Andre
International Regular
Yep, that was pretty much it.The selection of the T20 side isn't something that's covered much in the press here in general.
I think Watson would be captain right now he was actually fit when Clarke retired and Bailey was given the job. He wasn't actually overlooked at such; he just wasn't available and I think the selectors wanted to start the planning for the T20 World Championship then and there, getting some sort of structure in place. After they made Bailey captain initially, I don't think they were too keen to take the job off him straight away when Watson recovered, especially given they actually brought him in as a specialist captain.
I think it's all pretty silly personally so I'm not defending it, but that's the rationale behind what happened.
That said, Watson as VC was a Hilditch panel call with White as T20 skipper which was a good call at the time.
Bailey is very much an Inverarity selection - but as I felt we saw from Watson as skipper in some ODI's earlier this year, he's not got a great feel or ability to read the game so he struggled making calls on the hop. Bailey 2nd best skipper in the country behind Clarke for me, and in the best 7 short form batsmen in the country now (after some doubts early) so has turned out a really good call I reckon.