Australian pacer Shaun Tait announces retirement
"Overwhelmed, thank you to everyone for the kind words," he tweeted.
He had played a crucial role in Australia's World Cup victory in the West Indies in 2007.
In his career, the Australian had played three Tests and 54 limited-overs internationals.
Known for bowling fast, Tait holds the unofficial record for the equal second-fastest delivery ever bowled in international cricket, a 161.1km/h thunderbolt against England in 2010.
He was just 0.2 km/hr slower than the all-time mark set by former Pakistani fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar.
"I honestly wanted to play a couple more years, whether it was over in the UK or here," Tait told cricket.com.au.
"I knew it was going to be difficult getting older to compete with the young blokes. But I didn't know it was going to be as difficult as it was this year (with the Hurricanes)," he said.
"Pretty much getting left out of the side or not being able to play because of my elbow, either way there's no point going on with it," Tait said.
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