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Bruce Taylor
New Zealand
Player profile
Full name Bruce Richard Taylor
Born July 12, 1943, Timaru, Canterbury
Current age 64 years 363 days
Major teams New Zealand, Canterbury, Wellington
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium
Batting and fielding averages
|
Mat |
Inns |
NO |
Runs |
HS |
Ave |
BF |
SR |
100 |
50 |
4s |
6s |
Ct |
St |
| Tests |
30 |
50 |
6 |
898 |
124 |
20.40 |
|
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2 |
2 |
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13 |
10 |
0 |
| ODIs |
2 |
1 |
0 |
22 |
22 |
22.00 |
42 |
52.38 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
| First-class |
141 |
210 |
25 |
4579 |
173 |
24.75 |
|
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4 |
17 |
|
|
66 |
0 |
| List A |
14 |
13 |
2 |
272 |
59* |
24.72 |
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0 |
1 |
|
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7 |
0 |
Bowling averages
|
Mat |
Inns |
Balls |
Runs |
Wkts |
BBI |
BBM |
Ave |
Econ |
SR |
4w |
5w |
10 |
| Tests |
30 |
53 |
6334 |
2953 |
111 |
7/74 |
9/182 |
26.60 |
2.79 |
57.0 |
5 |
4 |
0 |
| ODIs |
2 |
2 |
114 |
62 |
4 |
3/25 |
3/25 |
15.50 |
3.26 |
28.5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| First-class |
141 |
|
21562 |
10605 |
422 |
7/74 |
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25.13 |
2.95 |
51.0 |
|
15 |
0 |
| List A |
14 |
|
799 |
410 |
16 |
4/38 |
4/38 |
25.62 |
3.07 |
49.9 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
Career statistics
| Test debut |
India v New Zealand at Kolkata, Mar 5-8, 1965 scorecard |
| Last Test |
England v New Zealand at Leeds, Jul 5-10, 1973 scorecard |
| Test statistics |
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| ODI debut |
England v New Zealand at Swansea, Jul 18, 1973 scorecard |
| Last ODI |
England v New Zealand at Manchester, Jul 20, 1973 scorecard |
| ODI statistics |
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| First-class span |
1964/65 - 1979/80 |
| List A span |
1970/71 - 1980/81 |
Bruce Taylor was a tall (6'3") allrounder who batted with aggression and bowled at fast-medium with an ability to move the ball both ways even on the least responsive pitches. His Test debut was dramatic - he smacked 105 in 158 minutes against India at Calcutta in 1964-65 and followed with 5 for 86 in India's first innings. In his next match he took 5 for 26. Thereafter, he was a regular in New Zealand's side, touring England three times (1965, 1969, 1973) , Pakistan (1964-65, 1969-70) and West Indies (1971-72). In England he struggled on pitches expected to favour him, but otherwise he was a model of consistency. He retired after his last England tour, but returned successfully for Wellington in 1978-79. Martin Williamson



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