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Shaun Tait is not depressed

Neither is Marcus Trescothick.

Neither is Scott Styris, that is just the standard look on his face.

Shaun was emotionally and physically exhausted.

Trying, not, make, joke, 4, over, spells….

He says it was the toughest thing he has ever gone through, clearly he has never broken up with an ex faking a pregnancy while repeatedly trying to kill herself.

He is however annoyed at the media,

“They cause a hell of a lot of problems in general. I don’t think the media realise what they do to people’s lives. They ruin people.”

Now I completely agree with this, even though in a weird 5th cousin sort of way I am in the media.

But Shaun, are you not the man who wanted to see blood on the pitch.

The man who tries to hurt batsmen with a ball.

The man who tries to intimidate and ruin the careers of men who are not up to it.

But I guess busting a dudes head open is just part of the game, unlike the media.

Some wacko Zimbabwean burns down stadiums after being hit in the head by a medium pacer.

And how many batsmen have never come back from being hit?

Not that the media don’t ruin their fair share.

The reason you have a professional career in cricket has a lot to do with the media, Shaun.

If the media didn’t take such a keen interest in cricket it would still be an amateur sport, and you probably would have played footy with your mates.

Test cricket is a test of you as a man.

The media is just part of that test.

It’s a hard life, there is no doubt, but one that almost anyone reading this blog would do in a heart beat.

So now you’ve said your bit about the media being evil, to a radio station (apparently not the media), and you can go back to doing what you do best, scaring the bejesus out of batsmen, and the odd square leg umpire.

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I’m here to announce a temporary halt to my blogging/writing career.

This is a very difficult situation for me to be in at this time, this is not an overnight decision but something that I’ve been struggling with for sometime. A break from cricket blogging will hopefully give me a clear mind and a chance for my body to rest and recover.

My love and enjoyment of blogging is struggling due to these issues and if I continue to go on it will be unfair on my readers – and most importantly my family and close friends.”

I’ve had some discussions with the Cricket Bloggers Association medical staff and it is clear that I need a break from cricket blogging at all levels. I’ll be working with the association going forward to ensure that whatever assistance I require is provided to me.

Ok so I’m not talking about me, I’m talking about Shaun Tait, one of the fastest bowlers in the world, and retiree at 25.

I understand how hard the cricket world can be, the groupies, the media, the mean batsman, and all those hotel rooms.

But perhaps his best medicine is not cricket Australia holding his hand, its them getting him a real job.

I suggest he gets a job as a factory worker, a call centre robot, a pensions lawyer or working for a bank.

Then see if his passion for cricket doesn’t magically come back.

I don’t know about you, but there probably isn’t an organ I wouldn’t donate to play test cricket, and there isn’t a relative I wouldn’t sell to bowl over 150 clicks.

Test cricket is hard, it’s not marshmallow or jelly baby cricket.

But short of a family member dying or a scientologist dating his ex girlfriend, I can’t think of one good reason why he would walk away from an international cricket career.

Is there really one of us who wouldn’t swap with him for even 8 minutes?

Cricket is only a game, but last time I checked most other jobs suck @ss in comparison.

Shaun, you have the rest of your life to be a nobody.

You can live in a cave with Damien Martyn, you can work for you local footy team, you can shave your nut sack and tattoo a smiley face on it or you can raise gay albino alpacas for all we care, but just don’t leave over trivial sh1t.

Because you will regret it, and we will regret it if they replace you with another probot.