Tait confident of Twenty20 trip after elbow surgery

Shaun Tait is confident he will be available for the Twenty20 World Championship in South Africa in September, despite having elbow surgery last week. Tait said he should be fit by August "at the latest".

"I have a decent range of movement already," Tait told The Advertiser. "The physio is pretty impressed so I might be back quicker than expected." Tait had arthroscopic surgery on his right elbow for a soft-tissue niggle that had troubled him for most of the summer and Australia's initial expectation was that he would be a 50-50 chance of making the trip to South Africa

Tait, who has also had shoulder problems in the past, said there was no possibility he would alter his slinging action in an effort to keep him off the sidelines. "Every time I get injured it comes up but I will just keep snubbing it," he said. "I won't be changing the action."

Tait suffered a hamstring injury before Christmas, which hurt his chances of playing in Australia's early CB Series matches in January. However, he was called up for his ODI debut late in the tournament and also went to the World Cup, where he impressed with 23 wickets at 20.3.