Robert Taylor (cricketer, born 1989)

Robert Taylor

Personal information
Full name	Robert Meadows Lombe Taylor
Born	21 December 1989 Northampton, Northamptonshire, England
Nickname	Tails[1]
Batting style	Left-handed
Bowling style	Left-arm medium
Role	Bowler
International information
National side	Scotland (2013–present)
ODI debut (cap 51)	8 March 2013 v Afghanistan
Last ODI	26 January 2016 v Hong Kong
T20I debut (cap 37)	16 November 2013 v Afghanistan
Last T20I	12 March 2016 v Hong Kong
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2010–2011	Loughborough MCCU
2011–present	Leicestershire
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA Matches 15 9 40 47 Runs scored 154 85 1,374 613 Batting average 14.00 28.33 22.90 19.15 100s/50s 0/0 0/0 1/6 0/0 Top score 46* 41* 101* 48* Balls bowled 713 150 5,172 1,993 Wickets 20 5 85 62 Bowling average 30.85 39.20 40.23 29.96 5 wickets in innings 0 0 3 0 10 wickets in match n/a n/a 0 n/a Best bowling 3/39 3/17 5/55 3/39 Catches/stumpings 6/– 8/– 19/– 16/–
Source: CricketArchive, 12 March 2016

Robert Meadows Lombe Taylor (born 21 December 1989) is an English-born cricketer who plays international cricket for Scotland. Taylor is a left-handed batsman who bowls left-arm medium pace. He was born in Northampton, Northamptonshire.

Early career

Taylor was educated at Harrow School,^[2] before coming attending Loughborough University to study for a degree in Sports Management.^[1] While at Loughborough University, he made his first-class debut for Loughborough MCCU against Kent in 2010. He has made four further first-class appearances for Loughborough MCCU as of 2011.^[3] His five first-class appearances have so far seen him score 237 runs at an average of 33.85, with a high score of 101 not out.^[4] With the ball, he has taken 11 wickets at a bowling average of 39.45, with best figures of 2/60.^[5]

County season

He joined Leicestershire for the remainder of the 2011 season, making his debut for the county against Surrey in the County Championship,^[3] and making an impressive 70.^[6]

International career

In September 2012, Taylor was selected by Scotland to be part of a tour group to South Africa in October 2012. Although born in Northampton, Taylor qualifies to play for Scotland by having a Scottish parent.^[7] He made his international debut for Scotland in an ODI against Afghanistan in Sharjah in 2013.

Career Best Performances

as of 27 September 2013

	Batting				Bowling
	Score	Fixture	Venue	Season	Score	Fixture	Venue	Season
ODI	16	Scotland v Kenya	Aberdeen	2013	3-39	Scotland v Kenya	Aberdeen	2013
FC	101*	Loughborough MCCU v Leicestershire	Leicester	2011	5–91	Leicestershire v Kent	Leicester	2012
LA	48*	Leicestershire Foxes v Yorkshire Vikings	Scarborough	2013	3–39	Scotland v Kenya	Aberdeen	2013
T20	29	Leicestershire Foxes v Derbyshire Falcons	Derby	2012	4-11	Leicestershire Foxes v Lancashire Lightning	Leicester	2013

International Awards

Twenty20 International Cricket

Man of the Match Awards

#	Series	Date	Against	Match Performance	Result
1	2015 World Twenty20 Qualifier	25 July 2015	Hong Kong	4-0-17-3 ; 2 ct.	Scotland won by 5 wickets.[8]

References

1. "Player profile: Robert Taylor". www.loughboroughmccu.com. Retrieved 15 August 2011.
2. "Player profile: Robert Taylor". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 15 August 2011.
3. "First-Class Matches played by Robert Taylor". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 August 2011.
4. "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Robert Taylor". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 August 2011.
5. "First-class Bowling For Each Team by Robert Taylor". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 August 2011.
6. "Taylor shines in Leicestershire collapse". London: The Telegraph. 23 August 2011. Retrieved 17 October 2011.
7. Scotland dip into county talent, Cricinfo, 26 September 2012, retrieved 31 December 2012
8. "ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier, 2015 - 1st semi final Scorecard". ESPNcricinfo. 25 July 2015. Retrieved 12 August 2015.

External links

• Robert Taylor at ESPNcricinfo
• Robert Taylor at CricketArchive