Full name Shaun William Tait
Born February 22, 1983, Bedford Park, Adelaide, South Australia
Current age 37 years 337 days
Major teams Australia, Adelaide Strikers, Australia A, Chittagong Kings, Durham, Essex, Essex 2nd XI, Glamorgan, Hobart Hurricanes, Melbourne Renegades, Mid West Rhinos, Peshawar Zalmi, Rajasthan Royals, South Australia, Wellington
Nickname Sloon
Playing role Bowler
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast
Height 1.93 m
Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s | Ct | St | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tests | 3 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 8 | 6.66 | 46 | 43.47 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
ODIs | 35 | 7 | 5 | 25 | 11 | 12.50 | 29 | 86.20 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
T20Is | 21 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 2.75 | 15 | 73.33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
First-class | 50 | 70 | 29 | 509 | 68 | 12.41 | 991 | 51.36 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 0 | ||
List A | 101 | 38 | 20 | 110 | 22* | 6.11 | 179 | 61.45 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | ||
T20s | 171 | 53 | 25 | 163 | 26 | 5.82 | 201 | 81.09 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 24 | 0 |
Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tests | 3 | 6 | 414 | 302 | 5 | 3/97 | 3/121 | 60.40 | 4.37 | 82.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
ODIs | 35 | 34 | 1688 | 1461 | 62 | 4/39 | 4/39 | 23.56 | 5.19 | 27.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
T20Is | 21 | 21 | 478 | 589 | 28 | 3/13 | 3/13 | 21.03 | 7.39 | 17.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
First-class | 50 | 9263 | 5661 | 198 | 7/29 | 28.59 | 3.66 | 46.7 | 17 | 7 | 1 | ||
List A | 101 | 5063 | 4340 | 182 | 8/43 | 8/43 | 23.84 | 5.14 | 27.8 | 6 | 3 | 0 | |
T20s | 171 | 167 | 3674 | 4891 | 218 | 5/32 | 5/32 | 22.43 | 7.98 | 16.8 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
Test debut | England v Australia at Nottingham, Aug 25-28, 2005 scorecard |
Last Test | Australia v India at Perth, Jan 16-19, 2008 scorecard |
Test statistics | |
ODI debut | Australia v England at Sydney, Feb 2, 2007 scorecard |
Last ODI | India v Australia at Ahmedabad, Mar 24, 2011 scorecard |
ODI statistics | |
T20I debut | Australia v New Zealand at Perth, Dec 11, 2007 scorecard |
Last T20I | Australia v India at Sydney, Jan 31, 2016 scorecard |
T20I statistics | |
First-class debut | 2002/03 |
Last First-class | Queensland v South Australia at Brisbane, Nov 28-Dec 1, 2008 scorecard |
List A debut | 2002/03 |
Last List A | South Australia v Queensland at Brisbane, Oct 12, 2014 scorecard |
T20s debut | Australia A v Pakistanis at Adelaide, Jan 13, 2005 scorecard |
Last T20s | Hobart Hurricanes v Sydney Thunder at Hobart, Jan 8, 2017 scorecard |
Bat & Bowl | Team | Opposition | Ground | Match Date | Scorecard |
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0/32 | Hurricanes | v Thunder | Hobart | 8 Jan 2017 | T20 |
1/34 | Hurricanes | v Heat | Brisbane | 30 Dec 2016 | T20 |
0/56 | Hurricanes | v Stars | Hobart | 26 Dec 2016 | T20 |
3/32 | Hurricanes | v Sixers | Sydney | 23 Dec 2016 | T20 |
1/34, 0* | Glamorgan | v Yorkshire | Cardiff | 11 Aug 2016 | T20 |
- | Glamorgan | v Essex | Chelmsford | 29 Jul 2016 | T20 |
12*, 1/13 | Glamorgan | v Sussex | Hove | 28 Jul 2016 | T20 |
2/25 | Glamorgan | v Somerset | Cardiff | 22 Jul 2016 | T20 |
0/12 | Glamorgan | v Hampshire | Southampton | 14 Jul 2016 | T20 |
0/27 | Glamorgan | v Gloucs | Cardiff | 10 Jul 2016 | T20 |
At his best Shaun Tait was one of the quickest bowlers in the world, but his best was seen only in the short formats for Australia, and even then only for a short while. A brutal bowler with a shoulder-strong action, Tait's body found the workload too tough in the long form and played only three Tests, and was done with first-class cricket by the age of 25.
Bradman Young Cricketer of the Year - 2004
ICC Emerging Player of the Year 2007