Luteru Ross Poutoa Lote Taylor was born on 8 March 1984 and is a former international cricketer and former captain of the New Zealand national team.
50 Facts About Ross Taylor
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In February 2020, Ross Taylor played his 100th Test match for New Zealand, becoming the first cricketer to play in 100 matches in all three formats of international cricket.
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In December 2020, in the first Test against Pakistan, Taylor became the most-capped player for New Zealand in international cricket, playing in his 438th match across all three formats, surpassing Daniel Vettori; in December 2021, he announced that he would retire from international cricket after the one-day series against Australia and the Netherlands in early 2022.
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On 4 April 2022, Ross Taylor played in his 450th and final international match for New Zealand.
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Ross Taylor was born on 8 March 1984 in Lower Hutt, New Zealand.
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Ross Taylor is the son of Neil Taylor and Naoupu Lote-Taylor.
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Ross Taylor's father is originally from Masterton and his mother is a Samoan from Saluafata on the island of Upolu.
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Ross Taylor carries the hereditary Samoan language title of leaupepe from the village of Fasito'o Uta.
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Ross Taylor was introduced to cricket by his father, but grew up playing kilikiti, the traditional Samoan variant of cricket.
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Ross Taylor was educated at Wairarapa College and Palmerston North Boys High School and was a hockey player before shifting his focus to cricket.
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Ross Taylor played under-17 and under-19 cricket for the side and Hawke Cup cricket for Manawatu, before making his senior debut in January 2003 in a State Shield one-day match against Canterbury.
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Ross Taylor made his first-class cricket debut against the same side later in the same month and placed his first Twenty20 cricket match in January 2006 in the inaugural New Zealand Twenty20 Competition.
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Ross Taylor played club cricket in England during his early career.
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Ross Taylor played matches for MCC Young Cricketers between 2002 and 2004, including in the Second Eleven Trophy, and played club cricket for Norwich Wanderers in the Norfolk Cricket League in 2004.
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Ross Taylor joined Middlesex for the 2019 Royal London One-day Cup competition.
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Ross Taylor was signed by Royal Challengers Bangalore for the 2008 Indian Premier League before moving to Rajasthan Royals in the 2011 league auction and in 2012 joined Delhi Daredevils for a season before being traded to Pune Warriors India for Ashish Nehra ahead of the 2013 season.
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Ross Taylor returned to play for Delhi in the 2014 season.
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Ross Taylor played for Trinidad and Tobago Red Steel in the 2013 and 2014 editions of the Caribbean Premier League and for St Lucia Zouks in 2015.
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Ross Taylor returned to the league for the 2018 competition, playing for Jamaica Tallawahs before appearing for Guyana Amazon Warriors in the 2020 Caribbean Premier League.
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Ross Taylor first played for the New Zealand under-19 side in January 2001.
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Ross Taylor played under-19 Test and One Day International matches and captained the side.
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Ross Taylor made his full international debut for New Zealand on 1 March 2006, in a one-day match against the West Indies.
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Ross Taylor became the second male player of Samoan heritage to play for New Zealand after Murphy Su'a.
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Ross Taylor is a clean striker of the ball, particularly any ball through leg side, and a useful off-break bowler.
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Ross Taylor scored his maiden one day century in front of a delighted crowd in Napier, playing against Sri Lanka on 28 December 2006.
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Ross Taylor suffered dehydration and required a short hospital trip during the second innings.
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Ross Taylor scored his second century in his ODI career on 18 February 2007 against Australia.
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Ross Taylor scored 117, the 2nd highest score by a New Zealander against Australia at that time.
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Ross Taylor scored what was then a Test match career-best of 154* against England at Old Trafford in May 2008, a brilliant innings including 5 sixes and 17 fours.
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Ross Taylor's fourth Test century, in the next Test, was a 107 which delayed India's victory long enough to force a draw.
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Ross 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.
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Ross Taylor top-scored with 70 and New Zealand won by two wickets with four balls to spare.
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Ross Taylor was awarded the Man of the Match and donated the $NZ 500 prize to the Lansdowne Cricket Club in Masterton.
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Ross Taylor has served as the national captain for all formats.
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Ross Taylor made his then highest ODI score of 131* which came off 124 balls against Pakistan on 8 March 2011 at the ICC Cricket World Cup.
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Ross Taylor's innings included seven sixes and eight fours and contributed to New Zealand making 127 runs in the final 9 overs of the game for their highest total ever against Pakistan in World Cup.
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Ross Taylor scored his second double hundred and became the highest score by a New Zealand batsman in away Tests and in Australian soil as well.
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In December 2016, after the Test against Pakistan at Hamilton, Ross Taylor underwent surgery to remove a pterygium on his left eye.
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Ross Taylor was out of action for several weeks, thus missing the Chappell-Hadlee Trophy series in Australia.
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Ross Taylor scored his 17th ODI century during the second ODI against South Africa at Hagley Oval.
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Ross Taylor became only the sixth player in ODI history to score centuries against all test playing nations and first from New Zealand.
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Ross Taylor scored a century in first ODI against England in a man of the match performance for his team and became the third New Zealander to score 7000 ODI runs.
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On 28 January 2019, Ross Taylor became the third New Zealand batsman to complete 1000 runs in ODIs against India, he achieved this feat when he was batting on 14* and went on to score 93.
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On 5 June 2019, in New Zealand's match against Bangladesh, Ross Taylor played in his 400th international match for New Zealand in which he scored a match-winning 82.
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Ross Taylor became the 2nd batsman to score 8000 ODI runs for New Zealand, after Stephen Fleming, as well as outscoring him in the same match to become New Zealand's top scorer in ODIs.
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Ross Taylor followed it with 48 off 52 against Afghanistan in another successful run-chase.
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Ross Taylor scored runs of 30 and 28 in losses against Australia and England, respectively.
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On 21 February 2020, Ross Taylor became the first player ever to play 100 matches in each format of the game T20I, ODI and Tests during the first Test match against India, and became the fourth New Zealand player to play 100 Test matches after Stephen Fleming, Daniel Vettori and Brendon McCullum and 66th overall.
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Ross Taylor has scored 40 centuries in international cricket, 19 in Tests and 21 in ODIs.
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Ross Taylor said that he was slapped by an owner of the Rajasthan Royals for getting dismissed for a duck during the 2011 Indian Premier League.