Two months too late- AUS recall Shaun Tait....

Symonds and Tait Recalled for Australia
Andrew Symonds' exile from the national team is over after he was named in the Australian side to take on an All-Stars XI in a Twenty20 match in Brisbane on Friday. Symonds will also be back in the frame for the upcoming home Test series against New Zealand having completed the welfare process prescribed for him.

Symonds has been out of contention for Australia's matches since late August, when the team leadership group sent him home from the ODI series in Darwin after he chose to go fishing and missed a team meeting. He later declared his intentions to try to return to the Australia team and he has been playing for Queensland in the first month of the domestic season.

"He has made significant progress during his enforced layoff," Cricket Australia's chief executive James Sutherland said. "I know Andrew has had a very strong desire to fight his way back into the Australian team and I am confident that desire will be reflected in his actions over the coming months."

Another player making a comeback is the fast bowler Shaun Tait, who has not appeared for Australia since walking away from cricket in January, citing mental and physical exhaustion. Tait was chosen in the Australia squad having made a strong start to the domestic limited-overs series for South Australia.

"Shaun is a dynamic bowler in all forms of the game," Andrew Hilditch, the chairman of selectors, said. "Given his outstanding performances in interstate one-day cricket, we feel he is ideally suited to Twenty20."

Several players will be rested for the one-off match following their tough tour of India, including the captain Ricky Ponting, who will hand the reins to Michael Clarke. The fast bowlers Brett Lee, Mitchell Johnson and Stuart Clark will also take a break, while James Hopes and Nathan Bracken were not considered due to recent injuries.

The bowling vacancies give Australia a chance to test out some of their younger fast men in the Twenty20 arena. Peter Siddle, who made his Test debut in Mohali, has been included alongside the team's newest ODI debutant, Brett Geeves. The opener Matthew Hayden was included while his long-time opening partner, Justin Langer, will be part of the opposition.

Langer and Adam Gilchrist will be the major attractions in the Australian Cricketers' Association All-Stars line-up, which is mostly made up of leading domestic players. Simon Katich will find himself facing several of his Test team-mates, while the younger members of the squad include Victoria's dynamic opener Rob Quiney and the South Australia offspinner Dan Cullen.

Australia Matthew Hayden, Shaun Marsh, Michael Clarke (capt), Michael Hussey, David Hussey, Andrew Symonds, Shane Watson, Cameron White, Brad Haddin (wk), Brett Geeves, Peter Siddle, Shaun Tait.


ACA All-Stars XI Adam Gilchrist (capt, wk), Justin Langer, Brad Hodge, Simon Katich, Rob Quiney, Michael Dighton, Dan Marsh, Ashley Noffke, Ryan Harris, Steve Magoffin, Brendan Drew, Dan Cullen

They have both displayed mental fragilities, Can't really blame CA.

Josh Carney wrote:They have both displayed mental fragilities, Can't really blame CA.

forget about Symo...its Shaun Tait who was/is the real deal and could have given an extra dimension to the bowling attack. For starters he would have reverse swung the ball at pace which none of the other Aussies are skilled enough to do.

Tait also took a temporary break from Cricket not that long back ago struggling to balance expectations and other stresses.

PlanetPakistan wrote:

Josh Carney wrote:They have both displayed mental fragilities, Can't really blame CA.

forget about Symo...its Shaun Tait who was/is the real deal and could have given an extra dimension to the bowling attack. For starters he would have reverse swung the ball at pace which none of the other Aussies are skilled enough to do.

Turn it up, we couldn't use Tait in India








The captain would end up getting suspended for slow over rates

G.Wood wrote:

PlanetPakistan wrote:

Josh Carney wrote:They have both displayed mental fragilities, Can't really blame CA.

forget about Symo...its Shaun Tait who was/is the real deal and could have given an extra dimension to the bowling attack. For starters he would have reverse swung the ball at pace which none of the other Aussies are skilled enough to do.

Turn it up, we couldn't use Tait in India








The captain would end up getting suspended for slow over rates

Tait should be a compulsory selection in that case.

Josh Carney wrote:Tait also took a temporary break from Cricket not that long back ago struggling to balance expectations and other stresses.

yeah but he returned many months ago and could have easily played the series...

Would have been a bit like the Pakistani selection methods of the 80s and 90s but it was certainly worth taking a chance.

lol @ zat and Gwood...

I reckon Tait was an obvious choice considering that below average players like C White got to play all 4 games.

Lack is injured at the moment ...may not play

And this is a surprise because...?

Zat wrote:And this is a surprise because...?

he said "may" not "will"

Tait should not play Tests but he will probably end up being the worlds most effective JAMODI and JAMOTT bowler, which doesn't really mean much.

JGK wrote:Tait should not play Tests but he will probably end up being the worlds most effective JAMODI and JAMOTT bowler, which doesn't really mean much.

It would if he was Indian. Or a Kiwi.

TNWH is not a Test class bowler.

lardbucket wrote:TNWH is not a Test class bowler.

WH will sue you for defamation

Even Waqar Younis had a slowish start to his career(first 5-6 months) but such talents like Waqar and Tait deserve to play every test match based on their talent alone.

and its not like AUS are carrying Wasims, Mcgraths or Ambroses in the current side.

PlanetPakistan wrote:Even Waqar Younis had a slowish start to his career(first 5-6 months) but such talents like Waqar and Tait deserve to play every test match based on their talent alone.

and its not like AUS are carrying Wasims, Mcgraths or Ambroses in the current side.

That sort of attitude has kept Pak cricket in the doldrums.

As a great Rugby League coach once said: "Talent never won no-one nothing".

JGK wrote:

PlanetPakistan wrote:Even Waqar Younis had a slowish start to his career(first 5-6 months) but such talents like Waqar and Tait deserve to play every test match based on their talent alone.

and its not like AUS are carrying Wasims, Mcgraths or Ambroses in the current side.

That sort of attitude has kept Pak cricket in the doldrums.

As a great Rugby League coach once said: "Talent never won no-one nothing".

well when we use to pick the likes of Wasims, A Qadirs and others from the streets and let them play test cricket with out much 1st class experience(in Wasim's case literally none) we use to have a quality team. Some players like Inzamam were picked based on 1 or 2 net sessions and Saqlain( i don't know how he was discovered) based on a handful of domestic games.

Now we pick workhorses like Rao ahead of genuine talents like Sohail Khan and Talha which is one of the reasons why we don't have a quality team any more...

can't rely on domestic structure when it doesn't even exist.

Great stuff; Tait is A1 top class comedy in the field...can't wait!

hmmm....

Was and is shit, and probably always will be. To choose Tait is to concede defeat.

Tait has admitted that he isn't up Tests. Keep him for JAMODIs and JAMOTTs (where he is about the best in the world) and let the likes of Midge get a rest.

He doesn't even play most Shield games these days.

lardbucket wrote:Was and is shit, and probably always will be. To choose Tait is to concede defeat.

hilf hilf hilf

If he was chosen to replace Lee he'd be a like for like replacement.

They're both shit.