Tait out for two months with elbow injury

The fast bowler Shaun Tait will miss Australia's limited-overs matches in India this month and at home against Sri Lanka in November after having surgery on his right elbow. Tait is expected to be out of action until at least early December, which also leaves his World Cup hopes in doubt as the squad will be announced later that month.

"Shaun Tait underwent corrective elbow surgery this afternoon for a chronic elbow complaint and his return to cricket will be determined by the speed of his recovery from surgery," Cricket Australia's doctor Trefor James said. "It is not anticipated he will be able to play within the next two months."

Tait has been in and out of Australia's one-day side over the past few years but he made a strong return during the series against England in June. He was a key man during the World Cup triumph of 2007 in the Caribbean, when he finished equal second on the wicket tally.

Most recently Tait, who no longer plays first-class cricket, helped South Australia reach a semi-final at the Champions League Twenty20 in South Africa. His absence will be a major blow to the early-season hopes of the Redbacks in the new split-innings one-day competition.