Australian pacer Shaun Tait today admitted that his flop-show in the Perth Test has all but ended his chances of being selected for the fourth and final Test against India starting January 24. “I’m not sure if I’ll keep my spot here to be honest, by the look of things,” Tait told The Advertiser.

Tait, who was touted as a “wicket-taking machine” by skipper Ricky Ponting, came a cropper in Perth and went wicketless besides adding to Australia’s slow over-rate woes.

Buchanan-speak

Meanwhile, in Melbourne, former coach John Buchanan said Australia got carried away in their pursuit of a record 17th straight Test win, and by the fallout of the ill-tempered Sydney Test.

Even as the entire country finds it difficult to digest the defeat which robbed Ricky Ponting’s team a world record 17th consecutive Test win in Perth, Buchanan, who guided the side to 12 of its 16 Test victories on the trot, said it was probably due to distractions.

“Having been involved when there are records on, and with all the distractions occurring between the second and third Tests, that’s all part of it,” he said. “It (the record) is what everybody expected. People were talking up the wicket, that it was likely to be over in three days. All of those things can play a part in the end,” Buchanan was quoted as saying by The Age.