Robert Taylor (cricketer, born 1989)

Robert Taylor
Personal information
Full name Robert Meadows Lombe Taylor
Born (1989-12-21) 21 December 1989
Northampton, Northamptonshire, England
Nickname Tails[1]
Batting style Left-handed
Bowling style Left-arm medium
Role Bowler
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 51) 8 March 2013 v Afghanistan
Last ODI 26 January 2016 v Hong Kong
ODI shirt no. 42
T20I debut (cap 37) 16 November 2013 v Afghanistan
Last T20I 12 March 2016 v Hong Kong
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2010–2011 Loughborough MCCU
2011–present Leicestershire
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA
Matches 15 9 44 50
Runs scored 154 85 1,461 687
Batting average 14.00 28.33 22.82 20.81
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 1/6 0/1
Top score 46* 41* 101* 62
Balls bowled 713 150 5,625 2,089
Wickets 20 5 90 67
Bowling average 30.85 39.20 41.01 29.13
5 wickets in innings 0 0 3 0
10 wickets in match n/a n/a 0 n/a
Best bowling 3/39 3/17 5/55 4/58
Catches/stumpings 6/– 8/– 22/– 18/–
Source: CricketArchive, 28 August 2016

Robert Meadows Lombe Taylor (born 21 December 1989) is an English-born cricketer who plays international cricket for Scotland. Taylor is a left-handed batsman who bowls left-arm medium pace. He was born in Northampton, Northamptonshire.

Early career

Taylor was educated at Harrow School,[2] before coming attending Loughborough University to study for a degree in Sports Management.[1] While at Loughborough University, he made his first-class debut for Loughborough MCCU against Kent in 2010. He has made four further first-class appearances for Loughborough MCCU as of 2011.[3] His five first-class appearances have so far seen him score 237 runs at an average of 33.85, with a high score of 101 not out.[4] With the ball, he has taken 11 wickets at a bowling average of 39.45, with best figures of 2/60.[5]

County season

He joined Leicestershire for the remainder of the 2011 season, making his debut for the county against Surrey in the County Championship,[3] and making an impressive 70.[6]

International career

In September 2012, Taylor was selected by Scotland to be part of a tour group to South Africa in October 2012. Although born in Northampton, Taylor qualifies to play for Scotland by having a Scottish parent.[7] He made his international debut for Scotland in an ODI against Afghanistan in Sharjah in 2013.

Career Best Performances

as of 27 September 2013

Batting Bowling
Score Fixture Venue Season Score Fixture Venue Season
ODI 16 Scotland v Kenya Aberdeen 2013 3-39 Scotland v Kenya Aberdeen 2013
FC 101* Loughborough MCCU v Leicestershire Leicester 2011 5–91 Leicestershire v Kent Leicester 2012
LA 48* Leicestershire Foxes v Yorkshire Vikings Scarborough 2013 3–39 Scotland v Kenya Aberdeen 2013
T20 29 Leicestershire Foxes v Derbyshire Falcons Derby 2012 4-11 Leicestershire Foxes v Lancashire Lightning Leicester 2013

International Awards

Twenty20 International Cricket

Man of the Match Awards

# Series Date Against Match Performance Result
1 2015 World Twenty20 Qualifier 25 July 2015 Hong Kong 4-0-17-3 ; 2 ct.  Scotland won by 5 wickets.[8]

References

  1. 1 2 "Player profile: Robert Taylor". www.loughboroughmccu.com. Retrieved 15 August 2011.
  2. ↑ "Player profile: Robert Taylor". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 15 August 2011.
  3. 1 2 "First-Class Matches played by Robert Taylor". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 August 2011.
  4. ↑ "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Robert Taylor". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 August 2011.
  5. ↑ "First-class Bowling For Each Team by Robert Taylor". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 August 2011.
  6. ↑ "Taylor shines in Leicestershire collapse". London: The Telegraph. 23 August 2011. Retrieved 17 October 2011.
  7. ↑ Scotland dip into county talent, Cricinfo, 26 September 2012, retrieved 31 December 2012
  8. ↑ "ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier, 2015 - 1st semi final Scorecard". ESPNcricinfo. 25 July 2015. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
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