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Full name Jerome Everton Taylor
Born June 22, 1984, St Elizabeth, Jamaica
Current age 24 years 33 days
Major teams West Indies, Jamaica
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast

Batting and fielding averages

Mat

Inns

Runs

Ave

100

Tests

369

13.66

708

52.11

ODIs

133

43*

11.08

135

98.51

T20Is

140.00

First-class

820

12.61

List A

214

43*

12.58

Twenty20

7.00

100.00

Bowling averages

Mat

Inns

Balls

Runs

Wkts

BBI

BBM

Ave

Econ

Tests

3643

2186

5/50

9/95

34.69

3.60

57.8

ODIs

2453

1917

5/48

27.38

4.68

35.0

T20Is

3/6

12.57

7.33

10.2

First-class

8583

4616

181

8/59

25.50

3.22

47.4

List A

3314

2573

5/48

25.98

4.65

33.4

Twenty20

178

215

5/10

11.94

7.24

9.8

Career statistics

Test debut

West Indies v Sri Lanka at Gros Islet, Jun 20-24, 2003 scorecard

Last Test

West Indies v Australia at Bridgetown, Jun 12-16, 2008 scorecard

Test statistics

ODI debut

West Indies v Sri Lanka at Kingstown, Jun 11, 2003 scorecard

Last ODI

West Indies v Australia at St George's, Jun 27, 2008 scorecard

ODI statistics

T20I debut

New Zealand v West Indies at Auckland, Feb 16, 2006 scorecard

Last T20I

West Indies v Australia at Bridgetown, Jun 20, 2008 scorecard

T20I statistics

First-class debut

2002/03

Last First-class

West Indies v Australia at Bridgetown, Jun 12-16, 2008 scorecard

List A debut

2003

Last List A

West Indies v Australia at St George's, Jun 27, 2008 scorecard

Twenty20 debut

New Zealand v West Indies at Auckland, Feb 16, 2006 scorecard

Last Twenty20

West Indies v Australia at Bridgetown, Jun 20, 2008 scorecard

Jerome Taylor was just 18 years old, with a solitary one-day match for Jamaica under his belt, when he was called into the West Indies squad for the final match of their series against Sri Lanka in June 2003. It was the culmination of an explosive first season for Taylor, who was named as the most promising fast bowler in the 2003 Carib Beer Series, after picking up 21 wickets at 20.14 in six first-class matches. That haul included a second-innings spell of 8 for 59 in Jamaica's five-wicket victory over Trinidad and Tobago, a match in which he took ten wickets for the first time. But a back injury sidelined him from competitive cricket. He picked up 26 wickets at 16.61 in the Carib Beer Cup in the 2004-05 season and, in the next, he grabbed 12 wickets at 29.00 to force his way back into the West Indies team. When India toured the West Indies in mid-2006, they ran into an energised Taylor at his best. Quick and accurate, Taylor turned into West Indies' spearhead as the series progressed. His pacy burst on the lifeless surface in St Kitts won many admirers but it was his lethal performance in Kingston that underlined his worth. Getting the ball to lift off a good length, he thrilled his home crowd with his maiden five-wicket haul in Tests. He picked up 26 wickets at 27.69 in the 2006-07 season and bagged his career-best figures, 4 for 49, when he bowled West Indies to a thrilling win against Australia in the Champions Trophy. Later that year he snared 5 for 48 in a superb ODI performance against Zimbabwe and in 2008 was West Indies' leading bowler in the Test series against Sri Lanka, with 11 wickets at 24.81.
Andrew Miller May 2008

Jun 27, 2008

Jerome Taylor successfully appeals for Shane Watson's wicket © AFP

Jun 20, 2008

Portrait of Jerome Taylor © DigicelCricket.com/Brooks La Touche Photography

Jun 12, 2008

Ricky Ponting is trapped lbw by Jerome Taylor © AFP

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