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Full name Jonathan Paul Taylor
Born August 8, 1964, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire
Current age 44 years 31 days
Major teams England,Derbyshire,Norfolk,Northamptonshire,Staffordshire
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Left-arm fast-medium
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
2
4
2
34
17*
17.00
182
18.68
0
0
3
0
0
0
ODIs
1
1
0
1
1
1.00
8
12.50
0
0
0
0
0
0
First-class
183
213
65
2253
86
15.22
0
9
61
0
List A
211
86
36
488
57
9.76
0
1
46
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
2
4
288
156
3
1/18
2/82
52.00
3.25
96.0
0
0
0
ODIs
1
1
18
20
0
-
-
-
6.66
-
0
0
0
First-class
183
32038
16618
559
7/23
29.72
3.11
57.3
18
4
List A
211
10108
7291
248
5/45
5/45
29.39
4.32
40.7
3
1
0
Career statistics
Test debut
India v England at Kolkata, Jan 29-Feb 2, 1993 scorecard
Last Test
England v New Zealand at Lord's, Jun 16-20, 1994 scorecard
Test statistics
Only ODI
Sri Lanka v England at Moratuwa, Mar 20, 1993 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span
1984 - 2001
List A span
1984 - 2003
Profile
Wisden overview Dumped by Derbyshire in 1987 but snaffled by Staffordshire two years later, Taylor's rapid ascent into England's Test side could be traced back to a NatWest Trophy tie in 1990 against Northamptonshire. Taylor took 0-92 with his left-arm seam, but Northants saw through the stats and signed him up for the 1991 season. Eighteen prolific months later he was on his way to India with England, but won just one cap there, on a Calcutta belter. When he was given a second chance, against New Zealand in 1994, it was clear that the captain at the time, Mike Atherton, had little confidence in him, and he returned to county cricket for good. Slightly splay-footed but with a strong open-chested action, Taylor kept it tight outside off stump and could move the ball both ways. Until his final first-team season in 2001, he was regularly picking up 50 wickets a year, and remained one of the fittest opening bowlers in the country, despite being well into his thirties. A dogged county No 8, Taylor helped save a Lord's Test with Steve Rhodes in 1994. Lawrence Booth
