Brendan Ross Murray Taylor (Born 6

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Brendan Taylor
Brendan Ross Murray Taylor (born 6
February 1986) is a Zimbabwean former Brendan Taylor
international cricketer and a former Zimbabwean
captain, who played all formats of the game.[1]
Taylor is a right-handed batsman but is also an off
spinner. In 2015, former Zimbabwe captain
Alistair Campbell described Taylor as "our
standout player for the last seven or eight years".[2]
He is known for his unorthodox shots especially
his ability to play upper cuts over the third man
and ramp shots with elegance and are often
considered as his trademark signature shots.[3] His
style of play and ability to make substantial
contribution with the bat often drew comparions
with that of Andy Flower. He represented
Zimbabwe in four ICC T20 World Cup
tournaments in 2007, 2010, 2012 and 2014.[4][5]
Also, he represented Zimbabwe in three ICC ODI Taylor playing for Nottinghamshire in 2015
world cups as well in 2007, 2011 and 2015. Personal information
Full name Brendan Ross Murray
He captained Zimbabwe in ODIs until 2015 ICC
Cricket World Cup, having taken over the reins Taylor
from Elton Chigumbura after the 2011 Cricket Born 6 February 1986

World Cup. He became the first Zimbabwean Harare, Zimbabwe


batsman to hit back-to-back One-Day
Batting Right-handed
International (ODI) centuries (128 not out and 107
not out), achieved against New Zealand in October Bowling Right-arm off break
2011. He repeated the feat again at the 2015 ICC Role Wicket-keeper batsman
Cricket World Cup. He was selected to play
International information
Twenty20 cricket for the Wellington cricket team
as an overseas player in New Zealand's HRV National side Zimbabwe (2004–2021)
Twenty20 Cup in December 2011. His 433 runs at
Test debut (cap 64) 6 May 2004 v Sri Lanka
the 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup set a new record
for Zimbabwe in any World Cup. His 11 centuries Last Test 7 July
in ODIs is also a Zimbabwe record surpassing 2021 v Bangladesh
Alistair Campbell's 7. ODI debut (cap 80) 20 April 2004 v Sri
Lanka
Taylor quit his national side soon after the 2015
World Cup but on 14 September 2017, he Last ODI 13 September
terminated his contract with Nottinghamshire to 2021 v Ireland
return home to Zimbabwe. It was announced that ODI shirt no. 1
Taylor had decided return home and play for
Zimbabwe for personal reasons.[6] T20I debut (cap 9) 28 November
2006 v Bangladesh
In November 2018, Taylor became the first Last T20I 25 April 2021 v Pakistan
batsman for Zimbabwe to score a century in each
Domestic team information
innings in a Test on two occasions.[7] In October
2020, in the first ODI against Pakistan, Taylor Years Team

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