Ross Taylor
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Taylor in 2010
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Full name | Luteru Ross Poutoa Lote Taylor | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand |
8 March 1984 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | Pallekele Plunderer, The Kiwi Bradman, Rosco, Tuisi (Too Easy) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting style | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling style | Right-arm off break | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Top-order batsman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Test debut (cap 234) | 8 November 2007 v South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Test | 18 December 2015 v Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ODI debut (cap 144) | 1 March 2006 v West Indies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last ODI | 5 January 2016 v Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ODI shirt no. | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2003–present | Central Districts | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2008–2010 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2009–2010 | Victoria | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2010 | Durham | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2011 | Rajasthan Royals | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2012, 2014 | Delhi Daredevils | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2013 | Pune Warriors India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2013–2014 | Trinidad and Tobago Red Steel | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2015 | St Lucia Zouks | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2016–present | Sussex | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 25 April 2016 |
Luteru Ross Poutoa Lote Taylor (born 8 March 1984), more commonly known as Ross Taylor, is a New Zealand cricketer and former national captain.[1] He previously captained the New Zealand Under-19 side in youth internationals. Taylor has a highest List A score of 132* in the State Shield domestic one-day competition in 2003–04, and a first class best of 290 against Australia in the 2015–16 Trans-Tasman Trophy Test series. He currently plays for cricket franchise Delhi Daredevils in the IPL.
Contents
Personal life
Taylor is of part-Samoan descent,[2] his mother being from Samoa and his father from New Zealand.[citation needed] Taylor was a hockey player before shifting his focus to cricket.[2] Taylor and New Zealand women's cricketer Victoria Jayne Brown were married on 25 June 2011. They have a daughter named Mackenzie, who was born on 24 September 2011 and a son named Jonty who was born on 16 February 2014.[citation needed]
International career
He made his debut for the New Zealand team in international cricket on 1 March 2006, in a one-day match against the West Indies. He became the second male player of Samoan heritage to play for New Zealand after Murphy Su'a.[3] Taylor's full name is Luteru Ross Poutoa Lote Taylor; however, some sources have inaccurately recorded his name as Ross Luteru Taylor. This is because Taylor grew up answering to both Luteru and Ross when playing cricket, and did not realise he needed to write down his full name for the official New Zealand Cricket records when he was asked to fill in a questionnaire at a first-class match early in his career.[citation needed]
Taylor captained New Zealand for the first time in an ODI against Australia in Napier on 3 March 2010, when Daniel Vettori dropped out of the side less than 30 minutes before the start with a neck ache. Taylor top-scored with 70 and New Zealand won by two wickets with four balls to spare. Taylor was also awarded the Man of the Match and donated the $NZ 500 prize to the Lansdowne Cricket Club in Masterton.[citation needed]
Taylor has been a dominant batsman on the domestic scene for the past couple of seasons. He is a clean striker of the ball, and a useful off-break bowler. Taylor scored his maiden one day century in front of a delighted crowd in Napier, playing against Sri Lanka on 28 December 2006. Unluckily for him, New Zealand were comprehensively beaten in that game, his innings aside. He also suffered dehydration and required a short hospital trip during the second innings. Taylor hit 84 against Australia in their opening game in the 2007 Commonwealth Bank series. He has also established one of the most potent no.3-no.4 top order partnership with Kane Williamson since the latter made his debut.[4] However, they were also involved in 12 run outs across all forms of international cricket as of 26 January 2015 when they are both on the crease.[5]
Domestic career
Taylor was picked up by the Royal Challengers Bangalore in the 2008 Indian Premier League auction. An innings of note was a destructive 81* off 33 balls[6] against the Kolkata Knight Riders in 2009.
In the 2011 auction, Taylor was sold to the Rajasthan Royals.
He departed the Rajasthan Royals to join the Delhi Daredevils for the season of 2012.
