WACA could be England's last chance for victory, says Bailey Stand-in: George Bailey talks to Darren Lehmann during a net session at the WACA on Thursday. If England are to leave Australia having registered a victory on a hapless tour, Friday's one-day international in Perth is their best chance. Even stand-in skipper George Bailey, who has recovered from a hip flexor injury in time to lead the side, concedes the visitors won't have a better opportunity all summer to taste victory than they will at the WACA against an Australian team missing skipper Michael Clarke, vice-captain Brad Haddin and Shane Watson. While Bailey wasn't underplaying the hole the absence of the experienced trio leaves, he rubbished claims "Australia A" would take the field in the fourth one-dayer of the series. "It probably is their best chance," Bailey said of England's hopes of notching their first win against the Aussies on tour. I'm not that fussed what England think, or how they are going, or what their thoughts are on the rest of the tour. We're certainly in a pretty positive position. If we win tomorrow it will be 10 straight games against England and I think that equals a record. Regardless of who is playing for us, we're still putting on the Australian colours and it has been a hell of a summer. I don't think we'll be coming nonchalant or complacent about what's ahead of us. I still think there's a huge opportunity for us. If you ask any of the players playing and they don't feel like it's an A side. In 137 years of cricket against the old enemy, Australia's longest stretch of dominance across all formats of the game is 10 matches. The five Tests and the three one-day international victories this summer, as well as victory in the last limited-overs match in England in September last year, has put Australia within one win of equalling that record set by Ricky Ponting's men from October 2006 to January 2007. A 5-0 clean sweep of the one-day series would stretch Australia's current winning streak against England to a record 11 matches, a feat Bailey admitted he would love to inflict on the visitors. "It would [be nice to be that team], that's why we're talking about it," he said. Not that you need any extra motivation to try and win a game. We're all desperate to be out there playing games so you don't need that extra motivation. But I think any time you have an opportunity to write history, that's something that's pretty special as a team. Australia have now moved to No.1 in the one-day rankings following India's second consecutive loss to New Zealand across the ditch on Wednesday, but will need to claim a 5-0 series win against England to hold on to top spot beyond the end of the month. While Bailey has played a pivotal role in leading Australia back to the top of the tree, he insists the team is far from reaching its peak. "It's a bit funny when it comes from the other side of the world and in the middle of the series, but I think it's a nice reward for having played some good one-day cricket over the past 12 months," he said. I still don't think we're playing as well as we would like, there's still plenty we need to work on. But it's a good indication of how good we have been in patches. As Australia prepare for the Twenty20 World Cup in Bangladesh in March, they have been boosted by the coup of Shane Warne taking up an official role as a mentor for the side's spinners. However, Bailey believes Warne's impact will be felt far deeper than just among the tweekers. "I'm thrilled to have him on board as a spin coach, but I think he brings so much more to the table," Bailey said. I think he'd be one of the leading thinkers in T20 in the world, tactically. Bringing all that to the table, and he's highly respected among the group, I think that's a great appointment.