Tait: tests just don't turn me on.

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/cricket/shaun-tait-refuses-to-consider-ashes-comeback/story-e6frectl-1225905929395

Some misguided scribes still think we could blast the opposition out with Tait but at least he understands his limitations.

He undoubtedly could blast the opposition out if he could manage to bowl more than 4 overs every other session.

Which he can't, therefore journos rehashing these stories is a pointless exercise. But I guess they have to fill their column-inches with sumpent.

I like the comment on the article by "Craig of Adelaide"

"I don't think Tait is suited to the longer forms of the game (mainly because he is lazy and injury prone) but what a travesty it is that anyone would NOT want to play Test cricket for Australia!"

Kinda like between a rock and a hard place!

Frankly, good as he might be in short bursts of 4 over of rapid throat balls, there's no guarantee that he'll hit the straps first ball - and if he's dishing dosh thereafter, he's not just ballast - he becomes a liability ...

However, my advice to Hilditch is to try him out in the first 5 tests down under ....

It's just not about bowling a certain number of overs. Big difference between getting wkts in T20/ODI and Tests. Extreme pace bowlers usually get lot of cheap wkts in T20/ODI because batsmen are always under pressure to score runs.

flashback to 'pea-hearted hero not interested in Tests' shocker