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Full name | Bradley Jacob Taylor | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Winchester, Hampshire, England | 14 March 1997||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm off break | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2013–2019 | Hampshire (squad no. 93) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:Cricinfo,30 September 2019 |
Bradley Jacob Taylor (born 14 March 1997) is an English former cricketer.
Taylor was born at Winchester in March 1997. He was educated at Eggar's School in Alton,Hampshire. [1] A product of Hampshire's youth development programme, [2] Taylor made his debut at the age of 16 for Hampshire in a List A one-day match against Bangladesh A at the Rose Bowl in 2013, [3] becoming the youngest player to appear for the club in 135 years. [4] Shortly after,he made his debut in first-class cricket against Lancashire at Southport in the 2013 County Championship. [5] He took the wicket of Luis Reece with his third ball in Lancashire's second innings,becoming the youngest player in 146 years to take a first-class wicket for Hampshire. [4] The following season,he made his Twenty20 debut for Hampshire against Sussex in the T20 Blast. [6] He secured a contract at Hampshire in 2015. [4] Taylor played for Hampshire until 2018,making eight first-class,eighteen one-day,and eight Twenty20 appearances. [5] [3] [6] An all-rounder who bowled off break,Taylor scored 133 runs in first-class cricket, [7] whilst with the ball he took 13 wickets at an average of 41.84 and best figures of 4 for 64. [8] In one-day cricket,he scored 355 runs at a batting average of 35.50;he made three half centuries,with a highest score of 69. [9] With the ball,he took 15 wickets at an average of 44.06,with best figures of 4 for 26. [10] In Twenty20 cricket,he only scored 23 runs from four innings, [11] in addition to taking four wickets. [12] Having not featured for Hampshire since the 2019 season,with his 2020 season interrupted by injury, [2] Taylor announced his retirement from professional cricket at the end of the 2021 season,alongside teammate Ryan Stevenson. [4]
Taylor represented the England Under-19 cricket team from 2014 to 2016,making three Youth Test and 22 Youth One Day International appearances. [13] [14] In December 2015,he was named as captain in England's squad for the 2016 Under-19 Cricket World Cup. [15]
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