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Shaun Tait - Player profile

Full name Shaun William Tait
Born February 22, 1983, Bedford Park, Adelaide, South Australia
Current age 22 years 141 days
Major teams Australia, Durham, South Australia
Playing role Bowler
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast
 

Batting and fielding averages

class mat inns no runs hs ave bf sr 100 50 4s 6s ct st
First-class 26 41 17 252 58 10.50 622 40.51 0 1 6 0
List A 25 13 7 33 22* 5.50 75 44.00 0 0 5 0
Twenty-20 1 0 0 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 0
 

Bowling averages

class mat balls runs wkts bbi bbm ave econ sr 4 5 10
First-class 26 4741 2895 118 7/99 24.53 3.66 40.17 11 5 0
List A 25 1259 1015 45 8/43 8/43 22.55 4.83 27.97 1 1 0
Twenty-20 1 24 26 1 1/26 1/26 26.00 6.50 24.00 0 0 0
 

Career statistics

First-class span 2002/03 - 2004/05
List A span 2002/03 - 2004/05
Twenty-20 span 2004/05
 

Profile

A genuinely fast -if slightly wayward - bowler, Shaun Tait made his first-class debut for South Australia and made an immediate impact with many reporters identifying him as a Test-class bowler in the making. In 2003-04 he was named as the Young Cricketer of the Year at the Allan Border medal ceremony, and he also received the ING Cup's Best New Talent award - largely as a result of 8 for 43 against Tasmania. He was rewarded with a call-up to replace Brett Lee in the Australian squad in Sri Lanka, less than three seasons after he had been struggling to make an impression in Adelaide C-grade cricket.