27 Facts About Brendan Taylor

1. On 13 March 2015, Brendan Taylor signed as a Kolpak player for Nottinghamshire, on a three-year contract.

2. In 2013, Brendan Taylor was signed by the Chittagong Kings for $30,000.

3. Brendan Taylor was given a contract to represent Wellington as an overseas player in New Zealand's HRV Twenty20 Cup in December 2011.

4. Brendan Taylor scored a second half century, 63 not out, against Centrals, a match Northerns won by 9 wickets with 6 balls to spare.

5. On 14 September 2017, Brendan Taylor was released from his county deal with Nottinghamshire due to family reasons, thus eligible to play for Zimbabwe again.

6. Brendan Taylor was Zimbabwe's first choice wicketkeeper, but gave up the wicketkeeping gloves after the return of Taibu behind the stumps.

7. Brendan Taylor scored two half-centuries, 71 against Bangladesh and 50 against New Zealand.

8. Brendan Taylor signed for Nottinghamshire for the 2015 English cricket season.

9. Brendan Taylor was congratulated by both his team and the opposition team India after he got out.

10. Brendan Taylor performed much better under home conditions against the touring Bangladeshis in April 2013.

11. Brendan Taylor scored 50 and 117 in the one off test match.

12. Brendan Taylor captained the side on their return to Test cricket, against Bangladesh, at the Harare Sports Club on 4 August 2011.

13. Brendan Taylor scored 145* against the South African cricket team he carried his bat throughout the ODI innings and became only the ninth person to do so.

14. Brendan Taylor made a crucial run out, with only one stump to aim at, to dismiss Mitchell Johnson.

15. Brendan Taylor was involved in a first class stumping, which saw Andrew Symonds depart.

16. Brendan Taylor successfully hit 6 off the bowling of Mashrafe Mortaza on the last ball, giving Zimbabwe the victory, and contributing to their series win.

17. Brendan Taylor was one of the youngest and most promising in this lot.

18. Brendan Taylor made his debut for Zimbabwe at a time when many of the country's leading players rebelled against Zimbabwe Cricket and made themselves unavailable to represent the side.

19. Brendan Taylor made his first-class debut for Mashonaland A at the age of 15.

20. Brendan Taylor was nurtured by Iain Campbell, the father of Zimbabwean Test cricketer Alistair Campbell, at Lilfordia School near Harare.

21. In November 2018, Brendan Taylor became the first batsman for Zimbabwe to score a century in each innings in a Test on two separate occasions.

22. On 14 September 2017, Brendan Taylor terminated his contract with Nottinghamshire to return home to Zimbabwe.

23. Brendan Taylor signed a three-year Kolpak deal with Nottinghamshire in 2015.

24. Brendan Taylor played his last game for Zimbabwe on 15 March 2015 against India and ended with a magnificent century.

25. Brendan Taylor was selected to play Twenty20 cricket for the Wellington cricket team as an overseas player in New Zealand's HRV Twenty20 Cup in December 2011.

26. Brendan Taylor became the first Zimbabwean batsman to hit back-to-back One-Day International centuries, achieved against New Zealand in October 2011.

27. Brendan Taylor is a right-handed batsman but is a part-time wicketkeeper and off spinner.