Brendan Taylor – Profile, Stats & Recent Form

Personal details

Full nameBrendan Ross Murray Taylor

Born6 Feb 1986

Age40 Years

NationalityZimbabwean

RoleBatsman/Right hand bat, Right arm off break Bowler

BattingRight Hand Bat

BowlingRight Arm Off Break

Height6 ft 5 in (1.98 m)

Career at a glance

Format	M	Runs	Avg	SR	Wkts	Econ
Test	38	2633	37.61	57.11	0	5.42
ODI	210	6759	35.02	76.56	9	6.15
T20I	59	1216	24.32	122.33	1	3.4
T20	194	4322	27.01	123.87	8	6.08
List A	320	9934	34.85	0	20	5.98
First-class	140	9671	40.46	0	4	3.51
T10	8	23	–	191.67	0	–

Debuts

Test Zimbabwe vs Sri Lanka, Harare 6 May 2004

ODI Zimbabwe vs Sri Lanka, Bulawayo20 Apr 2004

T20I Bangladesh vs Zimbabwe, Khulna28 Nov 2006

List A Manicaland vs Mashonaland, Mutare3 Dec 2003

T20Zimbabweans vs Eagles, Kimberley13 Sep 2006

Family

RelationsKelly Anne Readings (Spouse), Debbie Taylor (Mother), Graham Taylor (Father)

Batting

Format	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct
Test	38	74	4	2633	171	37.61	4610	57.11	7	13	267	22	30
ODI	210	208	15	6759	145	35.02	8828	76.56	11	39	599	106	133
T20I	59	57	7	1216	123	24.32	994	122.33	1	6	125	30	30
T20	194	186	26	4322	140	27.01	3489	123.87	3	26	423	116	80
List A	320	311	26	9934	154	34.85	0	0	19	54	0	0	200
First-class	140	252	13	9671	217	40.46	0	0	32	36	0	0	148
T10	8	1	1	23	23	–	12	191.67	0	0	1	2	4

Bowling

Format	M	Inn	Overs	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	5W
Test	38	4	7	38	0	–	0	5.42	0
ODI	210	21	66	406	9	3/54	45.11	6.15	0
T20I	59	2	5	17	1	1/16	17	3.4	0
T20	194	8	25	152	8	3/38	19	6.08	0
List A	320	0	101	604	20	5/28	30.2	5.98	1
First-class	140	0	64	225	4	–	56.25	3.51	0

By tournament

Tournament	M	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	Wkts	Econ
Bangladesh Premier League	21	596	69	28.38	128.17	0	–
Pakistan Super League	4	17	13	4.25	100.00	0	–
ICC Men's T20 World Cup	9	276	60	55.20	124.32	0	–
Lanka Premier League	6	144	51	28.80	129.73	0	–
Super Smash Men's	9	207	101	23.00	126.99	0	–
Vitality Blast	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
County Championship	17	882	114	32.67	50.40	0	–
English One Day Cup	8	136	44	22.67	84.47	0	–
ICC Champions Trophy	5	71	52	23.67	55.91	0	–
ICC Cricket World Cup	15	690	138	46.00	88.69	0	7.67
Shpageeza Cricket League	5	86	36	17.20	145.76	0	–

Against teams

Batting vs	Inn	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50
Pakistan	11	133	32	13.30	100.00	0
New Zealand	4	129	75	64.50	129.00	2
Bangladesh	7	126	59	25.20	123.53	1
Ireland	3	112	59	37.33	145.45	1
South Africa	5	111	59	27.75	104.72	1
Afghanistan	7	71	27	10.14	98.61	0
Australia	1	60	60	–	133.33	1
England	1	47	47	47.00	120.51	0
India	2	42	27	21.00	100.00	0
Sri Lanka	4	36	14	12.00	97.30	0
West Indies	3	4	4	1.33	36.36	0

Bowling vs	Inn	Wkts	Runs	Avg	Econ	SR
South Africa	1	1	16	16.00	4.00	24.00
West Indies	1	0	1	–	1.00	–

Batting vs	Inn	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50	100
Bangladesh	56	1589	118	29.98	71.48	10	2
Pakistan	19	776	112	43.11	74.83	7	1
South Africa	22	587	145	29.35	70.55	1	1
West Indies	22	573	138	27.29	69.54	1	1
New Zealand	9	518	128	74.00	93.84	3	2
Sri Lanka	16	500	119	33.33	69.44	3	1
Afghanistan	12	412	125	37.45	87.29	2	1
India	10	357	138	35.70	81.51	2	1
Ireland	11	342	121	31.09	81.62	1	1
Australia	9	235	65	26.11	71.21	2	0
England	5	65	25	13.00	45.45	0	0

