Personal information
Full name Luteru Ross Poutoa Lote Taylor
Born 8 March 1984 (age 27)
Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand
Nickname Rosco
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm off break
Relations Wife : Victoria Jayne Brown
International information
National side New Zealand
Test debut (cap 234) 8 November 2007 v South Africa
Last Test 15 January 2011 v Pakistan
ODI debut (cap 144) 1 March 2006 v West Indies
Last ODI 29 March 2011 v Sri Lanka
Domestic team information
Years Team
2002–present Central Districts
2008–2010 RC Bangalore
2009–2010 Victoria
2010 Durham
2011–present Rajasthan Royals
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC List A
Matches 30 107 76 152
Runs scored 2,221 3,055 5,054 4,707
Batting average 41.12 36.80 40.11 37.95
100s/50s 5/12 4/20 10/29 8/31
Top score 201* 131* 217 132*
Balls bowled 90 42 660 318
Wickets 2 0 6 3
Bowling average 21.50 – 59.83 81.00
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 2/4 0/2 2/4 1/13
Catches/stumpings 52/– 78/– 96/– 103/–
Source: Cricket Archive, 30 March 2011
Ross Taylor
Luteru Ross Poutoa Lote Taylor (born 8 March 1984), abbreviated in cricket scorecards to LRPL Taylor, but more commonly known as Ross Taylor, is a New Zealand cricketer and the current captain, preferred ahead of wicketkeeper Brendon McCullum. He has also captained the New Zealand Under-19 side in youth internationals. Taylor has a highest first-class score of 132* in the State Shield domestic one-day competition in 2003–04, and 217 in the State Championship in 2007–08.
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.[1] 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.
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 Landsdowne Cricket Club in Masterton.
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.
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.
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Domestic career
In the Indian Premier League he plays for the Rajasthan Royals, 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 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 of 53. 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
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.
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.[2]
He scored his maiden Test century, a patient and restrained 120, 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.
Aside from national duties for the New Zealand team, Taylor also plays for Rajasthan Royals 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.
Known for his explosive style, combining flair and aggression with proper, elegant 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’. After RCB’s win over Delhi Dare Devils at Airtel 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.[3]
Ross Taylor scored 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 aggressive and chancy 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 serene 107 which delayed India’s victory long enough to force a draw.
His fifth century was 138 against Australia at Hamilton, in March 2010, which was also the fastest Test century ever by a New Zealander.
Personal life
Taylor and New Zealand women’s cricketer Victoria Jayne Brown got married on 25 June 2011. Victoria gave birth to a daughter named Mackenzie on 24th September 2011.
Test centuries
The following table illustrates a summary of the Test centuries scored by Ross Taylor.
In the column Runs, * indicates being not out
The column title Match refers to the Match Number of the player’s careerTest Centuries of Ross Taylor
Runs Match Against City/Country Venue Year
1 120 3 England Hamilton, New Zealand Seddon Park 2008
2 154* 7 England Manchester, England Old Trafford 2008
3 151 16 India Napier, New Zealand McLean Park 2009
4 107 17 India Wellington, New Zealand Basin Reserve 2009
5 138 24 Australia Hamilton, New Zealand Seddon Park 2010
ODI centuries
The following table illustrates a summary of the ODI centuries scored by Ross Taylor.
In the column Runs, * indicates being not out
The column title Match refers to the Match Number of the player’s careerODI Centuries of Ross Taylor
Runs Match Against City/Country Venue Year
1 128* 3 Sri Lanka Napier, New Zealand McLean Park 2006
2 117 17 Australia Auckland, New Zealand Eden Park 2007
3 103 48 Bangladesh Chittagong, Bangladesh Chittagong Divisional Stadium 2008
4 131* 99 Pakistan Kandy, Srilanka Pallekele International Cricket Stadium 2011
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