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	Tim Ambrose (wk)

	James Anderson

	Ian Bell

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	Alastair Cook

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	Luke Wright

Bob Taylor

England

Player profile

Full name Robert William Taylor
Born July 17, 1941, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire
Current age 67 years 88 days
Major teams England, Derbyshire
Nickname Chat
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Fielding position Wicketkeeper

Batting and fielding averages
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct	St
Tests	57	83	12	1156	97	16.28	4260	27.13	0	3	100	1	167	7
ODIs	27	17	7	130	26*	13.00	312	41.66	0	0	7	0	26	6
First-class	639	880	167	12065	100	16.92			1	23			1473	176
List A	333	241	91	2227	53*	14.84			0	1			345	75

Bowling averages
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	57	1	12	6	0	-	-	-	3.00	-	0	0	0
ODIs	27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
First-class	639		117	75	1	1/23		75.00	3.84	117.0		0	0
List A	333	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Career statistics
Test debut	New Zealand v England at Christchurch, Feb 25-Mar 1, 1971 scorecard
Last Test	Pakistan v England at Lahore, Mar 19-24, 1984 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut	England v West Indies at Leeds, Sep 5, 1973 scorecard
Last ODI	New Zealand v England at Auckland, Feb 25, 1984 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span	1960 - 1988
List A span	1963 - 1984

Profile

Among the few undisputed blessings of the Packer revolution was that it gave Bob Taylor the Test career he had almost given up hope of having. An uncomplaining understudy for almost a decade, Taylor's only cap before Alan Knott joined World Series Cricket was in New Zealand in 1970-71. Knott was fit and keen to play, but this was skipper Ray Illingworth's way of rewarding Taylor's loyalty and patience. Taylor was known as "Chat" by team-mates grateful for his willingness to talk, and often listen at length, to people he had never seen before and would never see again in tour receptions. He went on to play another 56 Tests, confirming that in wicketkeeping skills he lost nothing by comparison with Knott. As a batsman he was no more than a dogged little sticker. But it said everything about his sportsmanship that, at Adelaide in 1978-79, he walked for a tiny leg-side tickle when he was three short of what would have been his only England hundred.
John Thicknesse October 2004

Notes

Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1977