Tait resigned from his position a day after Lance Klusener announced his decision to not extend his deal as head coach
“I have enjoyed my time working with the team especially with the young Afghan fast bowlers whom I personally think have a great future”
ESPNcricinfo understands that the reason for Tait deciding to walk away was a lack of freedom to do his work, and what a source called “a restrictive atmosphere” within the set-up.
In a short statement, Tait said, “I have enjoyed my time working with the team especially with the young Afghan fast bowlers whom I personally think have a great future. Having access to a great cricketing mind like Lance Klusener (head coach of Afghanistan during my tenure) has been an absolute pleasure.”
While Afghanistan hardly played any cricket in 2020 because of Covid-19, they performed fairly well under Klusener, winning one out of the three Tests, three out of the six ODIs and nine out of 14 T20Is. Since Tait’s association with the team, Afghanistan’s only international fixtures were at the T20 World Cup, where they lost to South Africa and beat West Indies in warm-up fixtures before winning just two out of their five games in the main competition to crash out in the group stage.
Source: ESPN Crickinfo