Chief selector George Bailey is one of the most influential figures in Australian cricket and joins Corbin to talk through the life of a selector. With the release of the contract list, Bailey outlines how the team plans to cope with an intense run of games and possible retirements across the next 18 months, who might step up and lessons from the Ashes. As well, Bailey chats through his own and the team’s relationship with the press and past players and why the walls might feel a little higher at the moment between the players and everyone else. 30 minutes one on one with the chairman of selectors George Bailey – a rare treat for all! To get in touch, email Corbin & Ed at abccricketpodcast@abc.net.au ABC Grandstand cricket commentator Corbin Middlemas is joined by Ed Cowan to bring you all the highlights and match analysis to keep you up to speed. The pair discuss the key players and big issues that are dominating the cricket agenda, the latest in live fixtures with a hit of cricket banter. Catch every episode of ‘The ABC Cricket Podcast,’ hosted by Corbin Middlemas on ABC listen or wherever you get your podcasts, and get in touch with them on social media via @abc_sport This podcast was formerly known as ‘The Grandstand Cricket Podcast’ ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/abc-cricket-podcast-407901/episodes/george-bailey-chats-relationships-with-the-press-retirements-and-ashes-reviews/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/abc-cricket-podcast-407901/george-bailey-chats-relationships-with-the-press-retirements-and-ashes-reviews.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.