Comments on: The curious case of Shaun Tait http://www.cricketfizz.com/cricketblog/the-curious-case-of-shaun-tait Blog on cricket Sun, 06 Jul 2008 19:57:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: scorpicity http://www.cricketfizz.com/cricketblog/the-curious-case-of-shaun-tait#comment-230 scorpicity Sun, 20 Jan 2008 05:11:31 +0000 http://www.cricketfizz.com/cricketblog/the-curious-case-of-shaun-tait#comment-230 Uncle J... one thing I can assure you is that am certainly not writing him off at all... have a lot of hope in him into becoming something great... however my point is that there is too much exaggerated dope on him, which is getting to his abilities... in short he already is becoming big in the head which is a bad sign, having not achieved anything so far. I don't think he was carrying an injury in this match... he just looked plain unfit... maybe it was the heat. However would agree with you that he lost his rhythm totally in the match in the later spells and certainly can bowl at higher speeds (not on a average though) than seen in this match.... I will strongly disagree on the average speeds... his average speed is still in the 140s and late 130s and that has been the case from the world cup onwards. My point is that it has been quite some time since he came into the scene... so why is all the talk about fear and blood crawling unheard of speeds being talked about very damm time he gets to play... where is that? A year and still no signs of it? The whole idea of this post is to stop this melodrama and let him concentrate on what he needs to do on his bowling skills like landing the ball in the right areas... speed will automatically follow.... cheers Uncle J… one thing I can assure you is that am certainly not writing him off at all… have a lot of hope in him into becoming something great… however my point is that there is too much exaggerated dope on him, which is getting to his abilities… in short he already is becoming big in the head which is a bad sign, having not achieved anything so far.

I don’t think he was carrying an injury in this match… he just looked plain unfit… maybe it was the heat. However would agree with you that he lost his rhythm totally in the match in the later spells and certainly can bowl at higher speeds (not on a average though) than seen in this match…. I will strongly disagree on the average speeds… his average speed is still in the 140s and late 130s and that has been the case from the world cup onwards. My point is that it has been quite some time since he came into the scene… so why is all the talk about fear and blood crawling unheard of speeds being talked about very damm time he gets to play… where is that? A year and still no signs of it? The whole idea of this post is to stop this melodrama and let him concentrate on what he needs to do on his bowling skills like landing the ball in the right areas… speed will automatically follow…. cheers

]]> By: scorpicity http://www.cricketfizz.com/cricketblog/the-curious-case-of-shaun-tait#comment-229 scorpicity Sun, 20 Jan 2008 04:48:41 +0000 http://www.cricketfizz.com/cricketblog/the-curious-case-of-shaun-tait#comment-229 Hey Soulberry... fantastic final... Delhi edged ahead... hoping to catch the action today on neo playbacks... PJ Sangwan eh... not heard of him... must be straight from the u19 team... let's see how he shapes up next season. Hey Soulberry… fantastic final… Delhi edged ahead… hoping to catch the action today on neo playbacks… PJ Sangwan eh… not heard of him… must be straight from the u19 team… let’s see how he shapes up next season.

]]> By: Uncle J rod http://www.cricketfizz.com/cricketblog/the-curious-case-of-shaun-tait#comment-228 Uncle J rod Sun, 20 Jan 2008 02:52:48 +0000 http://www.cricketfizz.com/cricketblog/the-curious-case-of-shaun-tait#comment-228 I have seen the man bowl alot of times, this was the slowest i have ever seen him bowl. Whether he lost his rhythm or he was carrying an injury i don't know, but i would say this, write him off at your own peril. I have seen the man bowl alot of times, this was the slowest i have ever seen him bowl. Whether he lost his rhythm or he was carrying an injury i don’t know, but i would say this, write him off at your own peril.

]]> By: Soulberry http://www.cricketfizz.com/cricketblog/the-curious-case-of-shaun-tait#comment-227 Soulberry Sun, 20 Jan 2008 02:18:47 +0000 http://www.cricketfizz.com/cricketblog/the-curious-case-of-shaun-tait#comment-227 Congratulations Scorpi! And Delhi won too! There's a PJ Sangwan shaping up gradually...he's a left-arm paceman and just 19! Congratulations Scorpi!

And Delhi won too! There’s a PJ Sangwan shaping up gradually…he’s a left-arm paceman and just 19!

