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Australia paceman Shaun Tait has announced his retirement from one-day cricket. The 28-year-old, a 2007 World Cup winner and piece of the squad knocked out of the event on the sub-continent last week, will quit both international and domestic 50-over cricket to center on the Twenty20 format.
"I have determined to retire from one-day cricket for both Australia and the South Australian Redbacks," said Tait, who plays in the Indian Premier League for Rajasthan Royals and will also stand for Surrey in England in the through format this year. "This is not a choice I have taken lightly but I consider it is one that will help me to extend my cricketing career throughout the many Twenty20 avenues available.
"In reality, playing all year round for Australia and South Australia is not allowing my body to stand up as I would like and I do not want to be enforced into retirement through career-ending injuries. "Twenty20 cricket allows me to direct my body to a level where I feel I can continue to add to the game for some time yet."
Defending champions Australia were knocked out of the World Cup at the quarter-final stage by co-hosts India. "My goal was to hopefully help Australia retain the ICC Cricket World Cup," Tait said. However, with our involvement now ended I feel it is the ideal time to move on in a new direction.
"I have many great recollections of one-day cricket both for my state and country with the 2007 ICC Cricket World Cup clearly being the stand out.
