Tait plans a careful recovery

Shaun Tait will adopt a cautious approach to playing over the rest of the season after adding a hamstring strain to his list of injuries. Tait hurt himself during South Australia's one-day loss to Queensland and is in doubt for Wednesday's FR Cup match against Tasmania.

"I will have to be pretty cautious now to see if I can get through the season," Tait said in the Advertiser. "I have had tendinitis for a while and it just flared up through the four-day game against Queensland and got worse in the one-day game.

"It has gradually been getting sore. I have been getting through okay then Wednesday night I was in a fair bit of discomfort and couldn't run in and bowl, pretty much."

The captain Graham Manou said Tait would have to be managed carefully and left to decide which matches he plays. "I have another four-day game before Christmas and will just have to see how I go and if I can get through that game or not," Tait said. "I am not sure at this stage.

"I have the Twenty20s after Christmas and then it depends how selection goes with the Australian team in the one-dayers and further games for the Redbacks." He has not played for Australia since the India Test in Perth in January, when he took a complete break from the game due to physical and mental exhaustion.