Ross Taylor – Wanted to become a hockey player, became NZ’s top cricketer

Former New Zealand batsman Ross Taylor whose birthday is today. He was born on 8 March 1984 (age 38 years), Lower Hutt, New Zealand. Taylor had been a hockey player before playing cricket. Later he started playing cricket at the behest of his friends.

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Taylor is the second batsman in the world of cricket

Ross Taylor is the second batsman in the world of cricket, who was more alert just a day before his birthday. Taylor was the second person to take the plunge. The first person was BCCI president Sourav Ganguly.

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Ross Taylor is famous for his slog sweep

From New Zealand, Taylor is considered a great batsman in the middle order. He started his career brilliantly by scoring three centuries in the domestic season of 2005–06. In his third match at Napier’s ground, Taylor captivated the world by scoring 128 runs against Sri Lanka.

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Batting Career Summary

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	200	50	4s	6s
Test	112	196	22	7684	290	44.16	12957	59.3	19	3	35	932	55
ODI	233	217	39	8576	181	48.18	10288	83.36	21	0	51	711	146
T20I	102	94	19	1909	63	25.45	1560	122.37	0	0	7	122	71
IPL	55	54	14	1017	81	25.43	822	123.72	0	0	3	66	46

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Bowling Career Summary

	M	Inn	B	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Econ	Avg	SR	5W	10W
Test	112	8	99	48	3	2/4	2/4	2.91	16.0	33.0	0	0
ODI	233	6	42	35	0	0/0	0/0	5.0	0.0	0.0	0	0
T20I	102	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
IPL	55	2	12	24	0	0/11	0/11	12.0	0.0	0.0	0	0

2011 and 2015 – Ross Taylor is the most experienced player in New Zealand’s squad of World Cup 2019.