Australia tell Tait to rest

Cricket Australia has ordered Shaun Tait to rest from South Australia's Pura Cup match starting on Friday as he continues to recover from an elbow injury. Tait played in the Redbacks' one-day win over Western Australia on Wednesday, taking 2 for 50, but Australia are concerned that too much bowling could delay his progress.

"Cricket Australia do not believe that playing Shaun in back-to-back four-day domestic matches is in the best interests of his pending return to the Australian team," Mark Sorell, the South Australia coach said. "While we had hoped to play Shaun we are fully supportive of Cricket Australia's decision."

While Tait will not play in Darren Lehmann's farewell game against Western Australia at Adelaide Oval, he might be considered for the match against Queensland, which starts in eight days' time. Sorell said the Redbacks understood the need for Tait to be handled carefully in the lead-up to Australia's Chappell-Hadlee Trophy games in December and the Test series against India that follows.

Tait had surgery on his right elbow in June and his recovery has been much slower than anticipated. He has played only one Pura Cup match this season and had been targeting an international comeback in the Chappell-Hadlee Series.

South Australia squad Matthew Elliott, Callum Ferguson, Mark Cosgrove, Nathan Adcok (capt), Darren Lehmann, Andy Delmont, Graham Manou (wk), Ryan Harris, Jason Gillespie, Cullen Bailey, Dan Cullen.

Western Australia squad Justin Langer, Chris Rogers, Adam Voges (capt), Liam Davis, Luke Ronchi (wk), Theo Doropoulos, Brad Hogg, Darren Wates, Aaron Heal, Steve Magoffin, Ben Edmondson, Mathew Inness.