Ross Taylor

New Zealand

Full name Luteru Ross Poutoa Lote Taylor

Born March 8, 1984, Lower Hutt, Wellington

Current age 33 years 148 days

Major teams New Zealand, Australian Capital Territory, Central Districts, Central Districts Under-19s, Delhi Daredevils, Durham, New Zealand Emerging Players, New Zealand Under-19s, Pune Warriors, Rajasthan Royals, Royal Challengers Bangalore, St Lucia Zouks, Sussex, Trinidad & Tobago Red Steel, Victoria

Playing role Middle-order batsman

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm offbreak

Explore Ross Taylor's performance

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct
Tests	81	146	18	6030	290	47.10	10123	59.56	16	27	748	44	123
ODIs	190	176	29	6486	131*	44.12	7906	82.03	17	37	540	121	119
T20Is	73	65	13	1256	63	24.15	1046	120.07	0	5	83	48	42
First-class	146	246	21	9812	290	43.60			23	50			184
List A	242	228	33	8465	132*	43.41			21	53			150
T20s	232	216	49	5240	111*	31.37	3908	134.08	1	27	369	258	109

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	81	7	96	48	2	2/4	2/4	24.00	3.00	48.0	0	0	0
ODIs	190	4	42	35	0	-	-	-	5.00	-	0	0	0
T20Is	73	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
First-class	146		684	378	6	2/4	2/4	63.00	3.31	114.0	0	0	0
List A	242		318	242	3	1/13	1/13	80.66	4.56	106.0	0	0	0
T20s	232	15	186	280	8	3/28	3/28	35.00	9.03	23.2	0	0	0

Career statistics

Test debut	South Africa v New Zealand at Johannesburg, Nov 8-11, 2007 scorecard
Last Test	New Zealand v South Africa at Dunedin, Mar 8-12, 2017 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut	New Zealand v West Indies at Napier, Mar 1, 2006 scorecard
Last ODI	Bangladesh v New Zealand at Cardiff, Jun 9, 2017 scorecard
ODI statistics
T20I debut	New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Wellington, Dec 22, 2006 scorecard
Last T20I	England v New Zealand at Delhi, Mar 30, 2016 scorecard
T20I statistics
First-class debut	2002/03
Last First-class	New Zealand v South Africa at Dunedin, Mar 8-12, 2017 scorecard
List A debut	2002/03
Last List A	Bangladesh v New Zealand at Cardiff, Jun 9, 2017 scorecard
T20s debut	Central Districts v Canterbury at Napier, Jan 22, 2006 scorecard
Last T20s	Somerset v Sussex at Taunton, Jul 30, 2017 scorecard

Recent matches

Bat & Bowl	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
1	Sussex	v Somerset	Taunton	30 Jul 2017	T20
-	Sussex	v Middlesex	Hove	28 Jul 2017	T20
3	Sussex	v Kent	Hove	23 Jul 2017	T20
40*	Sussex	v Glamorgan	Cardiff	21 Jul 2017	T20
15	Sussex	v Hampshire	Southampton	20 Jul 2017	T20
47*	Sussex	v Gloucs	Cheltenham	16 Jul 2017	T20
27	Sussex	v Hampshire	Hove	12 Jul 2017	T20
17	Sussex	v Glamorgan	Arundel	9 Jul 2017	T20
63	New Zealand	v Bangladesh	Cardiff	9 Jun 2017	ODI # 3883
39	New Zealand	v England	Cardiff	6 Jun 2017	ODI # 3880

Profile

Ross Taylor could be just what New Zealand need in the wake of the mass of departures from their batting line-up: an aggressive top-order batsman capable of taking up the challenge to world-class attacks. He made a flying start to the domestic 2005-06 season, with three centuries, and was soon in his country's limited-overs side. In only his third match, Taylor hammered a superb 128 against Sri Lanka at Napier and he followed it up with 84 at better than a run a ball in his first ODI outside New Zealand, at Hobart against Australia in January 2007. But in both matches he suffered from cramps and would be keen to eradicate that problem as he strives for more lengthy innings. He scores heavily from the pull and from slog-sweeping the spinners and his free-flowing game has made him a hit with crowds. There was evidence of that during the IPL and Champions League when the Bangalore crowds cheered him as their 'local' hero.

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