He was traded from Delhi Daredevils where he played a season to Pune Warriors India for Ashish Nehra in 2013.[7]
His domestic team in New Zealand is the Central Stags, in 2009/10 he played for the Victorian Bushrangers in the KFC Twenty20 Big Bash as one of two overseas players (the other being Dwayne Bravo from the West Indies). In the 2009-10 HRV Cup Final against the Auckland Aces, Taylor scored a match-winning 80 off 30 balls, and in a partnership with Kieran Noema-Barnett they scored 133 runs from 53 balls bowled. Taylor also hit Michael Bates for 27 in one over, including three consecutive sixes. In total Taylor hit eight sixes and five fours for the Stags. In 2010 he played for Durham in the Friends Provident T20 tournament, his most substantial contribution being a brutal 80 not out from only 33 balls including 3 fours and 9 sixes.
Taylor has also played English cricket for Norwich and Coltishall Wanderers in Norfolk. He was their key player and he was consistent in scoring runs.
In 2016, he played for Sussex in the English County Championship.
Achievements
Taylor's first ODI century came against Sri Lanka on 28 December 2006, scoring 128* off 133 balls. The innings included 12 fours and 6 sixes. Taylor scored his second century in his ODI career on 18 February 2007 against Australia. He scored 117, the 2nd highest score by a New Zealander against Australia.[citation needed]
He made his highest ODI score of 131* which came off 124 balls against Pakistan on 8 March 2011 at the ICC Cricket World Cup. His innings included seven (7) 6's and eight (8) 4's and contributed to New Zealand making 127 runs in the final 9 overs of the game for their highest total ever against Pakistan (302) in ODI cricket. It is from this match that Taylor earned his nickname 'The Pallekele Plunderer' after he blasted a staggering 55 runs from the last 13 deliveries he faced.[8] With this century, Taylor became only the fourth batsman in history of the game that scored an ODI century in a birthday, after Vinod Kambli, Sachin Tendulkar, and Sanath Jayasuriya.[9]
He scored his maiden Test century in March 2008 at Hamilton in the first Test of the 2007–08 series against England and went on to be the leading run scorer for the series.
Taylor also plays for Delhi Daredevils in the Indian Premier League (IPL) and for his domestic team, the Central Districts Stags. Taylor scored a match winning innings of 81 from just 33 balls for Bangalore against Kolkata to seal an improbable victory for his team in 2009.
He has one of the highest strike-rates as an RCB batsman and known to be a 'finisher'. After RCB's win over Delhi Daredevils at Champions League Twenty20 2009, captain Anil Kumble said that Taylor was a "murderer" of spinners, referring to his explosive innings of 65. In 38 balls, Taylor had scored six 4s and four 6s, and was declared Man of the Match.[10]
Ross Taylor scored what was then a Test match career-best of 154* against England at Old Trafford in May 2008, a brilliant innings including 5 sixes and 17 fours.
His third Test century, an innings of 151 runs off 204 balls, came against India at Napier in March 2009. His fourth Test century, in the next Test, was a 107 which delayed India's victory long enough to force a draw.
In a match against Australia at Hamilton in March 2010, Taylor made the fastest Test century ever by a New Zealander, bringing up his hundred off only 81 balls [11]
Taylor scored centuries in all three tests in the 2013/14 series against the West Indies. In the first Test, Taylor made his first Test match double-century and highest test score of 217* in a composed and classy innings.[12]
Taylor's 12th ODI century against Pakistan at Napier coincides with the 100th century for the Black Caps. Kane Williamson also scored his century before, making his the 99th century for the team.[13]
The best innings of his life came during the second test of Trans-Tasman Trophy in 2015-16 season in Australia. He scored his first double hundred and became the highest score by a New Zealand batsman in away Tests and in Australian soil as well. With this feat, he also became the first Kiwi batsman to score a Test double-hundred against Australia and the 2nd fastest among his countrymen to reach 5,000 Test career runs (in 120 innings).[14] During the inning, his partnership with Kane Williamson of 265-run for the third wicket, which was New Zealand's highest of all time against Australia for any wicket.[15] Taylor was dismissed for 290 runs with 43 fours.
