Shaun Tait

Shaun Tait
Tait in 2009
Personal information
Full name
Shaun William Tait
Born (1983-02-22) 22 February 1983 (age 41)
Nairne, South Australia
NicknameSloon, Wild Thing
Height1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast
RoleBowler
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 392)25 August 2005 v England
Last Test16 January 2008 v India
ODI debut2 February 2007 v England
Last ODI24 March 2011 v India
ODI shirt no.35
T20I debut11 December 2007 v New Zealand
Last T20I31 January 2016 v India
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2002/03–2014/15South Australia
2004Durham
2010–2013Rajasthan Royals
2010, 2016Glamorgan
2011/12Mid West Rhinos
2011/12Melbourne Renegades
2012/13–2013/14Wellington
2012/13–2014/15Adelaide Strikers
2013Chittagong Kings
2013, 2015Essex
2015/16–2016/17Hobart Hurricanes
2016Peshawar Zalmi
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 3 35 50 101
Runs scored 20 250 509 110
Batting average 6.66 12.50 12.41 6.11
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/2 0/0
Top score 8 16 68 22*
Balls bowled 414 1688 9263 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 0 1 0
Best bowling 3/97 4/39 7/29 8/43
Catches/stumpings 1/– 48/– 65/– 23/–
Medal record
Men's Cricket
Representing  Australia
ICC Cricket World Cup
Winner 2007 West Indies
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 10 May 2019

Shaun Tait (born 22 February 1983) is a former Australian professional cricketer who was appointed as the bowling coach of the Pakistan national cricket team in February 2022.[1] He played as a right arm fast bowler[2] and represented Australia in all three forms of cricket, but had most success in One Day Internationals, in which he was a member of Australia's undefeated team at the 2007 Cricket World Cup, and Twenty20 cricket. Tait won four different awards throughout his career including the Bradman Young Cricketer of the Year in 2004.[3] He is considered one of the fastest bowlers of all time.

Tait retired from Test cricket in 2009,[4] and later from One Day Internationals in March 2011,[5] to concentrate on playing T20 cricket. In March 2017, Tait announced his retirement from all forms of cricket.[6]

  1. ^ "Pak vs Aus: PCB appoints Australian great Shaun Tait as bowling coach". ESPNcricinfo. 9 February 2022. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
  2. ^ Shaun Tait – ESPNcricinfo Profile ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 15 December 2007
  3. ^ "The next Brett Lee?". Rediff. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference fc-retired was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Australia news: Shaun Tait retires from ODIs as a faded force | Australia Cricket News. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2013-12-23.
  6. ^ "Shaun Tait retires from all cricket". ESPNcricinfo. 27 March 2017. Retrieved 27 March 2017.