Ross Taylor

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Taylor playing for Royal Challengers Bangalore in 2009.
Personal information
Full name
Luteru Ross Poutoa Lote Taylor
Born
8 March 1984 (age 31)
Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand
Nickname
Rosco, Pallekele Plunderer
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm off break
Role
Top-order Batsman
International information
National side
New Zealand
Test debut (cap 234)
8 November 2007 v South Africa
Last Test
3 January 2015 v Sri Lanka
ODI debut (cap 144)
1 March 2006 v West Indies
Last ODI
3 February 2015 v Pakistan
ODI shirt no. 3
Domestic team information
Years Team
Central Districts
2002 present
2008 2010
Royal Challengers Bangalore
2009 2010
Victoria
2010
Durham
2011
Rajasthan Royals
2012; 2014
Delhi Daredevils
2013
Pune Warriors India
Career statistics
Competition
Test
ODI
FC
LA
Matches
62
150
116
197
Runs scored
4,631 4,913 7,845 6,701
Batting average
45.40 41.99 42.17 41.88
100s/50s
12/23 12/29 18/42 16/42
Top score
217*
131*
217*
132*
Balls bowled
96
42
666
318
Wickets
2
0
6
3
Bowling average
24.00
60.66 80.66
5 wickets in innings
0
0
0
10 wickets in match
0
n/a
0
n/a
Best bowling
2/4
2/4
1/13
Catches/stumpings
103/
98/
156/
127/
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 3 February 2015
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 h
ighest List A score of 132* in the State Shield domestic one-day competition in
2003 04, and a first class best of 217 in the State Championship in 2007 08. He curr
ently plays with IPL team Delhi Daredevils.
He will also be an international franchise player for the 2013 Caribbean Premier
League alongside Ricky Ponting and Adam Gilchrist [2]

Contents
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Personal life
International career
Domestic career
Achievements
International Centuries
Awards
6.1 Test Awards
6.1.1 Man of the Match award
6.2 ODI awards
6.2.1 Man of the Match award
7 References
8 External links
Personal life
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ely. (December 2013)
Taylor is of Samoan descent, his mother being from Samoa and his father from New
Zealand. Taylor was a hockey player before shifting his focus to cricket. Taylo
r 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 a
nd a son named Jonty who was born on 16 February 2014.
International career
He made his debut for the New Zealand team in international cricket on 1 March 2
006, in a one-day match against the West Indies. He became the second male playe
r 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 answeri
ng to both Luteru and Ross when playing cricket, and did not realise he needed t
o 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.
Taylor captained New Zealand for the first time in an ODI against Australia in N
apier 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 Zea
land won by two wickets with four balls to spare. Taylor was also awarded the Ma
n of the Match and donated the $NZ 500 prize to the Lansdowne Cricket Club in Ma
sterton.
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. Taylo
r scored his maiden one day century in front of a delighted crowd in Napier, pla
ying against Sri Lanka on 28 December 2006. Unluckily for him, New Zealand were
comprehensively beaten in that game, his innings aside. He also suffered dehydra
tion 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. H
e has also established one of the most potent no.3-no.4 top order partnership wi
th Kane Williamson since the latter made his debut.[4] However, they were also i
nvolved in 12 run outs across all forms of international cricket as of 26 Januar
y, 2015 when they are both on the crease.[5]
Taylor has also played English cricket for Norwich and Coltishall Wanderers in N
orfolk. He was their key player and he was consistent in scoring runs.
Domestic career

Taylor was picked up by the Royal Challengers Bangalore in the 2008 Indian Premi
er League auction. An innings of note was a destructive 81* off 33 balls[6] agai
nst the Kolkata Knight Riders in 2009.
In the 2011 auction, Taylor was sold to the Rajasthan Royals. Mainly used as a f
inisher for the Royals, he was underused yet effective.
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 In
dia 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 pl
ayers (the other being Dwayne Bravo from the West Indies). In the 2009-10 HRV Cu
p 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 ba
lls bowled. Taylor also hit Michael Bates for 27 in one over, including three co
nsecutive sixes. In total Taylor hit eight sixes and five fours for the Stags. I
n 2010 he played for Durham in the Friends Provident T20 tournament, his most su
bstantial contribution being a brutal 80 not out from only 33 balls including 3
fours and 9 sixes.
Achievements
Taylor's first ODI century came against Sri Lanka on 28 December 2006, scoring 1
28* 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 score
d 117, the 2nd highest score by a New Zealander against Australia.
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 cr
icket. It is from this match that Taylor earned his nickname 'The Pallekele Plun
derer' after he blasted a staggering 55 runs from the last 13 deliveries he face
d.[8]
He scored his maiden Test century, a patient and restrained 120, in March 2008 a
t Hamilton in the first Test of the 2007 08 series against England and went on to
be the leading run scorer for the series.
Aside from national duties for the New Zealand team, Taylor also plays for Delhi
Daredevils in the Indian Premier League (IPL) and for his domestic team, the Ce
ntral 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 i
n 2009.
Known for his explosive style, combining flair and aggression with proper, elega
nt strokes, Taylor has been a match-winner in many of the RCB's wins. He has one
of the highest strike-rates as an RCB batsman and known to be a 'finisher'. Aft
er RCB's win over Delhi Daredevils at Airtel Champions League Twenty20 2009, cap
tain 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.[9]
Ross Taylor scored what was then a Test match career-best of 154* against Englan
d at Old Trafford in May 2008, a brilliant innings including 5 sixes and 17 four
s.

