Tait has taken 30 wickets for South Australia in this season's first-class Pura Cup competition and last month was named the country's Young Cricketer of the Year.
The 29-year-old, who also helped Victoria win Australia's Pura Cup last winter, has scored 1, 548 Championship runs during the current season at an average of almost 62.
The furniture is still wet and the curtains are black with mold in Pura Gonzalo's Far Rockaway home, where the 89-year-old Cuban immigrant says she has throat problems and feels exhausted.