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Shaun Tait

Shaun Tait
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Tait in 2009
Personal information
Full name Shaun William Tait
Born (1983-02-22) 22 February 1983 (age 34)
Bedford Park, Adelaide, Australia
Nickname Sloon, The Wild Thing, The Nairne Ram
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Batting style Right-handed
Bowling style Right-arm fast
Role Bowler
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 392) 25 August 2005 v England
Last Test 16 January 2008 v India
ODI debut (cap 162) 2 February 2007 v England
Last ODI 24 March 2011 v India
ODI shirt no. 32 (2007-2011)
85 (2016)
Domestic team information
Years Team
2002–2015 South Australia
2004 Durham
2009–2013 Rajasthan Royals
2010 Glamorgan
2011–2013 Mid West Rhinos
2011–2012 Melbourne Renegades
2012–2015 Adelaide Strikers
2012–2014 Wellington
2013 Chittagong Kings
2013, 2015 Essex
2015–2017 Hobart Hurricanes
2016 Peshawar Zalmi
2016 Kolkata Knight Riders
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 3 35 50 101
Runs scored 20 25 509 110
Batting average 6.66 12.50 12.41 6.11
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/2 0/0
Top score 8 11 68 22*
Balls bowled 414 1,688 9,263 5,063
Wickets 5 62 198 182
Bowling average 60.40 23.56 28.59 23.84
5 wickets in innings 0 0 7 3
10 wickets in match 0 n/a 1 n/a
Best bowling 3/97 4/39 7/29 8/43
Catches/stumpings 1/– 8/– 15/– 23/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 1 April 2017

Shaun William Tait (born 22 February 1983 in Nairne, South Australia) is a professional Australian cricketer, who currently plays only in the Twenty20 format. Tait plays in the Big Bash League for the Hobart Hurricanes and has represented Australia at Twenty20 International level; he has also represented his country in One Day Internationals and Test matches. He is a right arm fast bowler. Tait retired from One Day International cricket on 28 March 2011, following Australia's early exit from the 2011 Cricket World Cup. In March 2017, Tait announced his retirement from all forms of cricket.

Tait's delivery action is a sling style that is reminiscent of former Australian fast bowler Jeff Thomson's action. Dubbed "The Wild Thing", Tait is considered one of the fastest bowlers in the world and regularly delivers the ball at speeds up to 155 km/h, and occasionally faster. At T20 international on 5 February 2010 against Pakistan Tait bowled a ball measured at 160.7 km/h, the fastest ball ever recorded in Australia. His fastest ball was against England at Lords at 161.1kph (100.1 mph) in 2010, which is equal second fastest of all time behind Brett Lee and Shoaib Akhtar and fastest amongst active bowlers as of 3 January 2015. Despite his speed, Tait has often been described as "erratic" and is capable of bowling many extras, though his unpredictability can be a positive factor in dismissing batsmen and his strike rate confirms this. Tait has also been criticised as being "expensive."


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