His third Test century, an aggressive and chancy innings of 151 runs off 204 bal
ls, came against India at Napier in March 2009. His fourth Test century, in the
next Test, was a serene 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
[10]
Taylor scored centuries in all three tests in the 2013/14 series against the Wes
t 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.[11]
Taylor's 12th ODI century against Pakistan at Napier coincides with the 100th ce
ntury for the Black Caps. Kane Williamson also scored his century before, making
his the 99th century for the team.[12]
International Centuries
Main article: List of international cricket centuries by Ross Taylor
Awards
Test Awards
Man of the Match award
S No
Opponent
Venue Date
Match Performance
1
Sri Lanka
Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo
25 29 Nove
mber 2012
1st innings: 142 (306 balls; 114); 1 catch
2nd innings: 74 (95 balls; 24); DNB
2
West Indies
University Oval, Dunedin
03 07 December 2013
1st innings: 217* (319 balls; 234); 2 catches
2nd innings: 2 catches; 16* (61 balls; 24)
3
West Indies
Seddon Park, Hamilton 19 22 December 2013
1st inni
ngs: DNB; 131 (264 balls; 164, 2x6)
2nd innings: 1 catch; 2* (8 balls)
4
Pakistan
Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
17 21 Nove
mber 2014
1st innings: 23 (71 balls; 34); 2 catches
2nd innings: 104 (133 balls; 124); 1 catch
ODI awards
Man of the Match award
S No
Opponent
Venue Date
Match Performance
1
Australia
Eden Park, Auckland
18 February 2007
1 catch;
117 (127 balls; 164, 1x6)
2
Kenya Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet 20 March 2007 85 (107 balls; 84
, 1x6); DNB
3
Bangladesh
Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong
14 Octob
er 2008
103 (119 balls; 54, 4x6); DNB
4
Bangladesh
University Oval, Dunedin
08 February 2010
DNB; 78 (52 balls; 64, 5x6)
5
Australia
McLean Park, Napier
03 March 2010 DNB; 70 (71 ball
s; 64, 1x6)
6
India Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla
10 Augus
t 2010 95 (113 balls; 84, 1x6); 4 catches
7
Pakistan
Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy 08 March
2011 131* (124 balls; 84, 7x6); 1 catch
8
India Seddon Park, Hamilton 28 January 2014
DNB; 112* (127 b
alls; 154)
9
India Westpac Stadium, Wellington
31 January 2014
102 (106
balls; 104, 1x6); 1 catch
References
Duncan Johnstone (2012-12-07). "Black Caps | Ross Taylor sacked as Black Caps ca
ptain...". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 2013-04-22.
"West Indies Cricket News: Ross Taylor signs for Caribbean Premier League". ESPN

Cricinfo. Retrieved 2013-04-22.

[1][dead link]
Cricket: Skipper loves the 3-4 punch
Black Caps await final one-dayer before World Cup
"41st match: Royal Challengers Bangalore v Kolkata Knight Riders at Centurion, M
ay 12, 2009 Scorecard". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2013-04-22.
"Delhi Daredevils trade Ross Taylor for Pune's Ashish Nehra
Firstpost". firstpos
t.com. Retrieved 2014-08-07.
Sheringham, Sam. "Cricket World Cup: Ross Taylor blitz sets up NZ victory". BBC
News. Retrieved 2010-03-09.
RCB vs. DD match scorecard. "RCB vs. DD CLT20 Scorecard", Retrieved on 1 Decembe
r 2009.
NZ v AUS Match Report. "The Age", Retrieved 8 December 2013.
NZ v WI Scorecard "ESPN Cricinfo ", Retrieved on 8 December 2013.
New Zealand vs. Pakistan - Highlights (2nd ODI - Napier 2015)
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 Twitter
RCB Player Profile: from Royal Challengers Bangalore
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