Former Australia pacer Shaun Tait has been appointed as the bowling coach of the Puducherry cricket team.
The 38-year-old is the lone foreign coach in the Indian domestic circuit and he will join the team in the last week of September.
“We have roped him (Tait) in as bowling coach subject to his availability. He had expressed his willingness to come on board. Whenever he is not on any international assignment he will be with the Pondicherry team,” Cricket Association of Pondicherry (CAP) spokesperson said, as quoted by The Indian Express.
About Shaun Tait:
Tait, who featured in three Tests, 35 ODIs and 21 T20 Internationals for Australia, had also turned out for Rajasthan Royals in the IPL during his playing career. The pacer had played a significant role in Australia’s World Cup triumph in the West Indies in 2007, claiming 23 wickets.
