Personal Information

Full Name Luteru Ross Poutoa Lote Taylor
Born March 8, 1984 Lower Hutt, Wellington
Age 40 Years, 9 Months, 16 Days
National Side New Zealand
Batting Style Right Handed
Bowling Off break
Sport Cricket

Ranking

Test ODI T20
Batting - 9 -
Bowling - - -

Man of the Match

Test ODI T20 World Cup CL
8 17 1 3 1

Career Information

Teams Played New Zealand, Durham, North Island, Nottinghamshire, New Zealand A, New Zealand Inv XI, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Delhi Capitals, Rajasthan Royals, Middlesex, Victoria, New Zealand Under-19, Sussex, Pune Warriors India, Central Stags, New Zealand XI, Saint Lucia Kings, Guyana Amazon Warriors, Trinbago Knight Riders, Jamaica Tallawahs, World XI, New Zealanders, New Zealand Legends, India Capitals
Career Span

Luteru Ross Poutoa Lote Taylor Overall Stats

Batting & Fielding Performance

M I N/O R HS 100s 50s 4s 6s AVG S/R CT ST Ducks R/O
Test
112 196 24 7683 290 v AUS 19 35 932 55 44.66 59.29 163 0 15 8
ODI
236 220 39 8607 181* v ENG 21 51 713 147 47.55 83.32 142 0 9 14
World Cup
33 30 3 1002 131* v PAK 1 6 76 17 37.11 74.00 11 0 2 3
T20I
102 94 21 1909 63 v WI 0 7 121 71 26.15 122.37 46 0 7 11
CL
13 11 2 258 65 v DC 0 2 23 14 28.66 155.42 3 0 0 0
CPL
47 45 15 888 70 v JAM 0 5 57 29 29.60 104.96 18 0 2 2
IPL
55 54 14 1017 81* v KKR 0 3 66 46 25.42 123.72 18 0 3 2
legends_league
5 4 1 246 84 v BHK 0 3 17 18 82.00 178.26 3 0 0 0
ttwenty_non_domestic
8 6 2 280 84 v BHK 0 3 17 21 70.00 168.67 4 0 0 0

Bowling Performance

I O M R W Best 3s 5s AVG E/R S/R Mtc
Test
8 16.3 3 48 3 2/4 v IND 0 0 16.00 2.90 33.00 7
ODI
4 7 0 35 0 0/2 v BAN 0 0 - 5.00 - 4
IPL
2 2 0 24 0 0/11 v RCB 0 0 - 12.00 - 2
ttwenty_non_domestic
1 1 0 6 0 0/6 v SA-L 0 0 - 6.00 - 1

Luteru Ross Poutoa Lote Taylor Profile

Young Ross Taylor was once labelled as the brightest Kiwi talent since Daniel Vettori and over time, his potential to be an inspiring captain was noticed by the selectors. A part of the Central Districts and New Zealand's Under-19 sides, Taylor made the transition to the senior Districts team in 2003. His inclusion in the ODI side then came on the back of a successful 2005-06 domestic season where he slammed three centuries. Taylor faced West Indies as he made his mark in international cricket in 2006.

Rosco, as he is fondly known, went on to score his maiden century against the Lankans in only his third ODI and followed it up with a hundred against Australia. Late in 2007, he made his Test debut against South Africa but tasted enjoyable success at home against England, averaging over 50. An unbeaten 154 in Manchester was the highlight on the following away tour. Consequently, Rosco was gobbled up by Bangalore in the Indian T20 League, Taylor showed his true colours when his stunning 81 off 33 balls took his side to an improbable win against Kolkata in the second season. He was then bought by Rajasthan in the fourth edition, following which, Delhi signed him in 2012. A year later, Delhi traded him with Pune for Ashish Nehra. With Pune was banned for the 2014 season, Rosco rejoined the Delhi squad for 2 crores.

An attacking batsman who is particularly strong on the leg side, Taylor has the special ability to mix offence with defense. A good puller of the ball, his slog sweep also fetches him runs aplenty against spinners. He has also led the Kiwis in ODIs in the absence of their senior skipper, Daniel Vettori. Taylor was then handed full-time captaincy in all three formats after the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup. In spite of some inspiring Test victories under his captaincy, Brendon McCullum was yet again reinstated as captain owing to Taylor's significant problems with the team management. After a brief hiatus from the game during which he missed out on the disastrous South African tour, Taylor came back into the side for the home series against England. He went on to have a successful series at home against West Indies in 2013, where he scored his career best 217 not out and continues to be New Zealand's mainstay in the middle order.