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CibbuanoShaun Tait set for October comeback
March 14th 2008 22:00
Cricket should welcome back a smiling and happy Shaun Tait in October
Some good news on the Shaun Tait front - the troubled fast bowler has hinted that he will be fit and ready for a comeback in time for the start of the next domestic season in October.
The 25 year-old South Australian speedster shocked the cricket fraternity when he walked away from the game after his sub-par performance in the Perth Test six weeks ago. Citing physical and emotional troubles as his reasons for walking away from the game, he admitted there was a while when he 'hated' cricket and was overcome with the feeling of 'not wanting to play any more'.
Shaun Tait bowling his trademark sledgehammer delivery
“I wasn't enjoying it, even playing for the Redbacks. I was just going through the motions for the sake of it.” he admitted. “When you're not enjoying being out on the field for your country there's something wrong,” he added. “It's no one else's fault, it's just the way I felt.”
After a month of soul-searching and advice from players such as England's Marcus Trescothick, Tait started feeling like himself again two weeks ago and started thinking more about cricket and playing again.
Feeling fresh and rejuvenated from bowling 150 km/h deliveries, Tait says he will return to cricket with a new mentality - to try not to bowl flat out every ball.
“When I do come back and play I'm not going to worry about the speed gun as much as I used to,” he said with an obvious reference to the maturity Brett Lee has displayed since taking over as the leader of the Australian pace attack from the retired Glenn McGrath.
“I'm going to work on other parts of my game as well. I was speaking to Brett Lee about it. Look at him. He's going great guns.
“His trick was bowling better lines and just worrying about being a mature bowler rather than trying to be the fastest bowler of all time.”
With another seven months to go before his planned return to cricket, Tait will have even more time to focus on his most welcome return to our national summer sport.
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