No Bailey on ice if stand-in Aussie ODI captain fails to fire in first class match GEORGE Baileys chance of making his Test debut in Brisbane next month will not be ruined if he has a bad first class match after returning from India. The one-day players will miss the opening round of Sheffield Shield matches, beginning Wednesday. They will have just the second round of Shield games or the Australia A game in Hobart, all beginning next week, before the first Test squad is announced on November 12. However the one-day players currently in India will be given some dispensation because the conditions will be so different. The Australia A team, which will be named today should not be an automatic guide to who is in line for Test selection. Bailey is a popular favourite to line up in Brisbane on November 21 to receive his baggy green cap but in reality the field, like the Melbourne Cup next Tuesday, is too close to call. Shaun Marsh also has strong support and has recovered well from his latest hamstring strain with a strong Ryobi Cup. In all seven batsmen currently not in the Test team have been discussed as possible Australia or Australia A candidates who have a realistic chance of promotion this summer. Along with Bailey and Marsh they are Usman Khawaja, Phil Hughes, Alex Doolan, Michael Klinger and Aaron Finch despite his poor first class record. Significantly Ed Cowan is not among them despite being part of the Ashes tour, where he played the first Test but failed in both innings. Hughes and Khawaja were also Ashes tourists but the fact they were dropped for the last Test at The Oval highlights that the selectors have lost patience with them, for now at least. Hughes, Khawaja and Marsh are all left-handers, which could count against them because of Graeme Swann's high class off-spin turning across them. However Swann is not considered the same threat on Australian pitches that he was on the dry and doctored wickets in England mid-year. While the Ryobi Cup may have been a white ball tournament in October the selectors have been delighted by the number of centuries, with David Warner making three in eight days. His Test place was never under serious threat, although he would not want to have another poor series after averaging 24 on the tour of India and 23 in England this year. Marsh also made a hundred after three good scores and Khawaja followed four half-centuries with a hundred in the final against NSW last Sunday to set Queensland up for a second successive Ryobi Cup triumph.