IPL playerAustralia2009 to 2016
George Bailey
On scorecards: GJ Bailey · Right-hand bat
George Bailey, a batter, played five IPL seasons for three franchises. One title came along the way.
The arrival
George Bailey arrived through the auction: Chennai Super Kings paid ₹24 lakh (US$50k), the base price.
That first season brought 3 matches and 45 runs. The best was still to come.
The peak
The high point with the bat was 2015, for Kings XI Punjab: 259 runs at an average of 23.5, striking at 136.3 in a season when the league as a whole struck at 132.1, with 2 fifties, and a highest score of 61 not out.
Franchise by franchise
2009 to 2010, Chennai Super Kings. Bought at the 2009 auction for ₹24 lakh. 4 matches and 63 runs; champions in 2010.
2014 to 2015, Kings XI Punjab. Bought at the 2014 auction for ₹3.25 cr. 30 matches and 516 runs.
2016, Rising Pune Supergiants. Arrived outside the auction. 6 matches and 84 runs.
3 spells with three franchises in all. The longest was with Chennai Super Kings, 2009 to 2010. 2011, 2012 and 2013 are missing from the record: seasons without an IPL appearance.
How the runs came
Across the career, George Bailey struck at 121.9. The league around those same seasons, weighted by how much batting each one involved, struck at 129.6, so George Bailey scored about 8 runs per hundred balls slower than the typical batter of the time. 53% of the runs came in fours and sixes: 59 fours and 19 sixes.
The ball-by-ball record adds the detail. 36.4% of the balls George Bailey faced were dot balls, a higher share than 53% of the 140 batters who have faced 500 balls or more in the IPL. A six came every 28.6 balls, and a four every 9.2.
The fielding record: 12 catches and 6 run-outs.
At the auction
George Bailey went under the hammer five times, bought three times and left unsold twice. The highest price was ₹3.25 cr, paid by Kings XI Punjab in 2014. The price climbed with the reputation: ₹24 lakh in 2009, ₹3.25 cr by 2014. Being bought did not always mean playing: no match followed for Chennai Super Kings in 2011.
Seasons without an auction entry were played under a retention, a trade or a signing made outside the auction.
The legacy
George Bailey made 40 IPL appearances, the last for Rising Pune Supergiants in 2016, and won 1 player-of-the-match award.
Season by season
| Season | Team | M | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 50/100 | Wkts | Econ | Best | Ct | POTM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Chennai Super Kings | 3 | 45 | 30 | 22.5 | 115.4 | 0/0 | – | – | – | 0 | ||
| 2010 | Chennai Super Kings | 1 | 18 | 18 | 18.0 | 66.7 | 0/0 | – | – | – | 1 | Champions | |
| 2014 | Kings XI Punjab | 17 | 257 | 40* | 28.6 | 135.3 | 0/0 | – | – | – | 8 | ||
| 2015 | Kings XI Punjab | 13 | 259 | 61* | 23.5 | 136.3 | 2/0 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | |
| 2016 | Rising Pune Supergiants | 6 | 84 | 34 | 21.0 | 85.7 | 0/0 | – | – | – | 2 |
Franchise journey
- Chennai Super Kings: 2009 to 2010
- Kings XI Punjab: 2014 to 2015
- Rising Pune Supergiants: 2016
Ball-by-ball detail
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Dot balls faced | 36.4% |
| Balls per four | 9.2 |
| Balls per six | 28.6 |
| Catches | 12 |
| Run-outs | 6 |
| Stumpings | 0 |
At the auction
| Auction | Set | Base price | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | – | ₹24 lakh | Sold to Chennai Super Kings for ₹24 lakh (US$50k) |
| 2011 | – | ₹23 lakh | Sold to Chennai Super Kings for ₹23 lakh (US$50k) |
| 2014 | M2 | ₹2 cr | Sold to Kings XI Punjab for ₹3.25 cr |
| 2015 | Batter | ₹1 cr | Unsold |
| 2016 | Batter | ₹1 cr | Unsold |
Sources
- CricArcade IPL season statistics
- CricArcade IPL auction archive
- Kaggle IPL Complete Match Dataset 2008-2026, ball-by-ball, cross-checked against Cricsheet