ross taylor Profile - ICC Profile, Age, Career Info & Stats.
ross taylor is a cricketer(sportsman) from New Zealand. His ICC profile, age, career info & stats are given below.
Full Name
Luteru Ross Poutoa Lote Taylor
Born
March 08, 1984, Lower Hutt, Wellington
Age
39 years old
Batting Style
Right hand Bat
Bowling Style
Right arm Offbreak
Playing Role
Middle order Batter
Batting Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 112 | 236 | 102 | 55 |
Inn | 196 | 220 | 94 | 54 |
Runs | 7684 | 8602 | 1909 | 1017 |
Avg | 44.16 | 47.52 | 25.45 | 25.43 |
SR | 59.3 | 83.26 | 122.37 | 123.72 |
HS | 290 | 181 | 63 | 81 |
NO | 22 | 39 | 19 | 14 |
100s | 19 | 21 | 0 | 0 |
50s | 35 | 51 | 7 | 3 |
4s | 932 | 712 | 122 | 66 |
6s | 55 | 147 | 71 | 46 |
Bowling Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 112 | 236 | 102 | 55 |
Inn | 8 | 6 | - | 2 |
Balls | 99 | 42 | - | 12 |
Runs | 48 | 35 | - | 24 |
Wkt | 3 | 0 | - | 0 |
BBI | 4 / 2 | 0 / 0 | - | 11 / - |
BBM | 4 / 2 | 0 / 0 | - | 11 / - |
Eco | 2.91 | 5.0 | - | 12.0 |
Avg | 16.0 | 0.0 | - | 0.0 |
5W | 0 | 0 | - | 0 |
10W | 0 | 0 | - | 0 |
Teams he has played for:
- New Zealand
- Australian Capital Territory
- Central Districts
- Central Districts Under-19s
- Delhi Daredevils
- Durham
- Guyana Amazon Warriors
- Jamaica Tallawahs
- Middlesex
- New Zealand Emerging Players
- New Zealand Under-19s
- Pune Warriors
- Rajasthan Royals
- Royal Challengers Bangalore
- St Lucia Zouks
- Sussex
- Texas Chargers
- Trinidad & Tobago Red Steel
- Victoria
- World Giants
Heres what CricBuzz says about him.
Having made his debut on the domestic circuit during the 2002-03 season, he slowly emerged as a reliable batsman for Central Districts across formats. The 2005-06 season is what propelled his career upwards with a national call up coming in early 2006 for home ODIs against Sri Lanka. He made an immediate impression, whacking his maiden century in the series to set the tone for his career. A few more notable contributions came later in the year which ensured that he would soon be given the Test cap. However, it came during a tough tour of South Africa in 2007 and it was baptism by fire for the young Taylor.
However, he found his feet during the home summer against England, churning out his maiden Test ton during the series apart from three fifties. The return series in England further established Taylor's credentials in the longest format. Scoring runs there is always an acid test for any batsman and he came up with a masterclass knock of 154 at Manchester after an impresive 74 at Lord's. Despite having an unorthodox technique, Taylor's quick hands and steely determination meant that he could adapt to situations and any attack.
It was from the 2011-12 season onwards that he managed to be exceptionally consistent across formats, notably in Tests. Since then, he has been a vital cog of the Kiwi batting line up, almost always being the crisis man for the side against tough oppositions. In 2016, there seemed to be a slight dip in his gameplay but an eye operation followed and Taylor returned with a bang. Despite being a fairly good batsman in T20 leagues across the globe, he hasn't quite struck the same chord while playing for New Zealand in the shortest format. It did seem like he might out of the reckoning in T20Is after the 2016 World T20 but the home series against Pakistan in January 2018 saw him making a comeback, albeit as a replacement, and doing a fine job.
A destructive player when on song, Taylor is a pure matchwinner who can dismantle any attack, be it pace or spin. He does have his share of technical deficiencies but the hand-eye coordination the unorthodox strokes do make up for in a long way. The 2019 World Cup may well be his swansong and he would definitely a key member if the Kiwis are to stand a chance in winning the title.
World Cup - Through the Years
Having featured in World Cup 2007, 2011 and 2015 - Ross Taylor is the most experienced player in New Zealand's squad of World Cup 2019. In 2007, in his first ever World Cup appearance, Taylor was dismissed for a duck against England and he had pretty low scores throughout the tournament that season. His first ever World Cup century came against Pakistan in 2011 and that remains to be his only World Cup century till date. Ross had an impressive World Cup 2011 where he performed consistently but again in 2015 he failed in the initial few games.
Towards the later stages of World Cup 2015 is when Taylor got back amongst the runs. With scores of 56, 42, 30 and 40 against Bangladesh, West Indies, South Africa and Australia respectively, Taylor chipped in with handy contributions but it was his inability to convert these starts into big scores that was a concern. With him being the most experienced batsman in the squad for WC 2019, it's high time Taylor starts performing consistently and helps New Zealand get into the knock-outs. The 2019 World Cup may well be his swansong, hence the middle order batsman would be looking forward to make it a memorable one.
By Hariprasad Sadanandan
Heres what ESPNcricinfo says about him.
Ross Taylor has been a fulcrum of New Zealand's batting across formats for more than 10 years, a period that has brought consistent Test success, especially on home soil, and the appearance in consecutive World Cup finals. In the mid-2000s, he was 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. In only his third ODI, Taylor hammered a superb 128 against Sri Lanka at Napier in 2006 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. He scores heavily from the pull and from slog-sweeping the spinners (and sometimes the quicks).
Given New Zealand's lack of Tests it wasn't until the 2007-08 tour of South Africa that Taylor made his debut and he struggled against the extra bounce. Back at home he was dropped against Bangladesh, but returned in style against England with his maiden century, 120, at Hamilton and then followed that with a memorable 154 at Old Trafford. A leadership role wasn't too far away and he was named captain for the tri-series in Sri Lanka in 2010 after Vettori and McCullum opted out.
However, Taylor's two-year captaincy stint ended in controversy when it emerged that he and Mike Hesson, the coach who took over from John Wright, didn't have a comfortable relationship. During Taylor's 13-Test captaincy stint New Zealand notched up rare wins in Australia and Sri Lanka, but immediately after the Sri Lanka tour he stepped down in controversial circumstances, as Brendon McCullum was named captain in all formats. After deciding not to tour South Africa, he returned for New Zealand's home series against England, admitting that his relationship with Hesson was still a "work in progress".
While taking time accept the decision, Taylor quickly reasserted his importance to the middle order and produced a prolific run of form in 2013 with 495 runs in five innings in a three-match Test series against West Indies. In one-day cricket he formed what McCullum would often call 'the best three-four punch in world cricket' alongside Williamson as New Zealand built towards the home World Cup of 2015. A year before the tournament he scored three ODI hundreds in three innings against India and Pakistan. He was consistent rather than prolific at the World Cup, but afterwards scored three hundreds in five innings against England and Zimbabwe.
Back in Test cricket, a career-best 290 came against Australia at the WACA in late 2015 and in 2019 added a third double century to his tally with 200 against Bangladesh.
Although the body started to cause some issues, he remain key to the one-day side as they began the next four-year cycle when Williamson took over the captaincy from McCullum. One of his finest innings came against England, in Dunedin, in 2018 when he was batting on one leg due to injury and scored an unbeaten 181 to a big chase. At the 2019 World Cup he was key to New Zealand's impressive semi-final victory over India with a fine half-century in tricky conditions.
Brydon Coverdale and ESPNcricinfo staff