Robert Taylor (cricketer, born 1989)

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Fullname
Robert Meadows Lombe Taylor
Born (1979-12-21) 21 December 1979 (age 46)
Northampton, Northamptonshire, England
NicknameBobby Tay-Tay, Tails[1]
BattingLeft-handed
Robert Taylor
Personal information
Full name
Robert Meadows Lombe Taylor
Born (1979-12-21) 21 December 1979 (age 46)
Northampton, Northamptonshire, England
NicknameBobby Tay-Tay, Tails[1]
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingLeft-arm medium
RoleAllrounder
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 51)8 March 2013 v Afghanistan
Last ODI26 January 2016 v Hong Kong
ODI shirt no.42
T20I debut (cap 37)16 November 2013 v Afghanistan
Last T20I12 March 2016 v Hong Kong
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2010–2011Loughborough MCCU
2011–2016Leicestershire
2017–2018Norfolk
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA
Matches 15 9 44 50
Runs scored 154 85 1,461 687
Batting average 14.00 28.33 22.82 20.81
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 1/6 0/1
Top score 46* 41* 101* 62
Balls bowled 713 150 5,625 2,089
Wickets 20 5 90 67
Bowling average 30.85 39.20 41.01 29.13
5 wickets in innings 0 0 3 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 3/39 3/17 5/55 4/58
Catches/stumpings 6/– 8/– 22/– 18/–
Source: CricketArchive, 28 August 2016

Robert Meadows Lombe Taylor (born 21 December 1989) is an English-born cricketer who played international cricket for Scotland. Taylor played as a left-handed batsman and bowled left-arm medium pace. He was born in Northampton, Northamptonshire. He has also been Head Coach of Lightning, Loughborough Lightning and of the women's cricket programme at Loughborough University.

Taylor was educated at Harrow School,[2] before 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.

County career

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

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.[4] He made his international debut for Scotland in an ODI against Afghanistan in Sharjah in 2013.

Coaching career

References

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