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Full name Samantha Claire Taylor
Born September 25, 1975, Amersham, Buckinghamshire
Current age 33 years 54 days
Major teams England Women,Thames Valley Women
Batting style Right-hand bat
Fielding position Wicketkeeper
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
14
25
2
1008
177
43.82
4
2
18
0
ODIs
102
98
14
3287
156*
39.13
7
17
36
5
T20Is
8
8
1
212
43
30.28
174
121.83
0
0
19
1
2
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
14
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
ODIs
102
-
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-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
T20Is
8
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-
-
-
-
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Career statistics
Test debut
England Women v India Women at Shenley, Jul 15-18, 1999 scorecard
Last Test
Australia Women v England Women at Bowral, Feb 15-18, 2008 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
England Women v Australia Women at Southampton, Jul 19, 1998 scorecard
Last ODI
England Women v India Women at Hove, Sep 9, 2008 scorecard
ODI statistics
T20I debut
England Women v New Zealand Women at Hove, Aug 5, 2004 scorecard
Last T20I
Australia Women v England Women at Melbourne, Feb 1, 2008 scorecard
T20I statistics
Profile
Although Claire Taylor made a slow start to her international career, she made a mockery of a previous highest score of 18 with a defiant 137 in England's second Test defeat to Australia at Headingley in 2001. In 2003, she scored 177 in the first Test against South Africa and followed up with 131 in the second Test.
But her defining knock came at Lord's in 2006, where she made 156 against India, a record one-day score at the venue, eclipsing Viv Richards' 138 not out in the World Cup in 1979. England went on to win the series 4-0. Taylor's talents have been given due recognition: she was shortlisted for ICC Women's Player of the Year Award for three successive years since its inaugural in 2006. In February 2008, she got her seventh century to become the joint highest century-maker in women's ODIs. In September that year she completed 100 ODIs - the 13th player to do so and her prolific form launched her to No. 1 in the ICC women's batting rankings that were released for the first time in October 2008.
A solid right-hand bat and wicketkeeper, Taylor read maths at Oxford, where, in addition to playing cricket, she captained the hockey team. She also represented England's hockey team at U-17 and U-19 levels.
