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Tait thunderbolt finds its target

Rene Ferdinands holds a cricket ball while standing in front of cricket training nets

"Unfortunately, the side on action has gone completely out of favour, so that removes … an opportunity to develop speed,"
Dr Ferdinands said.

Fast bowling and back injuries

"As soon as there's a little bit of something different, it tends to be bred out of them,"
Dr Ferdinands said.

"Just watching the game nearly every day, fast bowlers are still breaking down and that's the way it's going to be,"
Tait said.

Luke Butterworth smiles as he holds a white cricket ball in his hand

"I think the challenge is to obviously maintain that if you're playing all year round and you're travelling, that's when it probably starts to get a little bit difficult."
Billy Stanlake wears a black jumper and holds a white cricket ball in both hands

Shaun Tait bowls a delivery while in an Australian green uniform at the MCG in Melbourne in 2009

"Let players go a little bit and let them be aggressive and ball fast,"
Tait said.

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