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Shaun Tait

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Full name : Shaun William Tait
Born : 22 February 1983 (1983-02-22)
       (age 28) , Bedford Park, Adelaide,
        South Australia, Australia
Nickname : Sloon, Tinga, The Wild Thing
Height : 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Batting style : Right-hand bat
Bowling style : Right-arm fast
Role : Bowler

Biography

Shaun William Tait (born 22 February 1983 in Bedford Park, Adelaide, South Australia) is a former professional Australian cricketer, who only plays T20. Tait plays domestic cricket for South Australia and is also a representative for Australia at One Day International and Twenty20 International level. 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.



Bowling

Tait's delivery action is unique and marked by significant lateral twisting of the spine. The 'slingy' nature of his action has led to comparisons with former Australian fast bowler Jeff Thomson.Dubbed "The Wild Thing", Tait is considered one of the fastest bowlers in the world and delivers the ball with phenomenal speed, at around 150 km/h, and occasionally faster.At T20 international on 5 February 2010 against Pakistan Tait recorded a ball measured at 160.7 km/h, the fastest ball ever bowled in Australia. Despite his speed, Tait has often been described as "erratic" and is capable of bowling many extras. His unpredictability, however, is seen as a weapon to some, and his exceptional strike rate seems to confirm this. Tait has also been criticised as "expensive", however others have mentioned that this is irrelevant, as his main role as a "strike bowler" is to take wickets rather than keep the run rate down.

After a Twenty20 match against New Zealand on 11 December 2007, in which Tait troubled the batsmen and took 2/22, New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori and coach John Bracewell publicly raised doubts over the legality of Tait's bowling action. Tait labelled the comments as a "disgrace" and added that he'd be willing to undergo tests to prove his action is legal. Only two days after Vettori made them, he was dismissed by Tait in the opening match of the Chappell-Hadlee Trophy.


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