]]> By: scorpicity http://www.cricketfizz.com/cricketblog/the-curious-case-of-shaun-tait#comment-221 scorpicity Fri, 18 Jan 2008 18:39:48 +0000 http://www.cricketfizz.com/cricketblog/the-curious-case-of-shaun-tait#comment-221 Soulberry... bang on... he has to take a leaf out of Lee's book and learn from him... right now all the signals that one gets is that he is better than lee which lee himself agreed and passed the buck... am sure Lee must be smiling coyly. Soulberry… bang on… he has to take a leaf out of Lee’s book and learn from him… right now all the signals that one gets is that he is better than lee which lee himself agreed and passed the buck… am sure Lee must be smiling coyly.

]]> By: scorpicity http://www.cricketfizz.com/cricketblog/the-curious-case-of-shaun-tait#comment-220 scorpicity Fri, 18 Jan 2008 18:37:49 +0000 http://www.cricketfizz.com/cricketblog/the-curious-case-of-shaun-tait#comment-220 Otts... he has a good chance to come really good, as long as he truly realizes what he is capable of and stops play halloween games with the press... As it stands today only the New Zealanders and Australians are scared.... to the rest of the world he is like Scooby Doo. Otts… he has a good chance to come really good, as long as he truly realizes what he is capable of and stops play halloween games with the press… As it stands today only the New Zealanders and Australians are scared…. to the rest of the world he is like Scooby Doo.

]]> By: scorpicity http://www.cricketfizz.com/cricketblog/the-curious-case-of-shaun-tait#comment-219 scorpicity Fri, 18 Jan 2008 18:35:16 +0000 http://www.cricketfizz.com/cricketblog/the-curious-case-of-shaun-tait#comment-219 Kp... he is actually quite good enough to play international cricket... but lot to work on... after all he did scare the pants of the new zealanders... but then so did a malinga, steyn and especially akhtar who blew three subsequent generations of their pants away in that one devastating fast bowling spell. Kp… he is actually quite good enough to play international cricket… but lot to work on… after all he did scare the pants of the new zealanders… but then so did a malinga, steyn and especially akhtar who blew three subsequent generations of their pants away in that one devastating fast bowling spell.

]]> By: Soulberry http://www.cricketfizz.com/cricketblog/the-curious-case-of-shaun-tait#comment-217 Soulberry Fri, 18 Jan 2008 16:31:47 +0000 http://www.cricketfizz.com/cricketblog/the-curious-case-of-shaun-tait#comment-217 Brett Lee, who was a better bowler than Tait when he arrived on the scene, would still be a good model for young Tait to emulate. The saving grace for Akhtar was that there were times he came up with match-turning performances. On the current evidence Tait doesn't look capable of that yet. If te androgens continue to pump around him, cricket will see yet another unfulfilled promise gone to waste. the fact the RP played rather comfortably worried me...this could yet be India's match, but Australia look the frontrunners to me. This is the first time I have had doubts about India in this series. Brett Lee, who was a better bowler than Tait when he arrived on the scene, would still be a good model for young Tait to emulate.

The saving grace for Akhtar was that there were times he came up with match-turning performances. On the current evidence Tait doesn’t look capable of that yet. If te androgens continue to pump around him, cricket will see yet another unfulfilled promise gone to waste.

the fact the RP played rather comfortably worried me…this could yet be India’s match, but Australia look the frontrunners to me.

This is the first time I have had doubts about India in this series.

]]> By: Ottayan http://www.cricketfizz.com/cricketblog/the-curious-case-of-shaun-tait#comment-216 Ottayan Fri, 18 Jan 2008 16:03:29 +0000 http://www.cricketfizz.com/cricketblog/the-curious-case-of-shaun-tait#comment-216 Sadly another man who believed in his own hype. Sadly another man who believed in his own hype.

]]> By: kp http://www.cricketfizz.com/cricketblog/the-curious-case-of-shaun-tait#comment-215 kp Fri, 18 Jan 2008 14:37:50 +0000 http://www.cricketfizz.com/cricketblog/the-curious-case-of-shaun-tait#comment-215 Speed Does Matter....but u need accuracy than its difficult to play....but as Shohaib and many other bowlers has shown that Raw pace cant be good....as u can see perth the fastest pitch in the world...cant help...tait...whos as fast as pitch.......lolz In short....As u mentioned...go back and work on ur line and length...this is international cricket mr. tait....this isnt so called "Gully or club" cricket. Speed Does Matter….but u need accuracy than its difficult to play….but as Shohaib and many other bowlers has shown that Raw pace cant be good….as u can see perth the fastest pitch in the world…cant help…tait…whos as fast as pitch…….lolz

In short….As u mentioned…go back and work on ur line and length…this is international cricket mr. tait….this isnt so called “Gully or club” cricket.

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