5aa speaking with the saca said its 1 season layoff to get his emotional and physical well being back.

hopefully its only for the 1 season as hes a real talent

The Marcus Trescothck of Australia?

I hope not...strange decision. He only had the one shocker in the Perth test, but half of that wasn't his fault. Ponting didn't give hima bowl early enough or when he did get a bowl it wasn't for long enough.

Maybe because when he bowled he was absolutely woeful?

Agreed ELG......Tait is Rubbish

Smooth Pockets.......the bloke cant bowl to save himself

you always have something nice to say don't you eastern lowland gorilla.

Taits not rubbish, hes just like Brett Lee was in his youth, albeit perhaps more erratic. When Tait is in rhythm there a few scarier bowlers to face in the world and can be a big wicket taker. However its just a shame that at the moment his bad days are so bad that they belong in grade cricket.

Lets hope he comes back refreshed from a break, finds some consistency and maturity, and becomes a force in world cricket. The future of Australian cricket needs him.

he had a great world cup wouldnt u agree?

Face him in the nets and you're opinion might change Fezlington

Tait was won of our best bowlers in the world cup. ELG you have no idea

Face him in the nets...lol

His bowling is so erratic, he would probably bowl it over the nets

I bet you would be the first to say how good he is if he was a regular test player....typical fickle supporter

fEZLINGTON YOU CAN PULL YOUR HEAD OUT OF YOUR A"". He is an absolute talent and part of the reason we won the last world cup - 23 wickets. Can't beat facts champ

Fez
Please ask mother to place you on her knee for a spanking on your last dumb comment

Cricket Australia don't give out contracts to just anyone you know

Sorry, i'm talking about tests, i don't watch one dayers. Wasn't he touted as this guy who was faster than Thommo? And he was only bowling at 145! What would you rather have, Tait bowling his howlers at 145 or Lee bowling on a dime at 145?

ELG - tait isn't challenging Lee. He's in competition with Mitchell Johnson, Hilfinger, Dorey, Bracken etc.

C'mon mate, admit it. You don't like him because Wilt could only ever bowl at 90mph, not tait's searing 95-100mph thunderbolts.

So what your saying ELG is based on ONE TEST (1) that he is incapable of playing test cricket. Gee you are a harsh marker champ. Maybe you should ring CA and see if you can become a selector!

sad to see the pressure that is placed on the young players, hope he gets himself well.

A point that is not raised, but IMO is relevant...

does he chuck?

I know its a big call, but these days its not like it used to be so i feel ok in asking... the sling action is fine, Thomo was a perfect example, but...Tait's (to me) looks very questionable, is it part of the issue at hand?

He's a very good one day bowler yes, but no way near ready for test cricket. Maybe he'll get there, maybe he won't. Needs a lot of improvement before he does 'though..

Kriss - wasn't Dan Cullen a Cricket Australia contracted player? Sometimes they do, you know

So on a bad day he bowls 15k's under his so called fastest bowl, wow I hope he doesn't have too many of those, considering he gets about 1 where he wants it to go every over

And the way Johnson bowled over the summer, there's no way i see Tait cracking the squad for the next 3 years (until Clark goes)

CA must hand out contracts to anyone

I seem to recall Mick Lewis having one......i also think he got belted for 100 odd runs in a One Dayer

I would have Brett Lee, Mitchell Johnson and Stuart Clark ahead of Tait anyday

I even rate Bollinger from NSW more than Tait

No point being a 1 Series wonder....yes he performed in the World Cup, but he is not upto it as a test bowler

"No point being a 1 Series wonder....yes he performed in the World Cup, but he is not upto it as a test bowler"


Fez you are basically saying the same with regards to bollinger being a better bowler than tait. This is his first decent season.

Some bowlers take time, i.e Johnson who could have been dropped however the selectors are eyieng to the future thus decided to play him in every test. Tait has played only 3 tests and yet you criticise him like no tomorrow.

Finally Shane Warne started in similar fashion, i believe Gavaskar/Shastri hit him all over the park, his bowling average would be greater than at the same stage of Taits test career. Should have they dropped Warne? Oh wait a minute he became the most successful leg spinner of all time!