International centuries
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Ross Taylor has scored 28 centuries in both Test and ODI matches, without in T20 internationals. He has scored 13 Test hundreds and 15 ODI centuries. Taylor is second only to Nathan Astle for most number of ODI centuries by a Blackcap.
International Awards
Test Cricket
Man of the match awards
S No | Series | Season | Series Performance | Result |
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1 | New Zealand in Sri Lanka | 2012/13 | 1st innings: 142 (306 balls: 11×4); DNB, 1 catch 2nd innings: 74 (95 balls: 2×4); DNB |
New Zealand won by 167 runs.[16] |
2 | West Indies in New Zealand | 2013/14 | 1st innings: 217* (319 balls: 23×4); DNB, 2 catches 2nd innings: DNB, 2 catches; 16* (61 balls: 2×4) |
Drawn.[17] |
3 | West Indies in New Zealand | 2013/14 | 1st innings: DNB; 131 (264 balls: 16×4, 2x6) 2nd innings: DNB, 1 catch; 2* (8 balls) |
New Zealand won by 8 wickets.[18] |
4 | New Zealand vs Pakistan in UAE | 2014/15 | 1st innings: 23 (71 balls: 3×4); DNB, 2 catches 2nd innings: 104 (133 balls: 12×4); DNB, 1 catch |
Drawn.[19] |
5 | Trans-Tasman Trophy | 2015/16 | 1st innings: 290 (374 balls: 43×4); DNB 2nd innings: 36* (35 balls: 5×4); DNB; 1 catch |
Drawn.[20] |
One-Day International Cricket
Man of the Match Awards
S No | Opponent | Venue | Date | Match Performance | Result |
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1 | Australia | Eden Park, Auckland | 18 February 2007 | DNB, 1 catch; 117 (127 balls: 16×4, 1x6) | New Zealand won by 5 wickets.[21] |
2 | Kenya | Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia | 20 March 2007 | 85 (107 balls: 8×4, 1x6); DNB | New Zealand won by 148 runs.[22] |
3 | Bangladesh | Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong | 14 October 2008 | 103 (119 balls: 5×4, 4x6); DNB | New Zealand won by 79 runs.[23] |
4 | Bangladesh | University Oval, Dunedin | 8 February 2010 | DNB; 78 (52 balls: 6×4, 5x6) | New Zealand won by 5 wickets.[24] |
5 | Australia | McLean Park, Napier | 3 March 2010 | DNB; 70 (71 balls: 6×4, 1x6) | New Zealand won by 2 wickets.[25] |
6 | India | Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla | 10 August 2010 | 95 (113 balls: 8×4, 1x6); DNB, 4 catches | New Zealand won by 200 runs.[26] |
7 | Pakistan | Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy | 8 March 2011 | 131* (124 balls: 8×4, 7x6); DNB, 1 catch | New Zealand won by 110 runs.[27] |
8 | India | Seddon Park, Hamilton | 28 January 2014 | DNB; 112* (127 balls: 15×4) | New Zealand won by 7 wickets.[28] |
9 | India | Westpac Stadium, Wellington | 31 January 2014 | 102 (106 balls: 10×4, 1x6); DNB, 1 catch | New Zealand won by 87 runs.[29] |
10 | England | Kennington Oval, London | 12 June 2015 | 119* (96 balls: 10×4, 4x6); DNB, 1 catch | New Zealand won by 13 runs (D/L).[30] |
References
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- ↑ http://www.icc-cricket.com/cricket-world-cup/greatest-100-moments/114/birthday-boy-taylor-punishes-pakistan-in-2011
- ↑ RCB vs. DD match scorecard. "RCB vs. DD CLT20 Scorecard". Retrieved 1 December 2009.
- ↑ NZ v AUS Match Report. "The Age". Retrieved 8 December 2013.
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External links
- Player profile: Ross Taylor from ESPNcricinfo
- Player profile: Ross Taylor from CricketArchive
- Ross Taylor at New Zealand Cricket Players Association
- Ross Taylor on TwitterLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- RCB Player Profile: from Royal Challengers Bangalore
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