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Brendan Taylor

Zimbabwe

Full name Brendan Ross Murray Taylor

Born February 6, 1986, Harare

Current age 23 years 276 days

Major teams Zimbabwe, Mashonaland A, Zimbabwe Under-19s

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm offbreak

Fielding position Wicketkeeper

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct	St
Tests	10	20	0	422	78	21.10	918	45.96	0	3	60	2	7	0
ODIs	91	90	9	2519	118*	31.09	3755	67.08	1	17	202	38	48	18
T20Is	3	3	1	112	60*	56.00	88	127.27	0	1	9	4	2	1
First-class	50	94	4	2960	193	32.88			6	13			52	4
List A	130	128	11	3525	139	30.12			3	21			69	26
Twenty20	14	14	3	433	85*	39.36	366	118.30	0	4	35	11	6	1

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	10	4	42	38	0	-	-	-	5.42	-	0	0	0
ODIs	91	9	210	224	8	3/54	3/54	28.00	6.40	26.2	0	0	0
T20Is	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
First-class	50		258	161	3	2/36		53.66	3.74	86.0	0	0	0
List A	130		318	311	14	5/28	5/28	22.21	5.86	22.7	0	1	0
Twenty20	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Career statistics

Test debut	Zimbabwe v Sri Lanka at Harare, May 6-8, 2004 scorecard
Last Test	Zimbabwe v India at Harare, Sep 20-22, 2005 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut	Zimbabwe v Sri Lanka at Bulawayo, Apr 20, 2004 scorecard
Last ODI	South Africa v Zimbabwe at Benoni, Nov 8, 2009 scorecard
ODI statistics
T20I debut	Bangladesh v Zimbabwe at Khulna, Nov 28, 2006 scorecard
Last T20I	England v Zimbabwe at Cape Town, Sep 13, 2007 scorecard
T20I statistics
First-class debut	2001/02
Last First-class	Mid West Rhinos v Mashonaland Eagles at Kwekwe, Sep 22-25, 2009 scorecard
List A debut	2003/04
Last List A	South Africa v Zimbabwe at Benoni, Nov 8, 2009 scorecard
Twenty20 debut	Eagles v Zimbabweans at Kimberley, Sep 13, 2006 scorecard
Last Twenty20	Titans v Zimbabwe at Centurion, Apr 11, 2008 scorecard

Profile

Brendan Taylor, who was fast-tracked into the Zimbabwe national team against Sri Lanka in 2003-04 at the age of 18 after the withdrawal of the so-called rebel players, shot to prominence at Cape Town on September 12, 2007, when his ice-cool 60 not out carried Zimbabwe to an incredible five-wicket win over Australia in the ICC World Twenty20. Taylor was back where he began as an opening batsman, having briefly moved down the order, and he marshalled a tense run-chase with the sort of sang froid that few had ever credited him with. He's always had the ability to build an innings, but developed a penchant for being dismissed while trying to play too aggressively. He was nurtured by Iain Campbell, father of Alistair, at the well-known Lilfordia primary school near Harare, and was a regular choice for national age-group teams and played in two Under-19 World Cups. He made his first-class debut for Mashonaland A at the age of 15; the following year he scored 200 not out in the B Division of the Logan Cup. He appears to be well regarded in Zimbabwe Cricket, so much so that he was picked for the national side despite not signing a new contract at the start of 2006, and despite an earlier suspension for disciplinary reasons. With the departure of Tatenda Taibu, he took over the wicketkeeping gloves in the West Indies; he has kept wicket regularly since primary school. As a batsman he was well respected by the opposition, but tended to get out when well set. Poor footwork was also a handicap at times, but he is working to improve that. His favourite stroke is the full-blooded front-foot cover drive.
Steven Price September 2007