30 Facts About Stafanie Taylor

Stafanie Roxann Taylor was born on 11 June 1991 and is a Jamaican cricketer who is a former captain of the West Indies women's cricket team.

Stafanie Taylor has represented them over 250 times since her debut in 2008.

Stafanie Taylor was the first woman to score 1,000 runs in ODIs for the West Indies.

Stafanie Taylor plays domestic cricket for Jamaica and Guyana Amazon Warriors and has previously played for Auckland, Sydney Thunder, Adelaide Strikers, Western Storm, Southern Vipers, Southern Brave and Trailblazers.

Stafanie Taylor scored her highest Twenty20 total on debut, striking 90 runs from 49 balls to help her side to a large victory.

Stafanie Taylor played in her 100th Women's One Day International match, when the West Indies played India in the group stage of the 2017 Women's Cricket World Cup, on 29 June 2017.

On 18 September 2019, during the series against Australia, Stafanie Taylor played in her 100th Women's Twenty20 International match.

On 24 September 2020, in the second match against England, Stafanie Taylor became the second cricketer to score 3,000 runs in WT20I cricket.

Stafanie Taylor was raised in Gordon Pen, an inner city neighbourhood of Spanish Town, in what have been described as "modest circumstances".

At primary school, Stafanie Taylor first played football, and then netball.

Stafanie Taylor told her, and asked her to try the game of cricket, which she did, including by playing informal street games with young boys.

Stafanie Taylor later went on her first cricket tour, at just ten years old.

For some time, Stafanie Taylor played both football and cricket, but eventually she decided that the latter would give her more opportunities to travel the world.

Stafanie Taylor first appeared for the West Indies during their 2008 tour of Europe, during which she granted her side their maiden Twenty20 victory on her debut.

Batting first against Ireland, Stafanie Taylor opened the innings for the West Indies, and scored 90 runs from 49 balls.

Stafanie Taylor's total is the second highest score by a West Indian in a Twenty20 International.

Stafanie Taylor subsequently scored her first half-century in One Day International cricket in her next match.

Stafanie Taylor scored another half-century in her next appearance, scoring 70 runs against the Netherlands.

Stafanie Taylor repeated the feat at the 2009 ICC Women's World Twenty20, in which she scored half-centuries in her side's opening two matches to become the only woman to score fifties in three consecutive Twenty20 Internationals, a feat she repeated in 2010 in a three match series against Sri Lanka.

Stafanie Taylor scored her maiden century in One Day Internationals in October 2009, remaining 108 not out against South Africa.

Stafanie Taylor was the standout performer in the following season's 2010 ICC Women's Cricket Challenge, scoring 390 runs in five matches at an average of 97.50.

Stafanie Taylor scored her second century, and highest score to date, during the tournament, making 147 against the Netherlands.

Stafanie Taylor was the leading run-scorer for the West Indies in the tournament, with 84 runs in three matches.

In November 2020, Stafanie Taylor was nominated for the Rachael Heyhoe-Flint Award for ICC Female Cricketer of the Decade, and the award for women's ODI cricketer of the decade.

In May 2021, Stafanie Taylor was awarded with a central contract from Cricket West Indies.

On 7 July 2021, in the opening WODI against Pakistan, Stafanie Taylor scored her first century in almost eight years, leading the West Indies to a five wicket win.

Stafanie Taylor was named in the West Indies squad for the 2024 ICC Women's T20 World Cup.

Stafanie Taylor was the first female cricketer to score a century and to take four wickets in an innings of a WODI.

Stafanie Taylor is the only player to have taken more than 5,000 runs and more than 150 wickets in WODI cricket.

Meanwhile, on 16 October 2017, National Heroes' Day in Jamaica, Stafanie Taylor was presented with the Order of Distinction at the Jamaican National Awards Ceremony.