Bowling vs	Inn	Wkts	Runs	Avg	Econ	SR
Bangladesh	6	5	150	30.00	5.56	32.40
Australia	2	1	65	65.00	8.13	48.00
Pakistan	2	1	29	29.00	5.80	30.00
West Indies	2	1	20	20.00	6.67	18.00
England	4	1	76	76.00	5.85	78.00
Ireland	2	0	34	–	4.86	–
South Africa	3	0	32	–	10.67	–

Batting vs	Inn	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50	100
Bangladesh	25	1256	171	59.81	56.00	4	5
New Zealand	10	353	117	35.30	58.35	2	1
Sri Lanka	8	277	67	34.63	58.44	3	0
Afghanistan	3	245	131	81.67	81.94	1	1
Pakistan	8	185	51	23.13	53.47	1	0
West Indies	8	157	73	19.63	46.18	1	0
South Africa	8	135	93	16.88	54.66	1	0
India	4	25	13	6.25	44.64	0	0

Bowling vs	Inn	Runs	Avg	Econ	SR
New Zealand	1	14	–	14.00	–
South Africa	2	13	–	6.50	–
Bangladesh	1	11	–	2.75	–

Last 10 innings · batting

131 & 82vs AFG

7vs AFG

1vs AFG

81vs BAN

9vs AUS

39vs AUS

4vs AUS

17vs BAN

31vs OMA

26vs OMA

Test vs AFG5 Nov 2026 · c Z R Sharifi b H Shahidi & runout (I Alikhil / Z Akbar) 131 & 82(168 & 88) ODI vs AFG23 Oct 2026 · c R Gurbaz b B Sami 7(11) ODI vs AFG19 Oct 2026 · runout (A Omarzai) 1(4) ODI vs BAN17 Oct 2026 · c M Hossain b S Hassan 81(101) ODI vs AUS20 Sep 2026 · b A Zampa 9(16) ODI vs AUS18 Sep 2026 · c J Hazlewood b O Peake 39(40) ODI vs AUS15 Sep 2026 · c XC Bartlett b MT Renshaw 4(13) Test vs BAN28 Jun 2026 · c A Hasan b SK Ahmed 17(54) T20I vs OMA9 Feb 2026 · Retired hurt 31(30) T20 vs OMA5 Feb 2026 · Retired out 26(20)

Last 1 innings · bowling

0/23vs AUS

ODI vs AUS21 Feb 2011 0/23

About Brendan Taylor

Brendan Ross Murray Taylor Biography

31 years old, Brendan Ross Murray Taylor was born on 6th February 1986 at Harare and is a wicketkeeper batsman of Zimbabwe. He is a right-handed batsman with bowling style right arm off break. There was rebel in Zimbabwe where player protested against the board in 2004 and many players were fortunate to get through, and among them Murray Taylor was the best choice and the most talented player.

Early Life

At early he played for the age group category Nationals for Zimbabwe. He was a part of two U-19 World Cups. During the early stages of his cricket career, he was coached by Ian Campbell, father of Zimbabwean cricketer Alastair Campbell.

Debut

His test debut was against Sri Lanka at Harare in the year 2004 but he failed to prove his worth in four subsequent matches but later with the knock of 74 in the final game he showed his talent.

Rise to Glory

He shined in the international career after his 60 not out which helped Zimbabwe achieve 5 wickets against Australia in the 2007 ICC World Twenty 20th.

He has managed to be become the 1st Zimbabwean batsman to crazy his fans by hitting back to back hits in the One Day International centuries against England in October 2011.

He successfully made into the 2015 ICC Cricket Cup in 2015 and also in the Wellington cricket team to play T20 cricket.

He played his last game on 15th March 2015 against the dynamic India for Zimbabwe with a mind-blowing end with a century.

Taylor played a major role in the win of Zimbabwe in 3rd ODI in Bangladesh where he hit 6 off the bowling to Mashrafe Mortaza on the last bowl clinching a win for Zimbabwe which added to their winning series.

He amazed everyone with his performance in striking century in the 2011 World Cup against Sri Lanka.

Low Points

He was highly controversial at times regarding his commitment towards his team.

In 2013, West Indies tour, he managed to score 33 runs only in two Tests against West Indies.

Record

He has made record by scoring 433 runs in the 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup which is all time record yet in the history of cricket of Zimbabwe.

Later in 2010 Taylor scored 145* against South Africa in ODI and became the 9th player to achieve this honour.

Captaincy

Taylor because of his high skill performance and dedication for his team was appointed as the captain of Zimbabwe on 24 June 2011.Hw even captained during the Test cricket against Bangladesh in the Harare Sports Club on 4th of August 2011.

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